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No business is exempt from planning
and what better time to revisit priorities than New Year, with fresh
resolutions for the future?
The latest survey from Business Link
in the East of England reveals the resolutions of small and medium
sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambridgeshire:
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For the majority, the focus will
be on beating their organisations’ 2009 performance.
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The second most popular
‘must-do’ for 2010 is investing in a brighter future by
developing the workforce through training.
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Business growth (be it the
workforce, product range or premises) is third on the list of
priorities.
Cambridgeshire’s SMEs are largely
confident for 2010, with seventy per cent optimistic for the year
ahead. Only three in 10 respondents will be making fundamental
changes to their businesses for the New Year, with the remaining 70
per cent already confident in their existing ways of doing business.
So here’s to another successful year in business in Cambridgeshire.
Pat Smith, Chief Executive of
Business Link in the East of England, said: “Open minds and fresh
thinking are invaluable to business success, and the New Year is a
good time to refresh plans and reconsider priorities. “Resolutions
are a good way to welcome and focus the New Year, and I encourage
the region’s SMEs to start as they mean to go on with a positive
outlook and aspirations for a successful year. Business Link will be
on hand along the way to give free, independent and impartial
support, to make sure that these resolutions aren’t forgotten by the
end of January!”
Any small business looking for help
and advice can contact Business Link on 08457 17 16 15 or visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
About Business Link in the East of England:
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Business Link provides information, practical advice and
support to help people to start, run or grow their businesses
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Our clients fall in to two main categories:
- Those running or working in
established small and medium sized businesses
- Those who want to start their own
business
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Both client groups can access independent, impartial and, in
most instances, free help and support from Business Link in the
form of:
- Free one-to-one help from an
experienced Business Adviser (established businesses) or
Enterprise Awareness Manager (start-ups)
- Workshops and briefings on a range
of business subjects such as business planning, sales and
marketing, legislation, developing people
- Telephone and online support through
our Regional Information and Intelligence centre
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Business Link in the East of England works with businesses
and entrepreneurs in the 6 counties in the East of England:
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex Hertfordshire, Norfolk and
Suffolk
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Business Link is a government initiative to promote
enterprise, funded in the East of England by the East of England
Development Agency
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