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Business Survival - References for Investigation

Biz/ed has provided the following references for investigation to help you research the problem. These are suggestions only and are not the only sources you may wish to use; indeed, you are not obliged to use any of them!

Web sites

• Business Failure - article on the BizHelp24 website
• Causes of Business Failure - articles from the BizHelp24 site, with a wealth of advice and information for small businesses.
• Predicting Business Failure - article from the Insolvency Helpline
• Common Reasons for Business Failure - article from the Insolvency Helpline
• Business Failure Statistics - from Bizminer
• How business failure paves the way to success - article on the Microsoft Small Business Centre advice site by Jeff Wurio. Other sources on that site may be relevant
• Helping businesses to deal with insolvency - Times 100 article
• Business failure - Times 100 article
• The Three Cs of Business failure - article from The Entrepreneur.com
• Experian Ltd - Experian home page. Go to the 'Press Office' tab to get to the reports published by this firm on business failure rates.
• Biz/ed's cash flow simulation - can you manage to stave off insolvency?
• Small Business Service - Government-run Web site
• Practical advice for busines - Government-run Web site
• The Better Payment Practice campaign
• The Forum of Private Businesses - lobbyists for small and medium sized businesses
• Publicity - from Biz/ed's In The News
• Market Power and Cash Flow - from Biz/ed's In The News
• Cash Flow learning trail - from Biz/ed
• Liquidity, Investment and Cash Flow - from Biz/ed