[ubuntu-uk] Lack of support for small business

[Gareth France]

I have no interest in borrowing money whatsoever. I'm hoping to develop in
the direction of group meets, training days etc. I'm intrigued by the idea
of install fests, plenty of opportunities out there.

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, john beddard <john at creationspace.co.uk>wrote:

> On 19/11/11 00:50, Gareth France wrote:
> > Naturally everything is in it's infancy right now. I'll be providing a
> mix
> > of new and reasonable spec second hand machines. Expect the range to be
> > rather limited at first but I'll be looking to grow it quite quickly.
> >
> > The website isn't up just yet but the email is working
> > sales at cliftonts.co.ukor I'm always available by phone on 07973 281384.
> > I'm based in Bucks but
> > I'm looking into shipping options at the moment and it should be easily
> > do-able. Check out http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com and expect to
> see me
> > at most of their events from now on.
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Alan Bell <alan.bell at libertus.co.uk
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On 19/11/11 00:42, Gareth France wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm toying with moving on to arranging a met up for those interested
> as I
> >>> collect them and just generally trying to get a bit of a buzz locally.
> >>> Thanks for the offer, of course keeping costs low will be crucial to
> making
> >>> this work. I'll be in touch in due course.
> >>>
> >>
> >> where in the country are you based? How can people on the list find you
> to
> >> get one of your fine pre-installed Ubuntu machines?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk>
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> Gareth,
>
> Open-source developments such as Ubuntu, lend themselves naturally to
> furthering local community development. For example if you offer some
> sort of training to local people, possibly around a LoCo. You will find
> that the local council will be really interested in some sort of
> regeneration funding. Most of them are now frantically looking for
> alternatives away from the 'retail bubble.'
>
> Another possibility is to consider looking at becoming a Social
> Enterprise, such as a Community Investment Company (CIC). Where
> investors and funding agencies really understand relatively new ideas
> such as, open-source and crowdsourcing. I believe that there are good
> funding possibilities for CICs.
>
> Don't forget that taking traditional bank funding can also limit your
> company's flexibility grow. Largely because the bank is only interested
> in making money from your business. They have no interest in supporting
> fresh new ideas.
>
> John
>
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