If you like the look of Microsoft Office Live for Small Business and Office Live Workspaces, then you might also like this from BT.  It looks even more like understanding how to build a business on the back of Windows SharePoint Services is going to be vital in the small business space!

BT launches free business tools

U.K. telecom company offers BT Business Builder, which bundles free management applications for small businesses.

By David Meyer
Special to CNET News.com

Published: September 11, 2007, 8:34 AM PDT

U.K. telecom company BT Group has added a set of business-management tools to its portfolio of free hosted applications for small businesses.

BT Business Builder incorporates bookkeeping, invoicing, sales, planning, payroll, human resources, and health and safety tools, together with a news-alert service covering new business legislation.

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>BT, which is gradually shifting its image from telecommunications incumbent to global IT services giant, has already launched several hosted services for small businesses this year. BT Tradespace, launched in April, is a free social-networking and marketing facility designed to let small business set up an online presence easily via a series of templates. BT Workspace, launched in January, is a Microsoft SharePoint-based collaboration tool.

BT launches free business tools | CNET News.com

Other related items include http://blog.echosign.com/2007/07/btmicrosoft-all.html and http://ukbroadbandfinder.blogspot.com/2007/10/bt-tradespace-new-features.html

thanks

David