21. Work smarter not harder

Nick James is a Whitley-based entrepreneur who has gone from car park attendant to million pound businessman.

22. The importance of optimism in the midst of the economic storm

The uproar caused by Baroness Vadera’s claim of seeing the ‘first few green shoots’ of Britain’s economic recovery seems rather extreme to me.

23. Nick James: The spectre of personal greed

How much downright dishonesty from people put in positions of trust and respectability are the British public supposed to take?

24. Support for a further cut on interest rates

25. Nick James blog: Wikipedia

Anyone who runs a website for business purposes knows the importance of well written, accurate content in creating the right impression of a company and the goods and services it provides.

26. Sick of the ‘get rich quick mentality’

In the world of small business, where every decision made has immediate effect, no cash handouts are available if mistakes are made.

27. Driving traffic to your site

This week Nick has some choice words on how to drive traffic to your website.

28. Setting up a joint venture

After recovering from the shock of redundancy, many people take time to re-evaluate their lives and contemplate the real possibility of starting up their own business.

29. Writing a press release

Whatever line of business you are in, it’s important that people know about you. Being featured in the media either locally or nationally is a great way to raise your company profile and communicate what you do to the maximum number of people.

30. New business ventures

“I’m always interested in new business ventures, so I’ve been following the progress of the controversial mobile phone directory service 118800.