SmallBizPod #1 Show Notes

Welcome to SmallBizPod #1 - 24 minutes of news, interviews and practical advice for small businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in investing in new businesses.

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Summary

Intro:

00:00 Alex on what’s coming up in this week’s show.

Features:

00:40 Interview with David Frost, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce.
06:26 News Update, including: the Budget; Liberal Democrat plans to abolish the Department of Trade and Industry; bad habits could be ruining your business (Business Opportunities Weblog); Barclays survey on start-ups.
09:50 Interview with Glenn Watson, founder of i-barter.co.uk.

Outro:

17:39 Round up and contact details
18:34 Music - The Clearwater Project

Topics & Links

The following lists topics referred to in the show and includes links to websites, blogs and other information.

The Budget, Hampton Review, red tape, British Chambers of Commerce, David Frost, cost of red tape, Better Regulation Task Force, reducing red tape, sunset clauses, ‘one in, one out’, international competitiveness of small businesses, employment legislation, a UK enterprise culture, Dragon’s Den, The Apprentice, National Enterprise Week, Liberal Democrat commitment to abolish the DTI, business bad habits, Business Opportunities Weblog, entrepreneur.com, start-ups survey, Barclays, barter, i-barter.co.uk/barter, Glenn Watson, Mad Cow Web Design, i-Tender, tax implications of barter, lastminute.com, e-commerce opportunities, pre-Christmas internet spending by UK consumers, impulse buying on the net, partnering, Garageband.com, The Clearwater Project - ‘Sympathetic Vibrations of Inspirational Isolation’.