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41. My Top 10 Tips For Staying In Business Each year about 440,000 new businesses start-up in the UK and yet each year and yet so many (around 60%) will close their doors within 18 months and walk away from what was their dream. So, why does it go wrong for so many? Well, the two biggest reasons are lack of cash and believe it or not, lack of motivation – the business owner no longer wants to carry on running their business. Bearing that in mind, here is my top 10 tips for staying in business. 42. Using Mortgage Solutions For Business Finance As owners of small businesses are now counting the cost of the recent interest rate rises and face the prospect of a further rate rise to 6 % later this year, some are turning to the equity in their homes to keep the cost of borrowing down. 43. How To Make An Email Campaign Work Email campaigns are becoming more and more popular now and are replacing direct mail as a method of contact with potential customers. But what are they and how can you make them work for you? 44. Small Business Opportunity Faux Pas Running a successful small business is definitely partly about identifying opportunities and acting on them. However, I see many small business owners missing out on these opportunities due to one of a number of faux pas. Here are my top five opportunity faux pas and what to do about them... 45. Corporate Manslaughter The introduction of this law will affect all UK employers from multinational corporates to small partnerships. The amended Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force on April 6, 2008. For the first time in UK law senior management can be found guilty of manslaughter for gross negligence. 46. Changes to immigration law impacts employers Thousands of business owners or managers throughout the UK who employ illegal workers could find themselves facing a £10,000 fine or even a spell in jail following changes to the law that come into force on February 29, 2008. 47. HR Top Tips Employment law and staff issues are complex and time consuming. So if you are about to embark on employing staff for the first time, or are already an employer, then here are some useful tips that you need to know. 48. Home Working For most people setting up their own business, working from home is their ideal solution, so here are my top tips on setting up your home office: 50. 5 Marketin Activities A Day Keeps The Feast And Famine Away One of the biggest complaints I hear from small business owners is that they don’t have time to do marketing. And if I even dare to suggest that ideally you should be doing five marketing activities a day, most owners would tell me that this is unrealistic and there is absolutely no way that they can do this. But, wait. Before you throw up your hands in horror, let me explain.