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Business Development Service Ltd (BDS) was formed in 1989 by a small group of professional business advisers who were committed to the cause of providing small businesses with the best advice and guidance to enable them to grow and prosper.
Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
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This series brings together all documents relating to English business survey.
This collection brings together all documents relating to Small Business Survey reports dating back to 2007 to 2008.
Find out how to work out your annual alcohol production if you’re part of a group, or you merge with, or separate from another business.
Toolkit of resources associated with the 10 steps taken by effective local partnerships.
How African businesses can get tailored support to find trade and investment partners in the UK.
The British High Commission in Windhoek remains committed to assisting UK companies to increase trade and investment links with Namibia.
How companies can help developing countries through the development and uptake of inclusive business models.
Statement by Ambassador Archie Young at the UN General Assembly for the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
How to identify and report harmful trade practices that affect your business when exporting, importing or operating domestically.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech at the Business Connect conference.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
Planting the right tree, in the right place, can help diversify business income, offset emissions, and bring direct benefits to your land, crops, and livestock. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
The Business Basics Programme was designed to test innovative ways of encouraging small and medium sized enterprises to adopt existing technologies and management practices to improve their productivity.
This series brings together all documents relating to Business and enterprise and the environment statistics
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