Comments for Wales eBusiness Network http://www.business4wales.co.uk News | Advice | Features Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:41:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Business Finance:Credit Unions and Payroll capitalisation by Chris Jones http://www.business4wales.co.uk/business-financecredit-unions-and-payroll-capitalisation/#comment-3407 Chris Jones Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:41:44 +0000 http://www.business4wales.co.uk/?p=101#comment-3407 This is a vital topic for all Welsh businesses. This is a vital topic for all Welsh businesses.

]]> Comment on CHAMPIONING THE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR by Bob Business http://www.business4wales.co.uk/championing-the-small-business-sector/#comment-2709 Bob Business Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:53:39 +0000 http://www.business4wales.co.uk/championing-the-small-business-sector/#comment-2709 Is it realistic to encourage people to start businesses rather than seek jobs as employees? Running a successful business requires a certain type of personality that not everyone has. And if more and more people start their own small businesses, won't that just increase competiton between small businesses to the point where some of them can't survive? Is it realistic to encourage people to start businesses rather than seek jobs as employees? Running a successful business requires a certain type of personality that not everyone has. And if more and more people start their own small businesses, won’t that just increase competiton between small businesses to the point where some of them can’t survive?

]]> Comment on COST EFFECTIVE BROADBAND SOLUTIONS FOR RURAL WALES by cyberdoyle http://www.business4wales.co.uk/cost-effective-broadband-solutions-for-rural-wales/#comment-1059 cyberdoyle Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:33:13 +0000 http://www.business4wales.co.uk/cost-effective-broadband-solutions-for-rural-wales/#comment-1059 The solution BT came up with wasn't a patch on Rutlands solution. all bt was gonna do was re-route the lines to a closer exchange and put them on adsl. Rutland is going to do fibre to the cabinet and deliver a far faster service. BT ripoff, just like they are doing in Cornwall. At least with Rutland there is a chance they will upgrade to fibre to the home as soon as they can. With BT if you settle for an impoverished connection now you are stuck with it for decades. You are right in saying the way forward is the cumbrian way. Rory has the right idea, and hopefully the political support to match the community support he already has. If we can just get access to the infrastructure in Lancashire and Cumbria that is full of unused dark fibre the job can be done for very little money. It also needs attention paying to the Valuation office tax which is like a modern day windows tax and impedes innovation and investment, and it also needs to sort out the hitlers in the planning offices so it doesn't take weeks to get planning permission to bore a small pipe under a country lane... Rory will sort it. chris The solution BT came up with wasn’t a patch on Rutlands solution. all bt was gonna do was re-route the lines to a closer exchange and put them on adsl. Rutland is going to do fibre to the cabinet and deliver a far faster service. BT ripoff, just like they are doing in Cornwall. At least with Rutland there is a chance they will upgrade to fibre to the home as soon as they can. With BT if you settle for an impoverished connection now you are stuck with it for decades.

You are right in saying the way forward is the cumbrian way. Rory has the right idea, and hopefully the political support to match the community support he already has.
If we can just get access to the infrastructure in Lancashire and Cumbria that is full of unused dark fibre the job can be done for very little money. It also needs attention paying to the Valuation office tax which is like a modern day windows tax and impedes innovation and investment, and it also needs to sort out the hitlers in the planning offices so it doesn’t take weeks to get planning permission to bore a small pipe under a country lane…
Rory will sort it.
chris

]]> Comment on Business News: Welsh exports shrink by £1.6bn as UK figures rise by Philip Owen http://www.business4wales.co.uk/business-news-welsh-exports-shrink-by-1-6bn-as-uk-figures-rise/#comment-292 Philip Owen Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:46:28 +0000 http://www.business4wales.co.uk/business-news-welsh-exports-shrink-by-1-6bn-as-uk-figures-rise/#comment-292 The issue is not quantity of exports but quality. Large variations in the export of steel do not say much about the rest of the Welsh economy. The long term health of the Welsh economy is better measured by the exports of small and medium sized firms to fast growing markets. Turkey, Russia and India are examples that are not the other side of the world. Russia in particular has a lifestyle and economy that can readily accept British goods. And yet, WAG is destroying International Business Wales, its export support arm. Hmmm? The issue is not quantity of exports but quality. Large variations in the export of steel do not say much about the rest of the Welsh economy. The long term health of the Welsh economy is better measured by the exports of small and medium sized firms to fast growing markets. Turkey, Russia and India are examples that are not the other side of the world. Russia in particular has a lifestyle and economy that can readily accept British goods.

And yet, WAG is destroying International Business Wales, its export support arm. Hmmm?

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