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Cut your legal bills with e-discovery

As your business grows, so will its chances of being caught in civil court proceedings. Here we show you one way to keep the lawyers at bay.

Legal advice

Blog

Repeat vs new business

The low boredom threshold of entrepreneurs means they are often like a cat on a hot tin roof, hopping from one project to the next.

Legal advice

Cut your legal bills with e-discovery

As your business grows, so will its chances of being caught in civil court proceedings. Here we show you one way to keep the lawyers at bay.

Blog

Repeat vs new business

The low boredom threshold of entrepreneurs means they are often like a cat on a hot tin roof, hopping from one project to the next.

Blog

Seven Steps for starting up a business

Head of start-ups at BT Business Ian Bushby outlines the essential roadmap to help steer your business idea towards success.

Finding and selling to customers

Healthy margins for speciality food

Splashing out on organic and home-grown foods is something we have developed a taste for, but with sales of fast food on the rise how are speciality and niche providers finding new ways to stimulate taste buds and be affordable?

News

IRM: Virtual offices getting more accepted

Consumers are increasingly accepting of businesses running from virtual offices rather than bricks and mortar buildings, according to the Institute of Risk Management (IRM).

Buying and selling a company

Acquisitions: The perfect union

Chris Ingram has considerable experience of building and managing rapid-growth firms and is widely regarded as the inventor of the modern media agency. According to Ingram, buying a business is the easy bit - it's what you do after that counts.

Finding and selling to customers

Get your customers to buy more

Sales form the backbone of any business, whether you provide a service or sell products in a retail outlet, you can't survive without customers. Enticing those customers in can be a challenge.

Business Technology

Setting up shop online

Setting up an online arm of your business can offer many benefits, not to mention a further route to market.

Business Technology

Maximise your website’s potential

A website can be the key to business growth and unlock markets across the globe, but the wrong website will be overlooked almost as soon as it's been visited. Visitors make up their mind about the quality of a website in seconds so if you don't do it right you'll miss vital opportunities, giving the edge to your competition.

Finding and selling to customers

How to find customers

Targeting the right person in a company is critical, but not always easy.

Finding and selling to customers

Need to know: CRM

Loyal customers can sustain your business by consistently returning and buying your product or service. But you cannot create loyalty without putting in the groundwork. This is why it's crucial to establish a customer relationship management (CRM) system to help you identify who your most loyal clients are, why they keep coming back and how to enhance their overall customer experience.

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Award-winning preparation

Winning industry awards, even just being nominated, can enhance your business in many ways – be it bolstering sales, boosting employee morale or increasing web traffic. But before you start drafting your acceptance speech, a little careful preparation is needed to ensure success.

Partner content

What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade

Partner content

How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

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Why your business should switch to a broadband-based phone network

Analogue phone systems are increasingly being replaced by smarter broadband based networks – here’s why you should consider switching

Partner content

Streamlining document management for your small business

David Malan, sales director of DocuWare for the UK and Ireland, explains how the platform can streamline your document management