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Inspiration & Spotlight
Why awards matter for startups
Paula Ludley, PR and communications manager at Shout Connect, explains how applying for a business award can benefit a startup business.
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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.
Five ways artificial intelligence can support your new business Five ways artificial intelligence can support your new business
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Scaleup Insights
Scaleup Q&A: Daniel Miller, CoolKit
In our latest scaleup Q&A, Daniel Miller at CoolKit shares what he has learnt managing a scaling business.
Five ways to improve your customers’ experience online Five ways to improve your customers experience online
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Five ways to improve your customers’ experience online
Here, Anne Williamson from Customer Love discusses five ways to improve your customers’ experience if you are offering goods and services online.
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Scaleup Insights
Scaleup Q&A: Scott Chapman, Scope Fire & Security
In our latest scaleup Q&A, Scott Chapman at Scope Fire & Security shares what he has learnt managing a scaling business.

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