[ubuntu-uk] Lack of support for small business

john beddard john at creationspace.co.uk
Sat Nov 19 09:48:48 UTC 2011


On 19/11/11 09:28, Gareth France wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> 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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>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>>
> 
> 
> 
Your local Council Regeneration Team and University Enterprise
(Entrepreneurial) Department. Will be setting up many start-ups with
e-payment arrangements everyday. They will be glad to hear from you. And
will have a contact person at the Bank (usually Nat West) to refer you to.



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