Free Software

There are many great free open source programs out there which can save you lots of expense, especially when starting a new business.

Photoshop CS5 is now over £1200, although it is a great program, Gimp is a good free alternative to it.

Below I have provided  download links to some of the free programs that I use.

Gimp A great free alternative to Photoshop. Gimp is a freely distributed piece of software. You can find many video tutorials for Gimp via U Tube.	OpenOffice A free alternative to Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
Thunderbird Free alternative to outlook express. Enjoy safe, fast and easy email, Mozilla-style. The Thunderbird® email client includes intelligent spam filters, powerful search and customizable views.	Sunbird Lightning is a popular calendaring, scheduling and task management extension. Sunbird® is a cross-platform application that brings Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar.
Ultimate Business Plan Starter If you need to write a business plan, but don't have time to waste, then get Ultimate Business Plan Starter. It's the fast way to get your business idea on paper. Business Plan Starter walks you through every important step--from start to finish	AVG Anti virus Free AVG Free provides enough security for savvy Windows users. You'll get a combined antivirus and antimalware engine, LinkScanner, and e-mail scanning. AVG Free 9 introduces a few new features, with improvements focused on performance, including claims of faster scan and boot times.
Invoicer 11.0 Creates and prints invoices. Can be used by any type of company. Items can be saved and will appear on later invoices from a drop down list. Labor, shipping, and additional charges or credits can be added. Tax/discount are automatically calculated.	GnuCash GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. It uses a check-book like register GUI to enter and track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. GnuCash is designed to be simple and easy to use but still based on formal accounting principles.
Stock.Xching Not software as such but a great free resource for stock photo's that you can use for you website or flyers. Not many of these sites left now. All you need to do is register.	SpangleFish.Com * Easy-peasy website creation - no coding! * As many pages and photos as you need * News, Blog, Feedback Form, Guestbook, Visitor Stats, and much more. * Built-in Photo & Document Managers * Did we mention it's completely FREE?
Photoscape Photoscape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

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