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Alex Bellinger is the founder and editor of SmallBizPod, the UK's first podcast dedicated to small business, start-ups and entrepreneurship. Alex writes about small business news stories and anything else that catches his eye, here on the small business blog.

David Tebbutt is an award-winning columnist and feature writer who will be specialising on the subject of using software and technology to increase business productivity. He's an analyst with Freeform Dynamics but, in previous lives, wrote for Director magazine, Real Business and was also editor of Personal Computer World. Find out more about David at www.tebbo.com.

Guy Clapperton is a freelance journalist who specialises in small business issues and has written for the likes of The Guardian, the FT and the Daily Mirror. Guy writes SmallBizPod's franchise blog offering practical franchising advice, news and case studies. Find out more about Guy at www.guyclapperton.co.uk.

Sara Scott is a marketing specialist with a wealth of on-line and traditional experience. With award winning credentials as an advertising writer, her career also spans the disciplines of planning and strategy for both B2B and consumer clients. Having worked for one of the the UK's biggest non-London agencies, Sara now works on a consultancy basis for clients large and small. More from Sara at her personal blog.

Steve van Dulken is a member of the Research Service, which supports the Business & Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) at the British Library. The BIPC provides up-to-date company and market information, plus information on patents, trademarks and registered designs for businesses of all sizes. To contact Steve or a member of the team with a business enquiry please e-mail research [at] bl [dot] uk with the subject field: 'SmallBizPod blog request'.

Rowena Mead is a 23 year old freelance copywriter and entrepreneur with ambitious plans to bring a new type of children's toothbrush to market. Married with a 20 month old mischievous daughter named Saskia who was the inspiration behind her invention, Rowena will be sharing her business trials, tribulations and successses with SmallBizPod readers.

Simon Lawrence is the founder and CEO of Information Arts one of the UK's leading business-to-business marketing consultancies set up in 2000. Simon has over 17 years experience within the industry and is widely regarded as a leading expert in businesses marketing to other businesses.

Becky McCray is a small town entrepreneur in America. She writes about small business and rural issues, based on her own success and failures, at her blog Small Biz Survival. She is the co-owner of a small town retail liquor store and cattle ranch. She also helps tourism related businesses from Oklahoma to Africa to maintain their web presence and rural nonprofits and governments with grant writing and project administration.

Gill Millington started out life working for blue chip companies, finished working in ceos' offices then followed a seemingly natural path towards running her own business. One venture failed but like any good entrepreneur she's gone on to learn from her mistakes and made a success of two businesses since. Having been involved in business finance and the money game for a number of years now her most recent company New Branch provides advice on commercial finance and other business services.

Note: the contributions of all writers on this blog are their own and do not constitute legal advice.