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• Small Business Market Research Small Business Market Research

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    1. What is "market research"?
    2. How much does market research cost?
    3. Is market research worth the cost?
    4. What is a "target market"?
    5. What are the different types of market research?
    6. What are the steps involved in market research?
    7. What is market research "sampling"?
    8. What are tips for designing a survey?

    
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    Small Business Market Research

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• Workplaces set to get 'smarter Workplaces set to get 'smarter'

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    Today work is somewhere (usually away from home) to which you travel each workday. In the future work will come to you or that is according to a report attempting to work out what the offices and workplaces of 2030 will be like.

     

    It predicts that as workforces get more mobile, technology will ensure that everything an employee needs is available no matter where they are.

    Head offices and individual desks are likely to disappear in favour of hot desks, collaborative spaces and decor that adapts to a worker's mood.

     

    "We are getting more mobile and work anywhere, any place that we might be going," said Dr Marie Puybaraud, research director at Johnson Controls, a company that designs car and office interiors and sponsored the report. By 2030," she said that all these pieces of technology we have today will be embedded throughout the environment and become completely transparent. "A fully integrated set of technologies will follow users wherever they are," said Dr Puybaraud. "The whole focus is on user empowerment."

    The report posits a situation in which, from the moment someone wakes, the world is aware of their needs and uses any and every means to keep them up to date.  Walls could become screens showing diaries, documents or video conferences. Homes and cars would measure mood and tune surroundings to, for instance, soothe a worker if they were feeling stressed. The number of offices in use could shrink as smart scheduling software ensures that they maintain maximum occupancy. A tiny smart mobile, with a folding screen and a powerful pico-projector could be the gadget that co-ordinates the way information is passed on, speculated the report.

     

    "The whole idea is to have this sensory, seamless smart environment," said Dr Puybaraud. "You will turn up and this environment is ready to support you and the way you work."

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• Finance for East of England bu Finance for East of England businesses

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    Small businesses across the East of England are being given a helping hand by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) to find critical forms of funding and finance during the recession. Launched on 30 June 2009, EEDA’s new ‘Understanding Finance for Business’ programme has been designed specifically to prepare companies for raising finance – whether through a bank, venture capitalist, business angel or even public-sector grant funding.

     

    To coincide with the launch of the new ‘Understanding Finance for Business’ programme, EEDA have published a top 5 list of funding and finance streams which businesses tend to forget about, namely:

    Regional Loan – Growth Fund
    EEDA-administered loans for small to medium-sized businesses in the region which have strong growth potential and long-term investment needs, it offers loans of between £50,000 and £200,000 are available. Interest charged at 5-9 per cent above the base rate.

    Details at: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
    
    Grants for Business Investment

    This provides grant funding for ambitious companies looking to grow and create jobs through capital investment e.g. bigger premises or new machinery. £10,000 is the minimum grant available to cover, on average, 10 to 20 per cent of the project’s total cost.

    Details at: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
    
    Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

    This is part of the government’s new ‘Real Help for Business’ portfolio offering new loans, refinancing for current loans, or the option to convert part or all of an existing overdraft into a loan to release capacity in order to meet working capital requirements. It offers loans of between £1,000 and £1 million for a period of three months to 10 years.

    Details at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/realhelp
    
    Research & Development Tax Credits

    This provides tax relief for research and development focussed small to medium-sized businesses - companies can deduct up to 175% of qualifying expenditure on R&D activities when calculating their profit for tax purposes.

    Details at: www.hmrc.gov.uk/randd
    
    Grants for Research and Development
    This provides grants to help small to medium-sized businesses carry out research and development work on technologically-innovative products or processes. Grants of between £5,000 and £250,000 are available.

    Details at: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
    Source: www.ukbi.co.uk/index.asp?PID=944

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