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.
Marketing
Chris Norton assesses why Google Analytics is an essential tool for measuring brand awareness and online conversions.
Marketing
Nicole Szekeres discusses how her company, which sells bags for instruments, approached the marketing challenge in the early stages of business.
Business management
Here, Albie Attias explains how circumstances dictated that he adapt his small business to the needs of a specific market.
Advice
In this piece, Samantha Whittingham discusses the challenges of being a young entrepreneur in an area often seen as being a hobby.
Marketing
Here's how to ensure you are on the right track to becoming a successful public speaker.
Business Technology
More than one in five small businesses say that a website is not in the company’s short-term future. Why?
Legal advice
To ensure that your business is on the right side of the law, Caroline Griffiths reveals some of the ways your business may be acting illegally.
Employing & managing staff
Simon England discusses how the right support has meant the difference between success and failure for his company.
Legal advice
Daniel Stachowiak discusses the developments that will shake up contract signature processes for small businesses.
Work life balance
Here, Lindsey Fish gives some top tips on how she went about planning a business while on maternity leave.
Marketing
How can you get your message heard above everybody else? Printed marketing materials may be the answer.
Advice
While you may not need to change everything about your lifestyle when you start your own business, there’s a good chance some changes are in order.