Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
News
Apprenticeships develop skills that can only be gained through employment, say 77 per cent of companies.
Work life balance
Caroline Crabbe, general manager at Jo Jingles, discusses how to balance the responsibilities of work and raising a family.
News
UK businesses are seeing overall cost deflation for the first time since 2009, giving companies cheaper input costs to support growth, research finds.
Advice
Here, we look at the upwards trajectory of UK Valentine's Day spending.
News
Some 39 per cent of would-be entrepreneurs say they think every day about starting their own business, research finds.
Marketing
Here, we look at why it is necessary to make your exhibition stall stand out with strong branding.
Business Technology
Here, we look at the tools that enable a small company owner to manage their business from one device.
Advice
Here, we look at how to exercise judgment when giving a corporate gift.
Buying and selling a company
Stephen Attree outlines the most important stages that need to be considered in order to ensure the successful acquisition of a business.
Business management
Here we look at the problem of small companies not being extended credit and what businesses can do to improve their credit score.
News
Every year, construction firms in the UK write off more than £10,000 each when customers do not pay, according to a recent report published by Bibby Financial Services.
Advice
Almost three fifths of small companies still do not have the means to process card payments. Gareth Poppleton discusses the increase in demand for card payment facilities.