The credit crunch is taking its share of business scalps and the global economic downturn will be the focus of many boardroom meetings over the coming months. Difficult times call for difficult business decisions to be made.

However, not all businesses are experiencing negative consequences from recent events in the financial markets. Businessitonline.com, the supplier of integrated software applications to small businesses, has experienced a 100% month-on-month increase in customers of its web-based service since panic rocked the financial markets.

Businessitonline.com, the London-based provider of integrated online business software for start-ups and small businesses, have been selected as a semi-finalist for the "Plugg Start-Up of the Year Award".

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