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Outsourcing considerations
Prepare for outsourcing and be aware of pitfalls in areas of costs, productivity, communication and culture.
Outsourcing: seven top tips
Find best practice tips for successful outsourcing to help you make outsourcing work for your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing
Discover the benefits and risks of outsourcing - consider them carefully to assess the potential impact on your business.
Choose an outsourcing partner
How to find the right outsourcing partner and choose a provider that can add value to your business.
Service level agreements
Service level agreements define the service that outsourcing partners are expected to provide.
Strategic issues for investment appraisal
Assessing how an investment fits into your business strategy and long-term objectives.
Online outsourcing
The advantages of using electronic outsourcing instead of conventional outsourcing.
Types of outsourcing services
Common types and examples of outsourcing services, including disruptive outsourcing solutions.
Outsourcing
What is outsourcing (or contracting out), how does it work and what are the pros and cons of outsourcing to your business.
Writing a business plan: 5 top tips
Five key steps that can help you to prepare a successful business plan when you're starting a business.
Apply for bank finance: step-by-step
Before applying for bank finance, take a step-by-step approach so that you have the best chance of success.
Advantages and disadvantages of overdrafts
The flexibility, advantages, drawbacks and costs of using an overdraft facility.
Providing a guarantee for your loan
How loan guarantees can help you secure funding, and details of personal and limited liability.
Prepare to raise finance
What you can do to prepare your business to raise finance
How to avoid overtrading: example
A case study of how to avoid a situation of overtrading and the potential disaster it causes.
Balance sheets
Balance sheets show a business' assets and liabilities and can help you assess a business' financial health.
Reduce your business insurance risks and premiums
How to pay less for insurance by managing risk - perhaps by improving your health and safety performance.
Using business angel investment to grow our business - Pitchbooking
How Pitchbooking has successfully grown through business angel investment.
Different types of commercial mortgage lenders
Different types of lender in the commercial mortgage field.
Finding a commercial mortgage lender
Search for the right mortgage lender for your needs.