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.

Advice

Small Business Agony Aunt: Your pressing questions answered

Here, some key small business questions are put to Grant Thornton’s Business Growth Advisers.

Advice

Learning from my mistakes as a start-up accountancy practice

Here, Sam Boothroyd, founder of The Small Business Coach, discusses how he started, ran and sold an online accountancy practice.

Employing & managing staff

The consequence of illegal working for your business

In this piece, Gemma Goodhead, head of immigration at SA Law, explains why it's critical to check the right to work of your employees.

Business Technology

Ransomware mustn’t be allowed to strangle SMEs

In this piece, Marcin Kleczynski, CEO and founder of Malwarebytes, examines the scale of the threat of ransomware to small British businesses today.

Legal advice

Five reasons you should think about litigation funding

Andrew Brown, a lawyer specialising in resolving disputes at Capital Law, looks at some high-level cases and analyses common trends in litigation funding.

Advice

Finance products: A complete leasing guide

Here, we look at the various financial products you have at your disposal when it comes to financing your fleet.

Marketing

Living with Google: What you can and can’t get removed from search

Business owners need to get to know Google and understand it better, says Simon Wadsworth, managing partner at Igniyte.

Government Grants

How businesses can access government assistance

There are plenty of government schemes that have been designed to help companies across multiple sectors grow, says Chris Williams, chief executive of B60. 

Export & Import

How we are preparing our pet food business for Brexit

Here, Eddie Milbourne discusses what steps his pet food company Canagan is taking to prepare for Brexit.

Legal advice

What exactly is an intern? HMRC might take a different view!

In this piece, Karen Holden, founder of A City Law Firm, discusses why it's vital for business owners to determine whether a working relationship qualifies as an internship.

Finding and selling to customers

How one small business went from start-up to partnering with Tesco

Co-founder and CEO of Spoon Guru Markus Stripf discusses his journey from start-up to partnering with a retail giant in less than three years.

Work life balance

Five team night out ideas

A team that plays together, stays together. Here are some suggestions for team bonding.