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Small Business Survival Rates Fall – Don’t Become a Statistic

Starting your own business can be empowering, exciting and put you firmly in control of your ambitions. Unfortunately, no small business operates without risk and startling new research by commercial insurers RSA has revealed that more than 50% of small businesses fail to make it to the five-year mark. The research, published on Insider Media, that 63% of small business owners … Read More

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How to Sell Your Business

Deciding how to sell your business may be one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. Selling at the right time, to the right buyer for the right price could bring you financial freedom and future security. Equally, it can be a difficult process with no guarantees of getting the outcome you want. We can help with some practical … Read More

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What Do You Want From Your Retirement Lifestyle?

Are you thinking ahead to retirement and looking forward to what comes next? We know you’re not about to let your retirement years just slip by and that you have ambitions you still want to achieve. You’re certainly not alone in this respect. Recent research by YouGov surveyed a group of 65 year-olds and revealed a ‘top 40’ wish list full … Read More

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How You Can Achieve Financial Freedom

We all look forward to the day when we can do what we want with our time – no need to rise and shine with the sun, working long hours. Instead, we can spend our time doing what we want to, when we want to. For that to happen, though, you have to have a plan – a plan to … Read More

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