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Managing midnight thoughts for entrepreneurs AdobeStock_208047861 midnight thoughts
18th April 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Managing midnight thoughts for entrepreneurs
Boost business adviser Kerry Stevens, a serial entrepreneur who has set up and run several of her own companies, offers some practical tips to help you navigate these midnight thoughts.
Meet the Boost team: Daniel Fenton BOO_MTBT_Daniel Fenton
16th April 2024
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Meet the Boost team: Daniel Fenton
Boost Flying Start business adviser Daniel Fenton, who has wide range of sales and marketing disciplines, talks about his role in supporting Lancashire businesses.
Five ways artificial intelligence can support your new business Five ways artificial intelligence can support your new business
11th April 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Five ways artificial intelligence can support your new business
Love it or loath it, artificial intelligence (AI) can be a useful tool for startups as they evaluate their goals and how they plan to achieve them.
Lancashire’s business leaders come together to discuss the missing piece in the county’s funding ecosystem Roundtable
5th April 2024
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Funding
Lancashire’s business leaders come together to discuss the missing piece in the county’s funding ecosystem
Buoyed by a devolution deal, Lancashire’s business leaders discussed the missing piece in the jigsaw in the county’s funding ecosystem
How you can benefit from coworking AdobeStock_238707891 Society 1 blog
2nd April 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
How you can benefit from coworking
Catarina King, co-founder of Society1, a vibrant coworking space based in Preston, discusses several benefits of coworking.
Five simple steps to being a smarter marketer Five simple steps to being a smarter marketer
28th March 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Five simple steps to being a smarter marketer
Marketing is primarily about ensuring that people know your business exists and helping them to understand what your products and services are. It’s a subject with countless books, courses, degrees, podcasts, along with the seemingly obligatory marketing gurus.

Here, Andrew Ramwell, a Boost business adviser on the Growth Catalyst and Scale to Thrive programmes, outlines five key pointers to help small business owners who may be overwhelmed by the information and advice on hand, to get started with smart marketing.
Launch of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II provides £660m boost for small businesses AdobeStock_318709333 Preston
22nd March 2024
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Funding
Launch of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II provides £660m boost for small businesses
The British Business Bank has launched its new Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, a £660m fund set to cover the entire North of England.
How to be successful in your first year of trading AdobeStock_292863978 Martyn Jones
19th March 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
How to be successful in your first year of trading
Martyn Jones, a strategic planning and leadership specialist, offers four key considerations to ensure your first year of trading is successful.
Harnessing the innovation in social entrepreneurship in Lancashire Harnessing the innovation in social entrepreneurship WEB
13th March 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Harnessing the innovation in social entrepreneurship in Lancashire
Here, Boost business adviser Alistair Clarke MBE, who has supported hundreds of social businesses during his career, offers a little insight into the value and purpose of social enterprise businesses.
Six steps to ensure a positive user experience on your website AdobeStock_422136062 Complete Online
12th March 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Six steps to ensure a positive user experience on your website
Tom Smith, managing director of Complete, an award-winning UK digital marketing agency based in Lancashire, offers six easy steps to ensure a positive user experience on your website.
Top ten lifestyle hacks for women in business Ten hacks for businesswomen
7th March 2024
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Inspirational Women
Top ten lifestyle hacks for women in business
How often do you find yourself wishing for more hours in the day? Leading up to International Women’s Day on Friday March 8, we share some of Pink Link’s lifestyle hacks that we think could help Lancashire women in business.
Lancashire businesses offered subsidised occupational health support in Government trial AdobeStock_714494631 man with machine
7th March 2024
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News
Lancashire businesses offered subsidised occupational health support in Government trial
Lancashire businesses can access subsidised occupational health support as part of a Government trial initiative designed to stop employees leaving the workplace and to ease the process of people returning to work.
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