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Ben Lobel

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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.

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Business rates hike will ‘potentially finish small businesses’

Small business owners have spoken out about the shake-up in business rates that threatens to hit the smallest companies the hardest.

Marketing

Lessons learned from… Uber’s #deleteuber crisis

In the latest in our monthly series ‘Lessons Learned’, Jennifer Janson looks at what businesses can learn from when Uber got political.

Finding and selling to customers

Why the high street isn’t dead

Here, Jonathan Loofe looks at how the high street and online retail can work together for small business success.

Business Technology

How investing in communications technology can help smaller businesses stay ahead of the curve

Here's how today’s modern communications tools have the power to bring real and lasting benefits to your company and help you punch above your weight to compete with big businesses.

Business management

Setting small business financial goals: Why and how you should do it

In this article, we look at how setting yourself a financial goal at the start of the year can be a great measurement of progress for your business.

Startup Funding and Grants

Further spike noted in new home listings across UK market

The UK housing market is continuing its slow but steady return to strength.

Startup Funding and Grants

Bridging loans step out of the shadows to challenge conventional lenders

The bridging loan, as far as the average mortgage broker was concerned, used to be the kind of offering to avoid at all costs. Not so any more.

Employing & managing staff

Six ways to keep staff motivation and morale high in your small business

Job satisfaction will lead to happy clients and that means growth for your company, argues Darren Craig.

Startup Funding and Grants

Exploring business finance: How appropriate debt choices can fuel ambitions

There are two broad ways to finance a business: an injection of equity or taking on debt. Here, we look at debt.

Employing & managing staff

Small businesses and lunchtime drinking: The HR debate

Here, Alan Price comments on Lloyds of Londons's decision to prevent employees from consuming alcohol at lunch.

Marketing

How to structure a perfect SEO optimised page

Here, we break down what small business owners should know for optimal search engine optimisation.

Business management

Four things to consider when choosing a supplier

As Keren Lerner explains, the foundations for good supplier relationships are put in place before a contract is even signed.