Dan Martin
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Dan Martin has eight years experience as a journalist writing about entrepreneurs and the issues that affect them. After three years working as a researcher for Sky News, he joined BusinessEurope.com as a reporter. This was followed by two years working as news editor for Startups.co.uk during which time Dan also contributed to Growing Business magazine. In 2006, he joined Sift Media as business editor before being promoted to editor of BusinessZone.co.uk. He also has responsibility for UK Business Forums, the UK’s most active online forums for small business entrepreneurs. As well as interviewing many entrepreneurs, Dan has written content for leading business organisations such as the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, British Chambers of Commerce, Forum of Private Business, Investors in People and Business Link for London. Among the publications that have quoted Dan are The Times, Mail On Sunday, Financial Times, Personnel Today and Bristol Evening Post. His articles have also been published by publications including eGov Monitor, Virgin Express in-flight magazine and Personal Success. Dan speaks at events on issues of interest to UK entrepreneurs and in 2008, delivered a presentation to 250 delegates at the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies' annual conference on how business owners use social media. Earlier this year, he chaired two video debates featuring senior representatives from Business Link and the Federation of Small Businesses and Dragons' Den judge James Caan. Dan also organised the Bristol Twestival, part of a global celebration of Twitter on 12 February 2009. Volunteers from 185 cities around the world had only a month to organise an event using the social network. In total, $350,000 was raised for charity: water.
Editor BusinessZone.co.uk
29th Jun 2011
Five simple online marketing tips
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Cable sets up entrepreneurs' forum
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4th Nov 2010
Business Link to be axed from 2012
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27th Aug 2010
FREE EVENT: Pitch your business to The Black Farmer at Peter Jones' National Enterprise Academy
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Finance & strategy
26th Jul 2010
Cable threatens profit tax on banks not lending to SMEs
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Finance & strategy
8th Jun 2010
Chop imminent for Business Links
The government looks poised to carry out its election pledge to scrap the regional Business Link network as part of sweeping changes to the...
Finance & strategy
12th May 2010
Business groups urge Cameron to fix economy
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Finance & strategy
4th May 2010
SMEs turn their backs on Business Link
More than two thirds of small business owners support the Conservative Party’s pledge to scrap the Business Link support network. In a poll...
Finance & strategy
27th Apr 2010
Business finance survey: Laptop winner revealed
Thankyou to everyone who took part in our recent survey analysing businesses' financial predictions for 2010. We can now reveal the winner...
Finance & strategy