Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Starting a Business
SmallBusiness.co.uk offers some pointers to starting a company after being made redundant.
News
The number of women running businesses should accelerate by 100,000 over the next ten years, business community network Everywoman says.
News
Research has given insight into employer bias in the workplace, with the key reasons being work ethic, loyalty, personality, and humour.
Marketing
Faith Evans, Head of Website Production at BT Business, explains how search engine optimisation can get you to the top of Google.
News
The Forum of Private Business is calling for small businesses' patent rights to be better protected amid concerns that many cannot afford to sue companies which steal their ideas.
Business management
Dennis Turner, chief economist of HSBC, discusses the implications of an ageing workforce on business growth and the need for workforce planning.
Investing in a franchise
Reader's Question: I am considering investing or buying a franchise but i am not sure where to start. Have you any advice for me?
Marketing
Three quarters of consumers who heard about a bad customer experience via social media stopped doing business with the offending company, research finds.
News
Business owners in the UK are spreading themselves too thinly by taking on too many different roles within their own company.
Marketing
Faith Evans, Head of Website Production at BT Business, explains how search engine optimisation can get you to the top of Google.
Business Ideas & Planning
Dr Simon Mosey, head of Institute for Enterprise and Innovation at Nottingham University Business School, offers some business planning wisdom for SmallBusiness.co.uk readers.
Government Grants
Louise Guinda, founder of baby product company Safedreams.co.uk, received help from Business Gateway and Scottish Enterprise.