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Business management

This section provides helpful case studies and guides on business reputation management strategies for UK start-ups and entrepreneurs.

KPIs and why they benefit your business

Here, Simon Joyce director of Anchor Vans, explains what KPIs are and how they can help you and your business grow.

Business management

Business management

Creating a disaster recovery plan for a small business

In this piece Andy Hinxman, director of Keybridge IT, discusses how a disaster recovery plan can get your small business out of jail if crisis hits.

Business management

How to boost creativity and innovation in your business

Research reveals 81 per cent of workplaces have failed to create a culture that encourages, creativity, new ideas and experimentation.

Business management

Worst mistakes you can make during an overseas business meeting

New study reveals embarrassing blunders Brits make abroad and top secrets for surviving your next business trip (for those who don’t have a clue about business etiquette).

Business management

Why a hard Brexit is much worse for the UK than the rest of Europe

A hard Brexit would create £17 billion fall in annual EU export revenues across UK's key manufacturing sectors, new research reveals.

Business management

Securing your financial future if you’re self employed

Standard life guide shows how to ensure you secure your financial future if you’re self-employed – especially with the tax deadline coming up on 5th October.

Business management

What can football managers teach small businesses?

With the FIFA 2018 World Cup less than a year away, we take a look at what business managers can learn from football managers.

Business management

Mergers and acquisitions take off in the UK online gambling market

The UK M&A market is hot and is expected to continue into 2019 with many more deals, as we discover in this piece.

Business management

What can football managers teach small businesses?

With the FIFA 2018 World Cup less than a year away, we take a look at what business managers can learn from football managers.

Business management

Mergers and acquisitions take off in the UK online gambling market

The UK M&A market is hot and is expected to continue into 2019 with many more deals, as we discover in this piece.

Business management

A guide to DBS checks for the self-employed

DBS checks (previously known as CRB checks) are essential to working in specific roles. So here is a guide to DBS checks.

Business management

Could employee ownership hold the key to a mission-led business legacy?

David Alcock, partner and head of social business at Anthony Collins Solicitors, discusses how employee ownership could prove instrumental in ensuring an organisation’s mission is a central part of its legacy.

Business management

Lessons learned from the Google anti-diversity memo

Jennifer Janson, author of The Reputation Playbook and chairman of Six Degrees, explores what can we learn in the aftermath of Google's anti-diversity scandal.

Business management

How small businesses can streamline their processes

Here, Peter King explores how businesses can go about making their workflow more efficient.

Partner content

Small business owners: discover alternative funding solutions to help fuel your growth

Business Technology

Why you should upgrade your tech now rather than later

To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis

Investing in a franchise

Should I buy a franchise or go solo?

Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.

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16 ways to improve your business cash flow

Read here for 16 tried and tested tips and tricks to improve potential cash flow problems