Business Services
Reviews and ratings of quality, hand-picked, UK websites
Butlins 
• www.butlinsonline.co.uk
Headers: Holiday Parks, Late Deals, Conference Facilities
Butlins has 3 parks, Minehead, Skegness and Bognor Regis. Butlins, of course, is well know for family holidays with acitivities for children and adults, including Splash Waterworld, funfair, shows, sport and leisure facilities, kids clubs (U breaks only) plus live bands and discos. Each park also offers shops, services such as cash point, laundrette etc, and places to eat. Butlins also offers Entertainment Breakaways, which are short themed breaks running from October to May. There are breaks suitable for families (rated U) and for adults only (rated 18). Note, summer holidays are all U rated. Lastly, Butlins resort are well set up to provide conferenciing facilites for up to 8000 - technical specifications for each park is available on the website.
Company Registrations Online
• www.companyregistrations.com
Headers: Form a Company, Names & Searches, Additional Services, Company Documents, Customer Support, Price List
Company Registrations Online is a company formation agent that will arrange the incorporation of your business online, by fax, post, email or via a local rate number, whatever type of limited company you wish to form. You can also use the site to perform company searches. Additional services on offer are accountant introductions, annual compliance service, brass name plates, business advice, company seals, conference facilities, corporate company secretary appointment, domain name registration, hosting solutions, mail forwarding service, nominee shareholders, registered office facility, restoration of dissolved companies, telephone answering service and trademark registration. Company Registrations Online Ltd is based in Stockport, Cheshire.
Dell UK
• www1.euro.dell.com
Headers: Desktops, Notebooks, Printers, Software & Peripherals, Dell Handhelds
One of the UK's leading computer suppliers, Dell UK offers customisable desktops, financing, recycling of your old computer, a memory upgrade selector, online technical support, a collect and return service, onsite service packages, driver and software downloads plus online 360 degree product tours for its computer systems. They even offer online computing courses. Look out for special offers as they often have excellent deals on offer. Dell is based in Ross on Wye.
Eightpoint
• www.eightpoint.co.uk
Headers: Full Colour Printing
Eightpoint specialises in short run colour digital prints which means they will print as few as 100 business cards and from just 1 leaflet, brochure, postcard or letterhead. You can upload your own artwork, use one of their templates or take advantage of their design service. Prices exclude VAT. Eightpoint is based in Stockport, Cheshire.
JureticMedia 
• www.juretic.com
Headers: Web Consultancy, Web Design, Web Development, Web Marketing
Juretic Media offers businesses professional web based solutions, from design through to implementation and market maximization. The standard of web design is extrememly high, and their portfolio includes ecommerce sites and flash sites. If you are looking for this kind of service, then this is one website that is definitely worth checking out. Juretic Media is based in Brighton.
Just Tax
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www.just-tax.co.uk
Headers: Tax Return Service, Other Services, Tax Info, Tax Guides.
No-nonsense, helpful and brisk and businesslike, tax return site for PAYE or Self-Emplyed. The clearly laid out site inspires confidence that they can deal with the tax minefield! They will sort your tax return out and you can expect to pay £130 for PAYE and £250 if you are Self-Employed. Nothing to pay until they have done it and you can pay by credit-card if you like. They have an online-form to fill in to get a more details and you can also order a free brochure. They rightly point out that anyone can set themselves up as a tax expert and gently inform us that they are qualified accountants and not just a dotcom company!
Key Online
• www.keyind.co.uk
Headers: Handling & Lifting, Castors & Wheels, Access Equipment, Storage, Workshop, Packaging, Tools & Maintenance, Safety & Security, Personal Protection Equipment, Signs & Identification, Cleaning & Hygiene, Mats & Flooring, Office, Catering, Climate Control, Outdoor Management,
Key Online has over 50,000 industrial, commercial and office products, from fire retardent waste bins to powered belt conveyors to a very large range of office furniture. Founded in 1973, Key is part of the Manutan Group which has companies in 19 countries in Europe. Buy online or request a catalogue.
• Free Delivery
Locks Online
• www.locksonline.co.uk
Headers: Locks, Access Control, Intruder Alarms, CCTV Systems, Fire Control, Door Furniture, UPVC Door & Window Furniture, Safes etc., Miscellaneous
LocksOnline offers a very large range of security equipment, from a wide variety of wholesalers, for both business and homeowners, from locks to fire equipment to secure post boxes. The site is owned by The Walkers Group of Pembrokeshire which has been providing total security packages since 1989.
Macdonald-hotels
• www.macdonald-hotels.co.uk
Headers: Hotels, Special Breaks, Health & Beauty, Restaurants, Weddings, Business, Meetings & Events
There are over 60 luxury Macdonald Hotels throughout 
England and Scotland; from contemporary city centre hotels to manor houses in their own grounds. Each hotel has detailed descriptions of accomodations, restaurant, event and conference facilites plus location map. Many of the hotels have leisure club and spa facilities and operate special health and beauty/relaxation breaks. Some of the hotels also have their own championship-standard golf course. Macdonalds operate special breaks, including themed breaks such as "murder weekends", plus, classical music lovers might like to check out their programme of summer concerts.
Monarch Shelving and Racking
• www.monarchdirect.co.uk
Headers: Shelving & Racking, Benches & Stations, Lockers & Accessories, Cupboards, Archive Storage, Steps, Trucks & Trolleys, Galvanised Products, Garment Hanging Rails, Mesh Products, Retail Furniture, Hazardous Cabinets, Storage & Tool Boxes, Louvred Products, Cabinets, Plastic Bund Storage, Tote Pans, Drum Storage, Cylinder Storage, Chairs, Outdoor & Garden Lighting, Shelters & Racks, Outdoor, Diy & Garden
A comprehensive range of over 3000 warehousing and storage equipment products for both businesses and householders plus an excellent range of outdoor and garden lighting. Monarch is based in Oldham, Lancs.
• Free Delivery
One to One Business Services
• www.onetoonebusiness.co.uk
Last minute work? Qualified secretaries can rattle up reports, manuscripts, projects invoices/statements etc. They can also handle database maintenance, graphics and diary keeping - see the full list on their services page. Best of all you can use their enquiry form and if you do this before 4:00pm you will be responded to and dealt with on the same day.
Planet Numbers
• www.planet-numbers.co.uk
Headers: Busines Phone Numbers, Business Services
Planet Numbers can offer 0800 Freephone, 0845 Local Rate, 0870 National Rate, 0808 Freephone, Free 0870 numbers plus Fax to Email, Virtual Office, International Call Saver, Country Code Locator and Number Redirection Service. If you are not sure what you need, or whether you need it, you can always email or use the online live support feature. If you sign up to their newletter, you will be entered in their competition. (No prizes for guessing for what the prizes are!) Planet Number is based in Bransgore, Hampshire.
Priority Pass
• www.prioritypass.com
Headers: Airport Lounge Priority Pass
Buying a Priority Pass will give you access to over 450 airport lounges in over 245 cities worldwide, irrespective of the airline you are flying with. Membership perks include complimentary drinks and refreshments, access to business facilities, newspapers, TV, phone, fax and interent access. The Standard option, £69, gives you access but you pay a £15 charge for each visit. Standard Plus, £159, allows for 10 free visits. For more frequent flyers, the Prestige option, £259, allows unlimited free access. Priority Pass was launched in 1992 and have offices located in Dallas, Hong Kong and London.
Renovate Alerts
• www.renovatealerts.com
If you have been intrigued by programmes such as "Property Ladder" and are looking to try your hand at renovation, then you might be interested in this website. Renovate Alerts searches the internet looking for property for sale that is in need of renovation. Every few days they email subscribers with links to the latest properties. Monthly subscription rates are £10 or £20, depending on area.
Save On Your Bills
• www.saveonyourbills.co.uk
Headers: Electricity, Electricity & Gas, Gas.
Saveonyourbills.com provides a free and impartial service to help UK households and business save money on their bills. You could save up to £150 a year off your household energy bills and up to 35% off your business energy bills. Approved by Energywatch for complete impartiality and to give the consumer confidence in our service.
StartNewBusiness
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www.startnewbusiness.com
Headers: Company Start Up Services
StartNewBusiness provides a complete package of services for those wishing to start a new company, from incorporation to getting your business online. The package includes: Incorporation, VAT and Inland Revenue Set Up, Stationery Pack, Accounts Software, Business Planning Toolkit, Accounting, 0870 Phone and Fax Numbers, Virtual Office, Domain Name and e-mail, Web Site, Employment Contracts, Confidentiality Agreements, Terms of Business, Registered Office Service, Company Secretary Service. Everything, in fact. Your company can be formed and ready to trade in 4-6 working days. Based in Manchester, StartNewBusiness is owned by IncWise Ltd which was founded and is managed by a qualified barrister and an IT consultant.
The Sales Training Consultancy
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www.salestraining.co.uk
Headers: Sales Training
The Sales Training Consultancy offers a variety of products on sales training, including tailor-made materials, plus online courses as well as a range of in-house and open courses designed specifically for businesses and individuals. The company also offers consultancy services on sales related issues. You can download their brochure in pdf format. Founded in 1989, The Sale Training Consultancy is based in Haxby, York.
Touch
• www.touch.co.uk
If you want to find a business in your area, then touch will do the searching for you. I typed plumbers and my local area into the search box and touch were able to produce quite a respectable list of plumbers near to me. If you prefer you can use their map to locate businesses in your area. If you would like to advertise your business with touch, there are free and paid for listings available.
Business Search PRO On-Line
• www.businesssearch.co.uk
Headers: Businesses Data Base.
Business Search is a complete sales & marketing tool online operated by Thomson Directories and allows you to search a database of over 2 million UK business listings, build direct mail lists and buy data online via credit card. You can either register free and buy data as and when, or you can buy an annual membership (£200 + VAT pa) which entitles you to view all data on screen and also work with data in an on-screen campaign manager.
Note: You can only use the site if you have Internet Explorer
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