Nine Percent of UK Businesses are Now Web Based

Around 360,000 UK businesses have engaged with the web to start their own small business. Figures on web driven entrepreneurs are ordinarily difficult to come by, these people generally don’t walk through the door of Governmental enterprise support agencies, they don’t approach banks for finance, they just seem to be getting on with it.

GLASGOW, UK (PRWEB) February 6, 2006 -– Web driven entrepreneurs are fast becoming a powerful economic force within the UK. Gary Reid (www.garyreid.co.uk), in his book The Web Driven Entrepreneur, details how approximately 9% of all businesses in the UK are purely web based.

This means around 360,000 UK businesses have engaged with the web to start their own small business. Figures on web driven entrepreneurs are ordinarily difficult to come by, these people generally don’t walk through the door of Governmental enterprise support agencies, they don’t approach banks for finance, they just seem to be getting on with it.

From trading on eBay to writing a blog for profit thousands are cashing in on the web. Gary commented, “Nine major trends are driving people in this move towards entrepreneurship and the web is giving them the basic means of production to make it all possible”.

In the book, Gary takes us through the nine trends, including how people are looking for a portfolio of income streams as pressures regarding pensions increase. That many are still looking to ‘cash-out’ of their career and take on a simpler lifestyle. But, what stands out as significant is how the web has reduced the risk of starting a business.

He highlights a paradigm shift away from the normal start-up concept. “These people just do it, they realise that they don’t need business plans and bank loans, they can work with what they have. If they need some extra cash to start a venture they plug into eBay and make some seed capital” explained Gary.

Gary’s book highlights the new generation of web driven entrepreneurs, their ability to spot trends, apply the fundamentals of social marketing and plan a venture in a more collaborative and dynamic way.

“The web has become a breeding ground for entrepreneurs, they can practice and learn the skills needed to succeed without giving up their job and when they get it right they sack the boss, it’s an exciting time for anyone who is looking to start a business” added Gary.

It seems web driven entrepreneurs in the UK are growing at an astonishing rate and in ways that many will see as challenging conventional business practice.

Gary has added a free downloadable PDF of the book to his website www.garyreid.co.uk and the paperback version is available at www.lulu.com/garyreid.

Media contact: Gary Reid +44(0)141 530 8654

About The Author

Gary Reid has over 20 years business experience, with a degree in marketing and a career history that includes time as a management consultant, advertising strategist and sometime advisor to a rock band. Gary has started three successful web ventures.

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