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.

Finding and selling to customers

Beat the gig economy and become a direct selling entrepreneur

Could becoming a direct selling entrepreneur be the best way to beat the gig economy? In this piece, Lindsay Harriss find out.

Business Ideas & Planning

Four small business steps to creating your niche

How do you go about discovering your business niche? Here, Mark Perera gives his top tips for would-be company owners.

Office & home working

Five trends set to transform working practices

Pete Sayburn shares his insight into the latest thinking and ways of working that businesses should be looking to deploy.

Business management

Is your start-up prepared for the worst?

In this piece, we look at how to ensure your small business is covered for potential threats and issues.

Business Technology

Why law enforcement agencies are cracking down on DDoS for hire

In this piece, we look at the rise of DDoS for hire services and how law enforcement agencies can approach the problem.

Business Technology

Educating staff about IT security is key to business success

If you only do one thing this year, make sure it's educating employees about the IT security risks to the business, argues Mike Dearlove.

Marketing

Current trends in marketing and how they can benefit your small business

Chelsey Abrahams explores the holy trinity of PR, social media and content marketing as key methods of bringing exposure to your business.

Employing & managing staff

How to keep employees motivated in the new year

Jason Downes offers his top tips for keeping your employees motivated in the new year.

Marketing

What content should your small business be creating?

Here, Darren Clare looks at five types of content that, as a small business, you can easily create and distribute to help your marketing efforts.

Accounting

Taking on the late payment culprits: Will 2017 finally be our year?

Ian Watkinson looks at whether 2017 could be the year we finally take a tougher stance on late payment culprits.

Business Technology

Don’t let disaster recovery slide off your annual budget

Here, Monica Brink looks at five common objections that continue to dominate the disaster recovery budget discussion.

Advice

What is a Forex broker?

Here, we look at how to decide which Forex broker best represents your needs.