About

Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.

Business management

The Fish and Chips business: From single outlet to food empire

In this piece, Adrian Tweedale recounts his journey from running a village fish and chip shop to overseeing multiple food outlets.

Finding and selling to customers

How to sell on eBay like a multichannel sales professional

In this post, Andy Richley offers a number of additional tips that he says will help you to write perfect eBay titles, every time.

News

Comprehensive data strategy key to strong financial performance for SMEs

UK organisations that have a well-defined data strategy report their company’s financial performance as substantially ahead of peers in the most recent financial year.

Business Ideas & Planning

How tech entrepreneurs turned their creativity into a business

In this piece, in association with the Federation of Small Businesses, we look at the journey of four tech entrepreneurs, from raw tech talent to owner of a flourishing company. 

Accounting

How to stop late payers causing a cashflow crisis

Charise Marsden, debt recovery manager, at Keeble Hawson writes for smallbusiness.co.uk on how business can prevent late payments causing a cash flow crisis for your business.

Business management

Three professionals that you’ll need to help run your business

As an entrepreneur, you’ll be used to being the driving force behind your enterprise.

Employing & managing staff

The business benefits of employing disabled people

In this piece in association with Boost Capital, we look at the upside of employing disabled people for your small business.

News

UK job market defiant against Brexit

The UK’s job market is standing strong, suggesting that the predicted Brexit backlash is yet to have any significant impact on British jobs, research finds.

Employing & managing staff

Beating the auto-enrolment challenge as a small business

In this piece in association with KashFlow, we look at the challenges of auto-enrolment and talk to small businesses about their experience.

Marketing

Ten Facebook video strategies for businesses

Here, Gavin Hammar shares ten strategies that will help you create more engagement for your business via the Facebook platform.

News

Half of employees stay silent over mental health absence

More than half of employees who have taken time off work due to mental health issues feel uncomfortable speaking to their line manager about the real reason for their absence, research finds.

News

Employers blamed by workers for contributing to obesity

More than a third (34 per cent) of UK workers claim their employers have directly contributed to higher levels of obesity.