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Paul Stewart, director of Uni Baggage

Can you believe it? I'm making a fortune by transporting students' luggage around

Personal experiences of difficulties in finding the right service can often be the inspiration behind a successful new-start business. So it was for then Edinburgh University student Paul Stewart, who is now the director of fast growing emerging firm Uni Baggage.

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It is time that we taught our children how to operate like real entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Education is a big of bugbear of mine. I have written regularly on how our education system is NOT preparing children for the future.
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City boy returns home to expand family business

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Branding is important but new quality niche products can be successful if effectively marketed. That is the strong message from The Brewer's House, a gastropub and restaurant in the Co Tyrone village of Donaghmore, near Dungannon.
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Software firm aiming to be top of the league

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Sports Fixture Systems is a fast-growing small firm that proves that it is possible to convert a personal passion into a successful business.
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If your business is not online then you are not even at the races

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

In The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson explains that in an online market of billions of people, it is nearly always possible to find a niche market.
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Three into one equals a sunny outlook for travel company

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

The McNeill & Thriftway Travel Group is one of the largest independent travel operators based in Northern Ireland and as a subsidiary of Ireland's World Travel Centre, a private company, it is one of the biggest travel businesses in the whole of Ireland.
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One thousand reasons to buy a car from these two

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

It is a time for celebration for North Down Motors - it is now five years since the business opened and it is about to sell its 1,000th car.
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Playing the generation game for a bright future

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Terra Travel managing director Damian Murphy is maintaining a family tradition.
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Blood as a weapon: The benefits of the family business culture

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

I've just finished a blog post. The first few paragraphs highlight that culture is the last battleground for business.
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All the ingredients for success

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Being managing director of a family business founded at the end of the Second World War is a bit intimidating, admits Tim Andrew.
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A nice day for a White Wedding

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Weddings are among the most special occasions of a person's life. Yet they can be pressurised and difficult to organise. So it is not surprising that a small firm, Mood Events, was set up in September 2009 to take the burden off people, or that it is proving a successful business concept.
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From the fields to Facebook, meet the butchers determined to roll with the times

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Drumhilla Farm was established by William Corrie over 35 years ago
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Pie in the sty

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

The last 10 years have been impressively busy for the Cloughbane Farm Shop. The business emerged from the Dungannon Farmers' Market, which started in 2002.
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Food and agri sector at heart of economy

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

I am a bit of a 'red neck'. In my home village in Holland I grew up in between bulbs, cows and pigs, and helped out on the farm.
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Range of choices for start-ups is limitless

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

I started my first business in 1984 selling study books to my fellow students and side-stepping the cartel that Dutch schoolbook publishers had by importing the books from the USA.
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Ear's hoping for bright future for this pet project

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Should the best quality natural products and care be restricted to humans? For Lisa Rea, the answer is an equally natural 'no' - her new Absolutely Barking parlour aims to offer the best of everything to the discerning dog owners and their pampered canines.
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'I wanted to run my own business before I was 40 ... I'm a year ahead'

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Clyde Shanks has had a long-standing desire to run his own business - an ambition he fulfilled in September last year.
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Driven by ambition... and a taste for success

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Small Business Can talks to two firms - one embryonic, one firmly established - about their determination to break new ground in the year ahead
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Customer care is top priority

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

A contributor on Smallbusinesscan.com shared their customer care story (or lack of) recently. This has been on my mind a lot recently as I also had a few very disappointing experiences myself. I take a bet your customer service sucks too.
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Crystal clear that TES is one firm set to grow

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

In our smallbusinesscan series focusing on entrepreneurs, we look at an exceptional exporting success
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Businesses must have social side now

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

You'll be happy to know that I'm not going to write about exporting this month. That doesn't mean it's not still a very important subject for us, because it is.
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