Rest easy, the good old fashioned British jolly isn't about to be outlawed - as was initially feared when drafts of the Bribery Act 2010 were originally presented earlier this year. The Ministry of Justice has reviewed the Act and while it hasn't made any changes, it has released guidance reassuring small businesses they aren't about to be dragged before the courts for entertaining clients.

The trend for tech start-ups to converge in the area round London's Old Street roundabout continues with VC firm Index Ventures announcing a new office in Scrutton Street yesterday. The Swiss firm has invested over 1.5bn Euros in businesses like Groupspaces, Lightbox and Soundcloud and after opening a San Francisco office just this January, its expansion Shoreditch side is more evidence of the allure of the 'Silicon Roundabout'.

Learning business lessons from wrestling seems unlikely, but it's exactly what Chris Thompson, founder of Seed Stacked, has done. His background as pro-wrestler "Chris Lighting" led to his business idea and taught him the skills to grow his brand. Seed Stacked now distributes healthy, seed-filled flapjack bars to more than 2,000 outlets in the UK. It has Asda as a stockist and has expanded to market in 12 countries.

John Greed is a creative maverick. He founded his eponymous jewellery firm after stints as a prop maker, a furniture designer and even a super yacht modeller. Today, The John Greed Jewellery website receives 13,000 hits a day from shoppers fascinated by his unique range of quirky gems. This is his 60-second start-up story.

Link baiting is an effective tool for your SEO marketing strategy. Create something interesting (or controversial) enough to catch people's attention and you can bait them in to linking to your site. The practice has been around for the last five years and has been criticized for underhandedness. But is that really fair?  Can it be a legitimate tool for growing traffic or does it do more harm than good?

Carl McCormick is one of two friends from Hertfordshire who left jobs they didn't want to do to set up Doofa.co.uk. Now he's looking forward to seeing what new and creative ways the UK can come up with to make money. Smarta took a minute of his time to get the details.

At the launch of StartUp Britain today, David Cameron echoed Chancellor George Osborne's promise to provide more help and support for start-up businesses. In a Churchill-like 'call to arms', he called on new entrepreneurs to "make it happen" and help drive the UK's economic recovery.

The 4Networking founder and author of the Get Off Your Arse business book series has this call to arms for anyone dreading Mondays: Don't just grin and bear it, start your own business instead.

David Cameron has today taken to the stage to launch StartUp Britain, a government campaign backed by 62 big businesses (including BlackBerry, Google and Microsoft). StartUp Britain pledges to help new entrepreneurs with financial help, contacts and advice. The end product will be a complete portal with practical help for start-ups, a guide to useful online resources for new businesses and networking opportunities with established entrepreneurs.

Shazia Awan gave up a high-flying career in PR to launch Peachy Pink, a lingerie and hosiery brand that gets rid of unsightly lumps and bumps. Her range, launched in 2009, has already been snapped up by a host of celebrities, from Amanda Holden to Beyonce. Here's how she made it happen.