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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
By Diane Cossie
 Any business owner with a retail shop on the high street has probably been praying every night during December 2008 for the much hoped for pre-Christmas rush to the High Street to materialise and translate into sales.
The final weekend before Christmas saw High Street footfall down by 8.7% compared with 2007 and with figures showing a slide of between 10%-15% for year on year figures for the week commencing 15th December, you could argue that this Christmas is on course to be one of the worst ever for Retail Business owners.
These figures are bad news for struggling retailers, many of which are struggling to survive. Retailers whose main products are linked to the housing market are likely to be worst hit and the recession looks set to worsen with the ever increasing rises in unemployment figures taking their toll on job security fears.
For anyone who knows what it is like to start their own business, secure substantial borrowings to be able invest in the inevitable start up costs a retail business needs, stock, rent, rates and shop fittings to |
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Sunday, 04 January 2009 |
By Kurt Henninger
 Particularly with today's economy, people more and more are becoming a home based business opportunity seeker. Many do this for hundreds of different reasons, but in general, there are three trends among them that make them seek this kind of profession.
Often, people intialy become a home based business opportunity seeker, because they are unsatisfied with their work life and are looking for a change. They have become sick of the drudgery of a 40 hour, or upwards of 60 to 70 hour work week and are looking for a change of work pace. Many seek the flexibility of scheduling your own hours and becoming their own boss.
Many turn to a home based business opportunity not to reduce the number of hours they work, but for the opportunity to work for themselves. They look to satisfy their entrepreneurial spirit and generate a living from their own personal work.
An additional lure to many home based business opportunity seekers is the idea of earning extra income. There is a little known fact that most people who |
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