About

Owen was a reporter for Bonhill Group plc writing across the Smallbusiness.co.uk and Growthbusiness.co.uk titles before moving on to be a Digital Technology reporter for the Express.co.uk.

Office & home working

Growing your small business or start-up with a fully remote team

Here, Mostafa El-Bermawy of Workzone, tells us why remote working and being flexible with your staff can be beneficial to your business.

Business Technology

Engaging with AI whilst retaining a human element for start-ups

Here, Phillip Blaydes, co-founder of Talentful, tells us how start-ups can use Artificial Intelligence to enhance their engagement with customers.

News

Employee IT behaviour highlights GDPR compliance risk

A quarter of businesses admit to storing confidential data in the public cloud, with a tenth, being breached recently.

News

Small businesses look beyond cost when buying energy

New survey reveals what influences energy buyers’ choice of provider, with businesses now looking beyond the price.

Marketing

Engaging on mobile just got more personal

Here, Matthew Winters, CEO of Veoo, discusses the importance of personalised mobile marketing and how messaging platforms can aid the success of such campaigns.

News

FTSE 100 companies keeping robot plans under wraps

Just eight of the publicly listed FTSE 100 companies plan to keep their robotics plans under wrap in the next few years.

Business management

Five tips on finding the perfect business niche

For small business owners, finding the right business niche has never been so important when it comes to exploring the possibilities of selling in the future.

News

Late payment epidemic set to cripple exports for British SMEs

New research reveals more than one in three UK SMEs receive no payment terms from their customers.

News

Mind the (breach) gap: Businesses confident on their cyber security

Gemalto research reveals businesses overly confident about keeping hackers at bay, but less so about keeping data safe.

News

All work and no play – Small business managers don’t go on holiday

More than half of UK small business leaders have five or less days holiday a year, a fifth didn't have a single day off last year.

News

3.5 million British workers plan a ‘safety net’ business in the coming year​

One in ten workers in this country plan to start their own business in the next twelve months, suggesting a deeper shift towards self-employment than previously thought.

Employing & managing staff

How to support the wellbeing of younger employees

With a recent focus on zero-hour contracts in the media, we look at how you can maintain the wellbeing of your younger staff.