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Small Business Encouraged to Get Fit for Finance
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Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson are (l-r) Adrian Doran, Head of Barclays Corporate in Northern Ireland and Jon Lavers, Area Manager, Barclays Business Scotland and Northern Ireland.
2010 Top 10 Small Business Awards
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The 2010 IAB panel of small business experts selected these Top 10 Small Business Websites, based on our method of scoring, to represent the best leading websites in their category. Of the thousands of websites in each category, the following winners were judged by both their leadership principals and their own creative style to achieve qualitative and quantitative results that help American small business owners successfully start, develop and operate their own profitable business.
The following criteria was used to selected this years winners:
- Originality of ideas
- Practicality of ideas
- Presentation style
- National outlook
- Impact of ideas
- Quality of web content, publications and writings
- Ranking of website influence in US for Small Businesses
This years TOP 10 Winners are:
LEADERSHIP
JIM COLLINS
website: jimcollins.com
MANAGEMENT
LES MCKEOWN
website: predictablesuccess.com
SALES
INC.
website: inc.com/sales-training
MARKETING
JOHN JANTSCH
website: ducttapemarketing.com
HOW TO OPERATE A SMALL BUSINESS
SCORE
website: score.org
TAX & FINANCE
KAY BELL
website: dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com
HOW TO START A SMALL BUSINESS
RICH & JEFF SLOAN
website: startupnation.com
HOME BASED BUSINESS
RICHARD HENDERSON
website: homebusinessmag.com
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
WALL STREET JOURNAL
website: wsj.com
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
DANE CARLSON
website: www.business-opportunities.biz
Congratulation to the winners of the 2010 TOP 10 SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS!
Finance Minister Meets FSB in Larne
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Finance Minister Sammy Wilson with David Hunter, Larne Traders Forum, and Marlene Marcus and Roger Pollen from the FSB at a meeting in Larne to discuss the extension of the small business rates relief scheme



