By day he is a businessman.
But after hours Phil Edwards devotes his time to building a unique electric- powered motorbike which he hopes will smash the UK drag-racing record.
The company director is transforming a standard motorbike into a batterypowered racing machine in time for next year’s Alternative Energy Racing event at Santa Pod, the home of European drag racing in Milton Keynes.
The prototype project has become so big that Phil, who runs Weald Business Solutions, which helps other organisations cut costs and improve efficiency, has set up a new company to take it on and ultimately hopes to sell the skills developed to people in the same field. <
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The Federal Reserve Bank may be forced to start foreclosing on homes and businesses
While a record number of banks and lenders are continuing to foreclosure on homeowners who are behind on their mortgage loans, current financial circumstances might force the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to step in. But the Fed will not be stepping in to help homeowners, but rather begin its own round of foreclosures.
The bailout of Bear Stearns in 2008 left the Fed with a damaged mortgage portfolio, including a number of residential and commercial properties, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read more…
Out of the 88 negative rating factors that can hurt your credit score one in particular that I would like to cover in this post are inquiries. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
In the credit scoring system credit report inquiries are given two types of classifications one being ‘soft inquiries’ and the other ‘hard inquiries’. Let’s co
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Real Estate Gurus and Real Estate Seminars
Real estate seminars advertise their worthiness by proclaiming to all who will listen that “the skills and strategies you will learn here are literally worth their weight in gold.” Their “students” will learn “secrets” of how to make huge profits in real estate, and become wealthy almost overnight.
Armed with these strategies and skills, seminar graduates will supposedly have the knowledge of how to profit from any market condition.
Seminar instructors stress that not only will these strategies overcome up or down markets, but will arm their student’s with knowledge few others are familiar with. Knowledge that
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Businesses still suffering as a result of landslide last year
All over the country, the SBA is accepting loan applications for small businesses affected by flooding. The Herald Dispatch reports that the SBA recently made loans available to residents and businesses that were victims of flooding in West Virginia and Ohio.
The U.S. Small Business Administration recently called attention to the fact that Economic Injury Disaster Loans were still available for small businesses and non-profit organizations economically impacted by the landslide that took place on October 25, 2009.
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Let’s suppose for a moment that you’ve taken a few steps necessary to establish business credit for your company. You got approved for a line of credit with a few suppliers, made purchases, paid your invoices and see the payment experience listed on your business credit report.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
After seeing your business credit score you decide to jump into the big leagues and apply for a business credit card without supplying a personal credit check or personal guarantee.
You’re shocked to find out that your business was declined and you can’t seem to figure out why. You have
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