The government supported by leading brands has launched a new initiave to encourage new business start ups.

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At Selectabase we’ve just released our annual survey of the previous year’s start up activity.

The full results are available on our news page by clicking here but in brief, the top 10 start up professions were dominated by IT, health and beauty, or home improvement/construction jobs.

The survey results were obtained by analysing the monthly numbers of new and changing businesses which are identified by our Startupsplus small business marketing service.

A report dated 13/10/10 on the BBC website revals a ‘big rise in the number of new UK start up companies‘ in 2010. The report has been published by Yoodoo, a new online advice and training resource for those considering starting a new business. The Yoodoo report claims a 51% rise in start ups in 2010 compared to the first six months of 2008, a figure based on analysis of companies house data.

This is certainly supported by the ongoing data collected by the Startupsplus service from Selectabase. Back in July 2010 Selectabase released figures showing that new business start ups increased by 19% compared to the first half of 2009.

Startupsplus data is collected from a variety of sources and telephone verified for accuracy, and includes all forms of business including sole traders and limited companies.

New start ups can present a valuable market for suppliers of an extremely wide range of goods and services. There are a number of significant reasons why you should target start up businesses…
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