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 Technology

The future of point of sale

Here, we look at the value of touch screen devices for small companies to stay ahead of the curve.

Marketing

How to grow your business awareness without social media

Here, we look at the marketing options outside of social media to raise business awareness.

News

Mortgage brokering goes online with new website

A start-up has taken aim at disrupting the £95 billion mortgage brokering market by launching a new site that identifies the best mortgages for hopeful house-hunters.

News

Companies urged to adapt their business models or die

Well over a third of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that if they don’t adapt their business models they will go out of business in five years, but only 2 per cent have done something about it.

Finding and selling to customers

Key developments in the gaming industry in the last three decades

Here are some of the milestone operators in the gaming industry in recent years.

Advice

Growing your business through dual citizenship

Here, we look at how dual citizenship can be a handy thing to have for business owners.

Startup Funding and Grants

Using the bank of mum and dad for business funding

In this piece, we look at the ways in which parents can benefit from injecting cash into their offspring's business.

Business Technology

How hotels and bed and breakfasts can grow their visibility online

As exciting as operating your own hotel or bed and breakfast establishment can be, the success of such a business depends hugely on making it as visible as possible to the broadest span of people possible, across what may be not only the UK but also the world.

Business Technology

The importance of choosing the right web hosting company for small businesses

Several aspects of web hosting must be considered before embarking on a new domain for a small business. There are several competing web hosting companies, making the differences hard to spot, especially if you haven’t owned/managed a web domain before.

Employing & managing staff

Beating absenteeism during the European Championships

In this piece, in conjunction with Boost Capital, we give some tips on managing staff while the European Championships are on.

News

Businesses turn to ex-hackers to improve cyber security

A fifth (20 per cent) of UK businesses have already invited hackers to assess their security systems and a further 37 per cent are open to the idea.

News

Consumers feel misunderstood by brands

Companies are misunderstanding over a third of their costumers, research finds.