http://www.obanza.info/smallbusiness Blog about Small Business Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:33:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WILLINGBORO — Dasia Dawson has a book of sketches filled with designs for jeans, jewelry and other clothing. But Dasia isn't a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, or even Willingboro High School. Dasia is a fourth-grader at J. Cresswell Stuart Elementary School. Dasia may be only 10 years old, but ... http://www.obanza.info/smallbusiness/index.php/7-willingboro-10-year-olds-sketches-lead-to-line-of-jewelry.html Do you wish to employ staff from overseas? Do you know how to establish whether a prospective employee is legally entitled to work in the UK? Are you aware that from 29 February 2008, employers who negligently hire illegal workers face a fine of up to £10,000 for each offence ... http://www.obanza.info/smallbusiness/index.php/6-employing-staff-from-overseas-a-legal-guide.html Effort from 17-23 November 2008 to unleash young people's ideas to address society's biggest issues British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined Carl Schramm of the Kauffman Foundation today in starting the countdown to Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, the world's biggest single event celebrating and promoting entrepreneurship amongst young people. The announcement was ... http://www.obanza.info/smallbusiness/index.php/5-countries-around-the-world-unite-to-celebrate-entrepreneurship.html Image via Wikipedia According to a recent Forrester Research report, online holiday retail sales in the U.S. are expected to hit $33 billion in 2007, a 21% increase over last year’s sales. Personally speaking, our online sales have already doubled this holiday season. Even though we have run a big discount ... http://www.obanza.info/smallbusiness/index.php/4-2007-holiday-sales-stats-for-online-businesses.html Business Idea - Eco Starter Kits Most of us realize there are changes we should make in our lives to  become more environmentally friendly, but overcoming inertia and  actually doing it can be another matter. Now a few different companies  offer starter kits to help make those changes happen. Greensender, which just ... http://www.obanza.info/smallbusiness/index.php/3-business-idea-eco-starter-kits.html