The Red Tape offers information and inspiration for entrepreneurs and their advisors.

On this issue:

• The Masterclass - effective business writing is more than just getting your spelling right. Suzan St Maur explains what you should be thinking before you write
• McThinking - Steve McDermott advises you to get your buts out...
• Five Free - a free five minute preview of our new audio programme Grassroots Management
• Inside Business - Zircon are something of a rarity at the moment; a manufacturing company that has recently doubled its turnover and is in a position to invest heavily in new technology. Tim Chapman finds out how they've managed it
• The Managers Guide to the Galaxy - The Managers Guide to... People
• Focus - outsourcing aspects of your business could save you time and money. David Spencer reports
• Audio Diaries - we hear another update from audio diarist Tony Stones at the Champagne Warehouse
• Seeing Red - Len Tingle is stuck in traffic
• The CV - Cliff Stanford is the man behind Demon, the enormously successful internet provider. He talks about the starting and the selling of Demon, and his current plans and projects