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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.

What you can do to make your office more eco-friendly

Here's why responsible business owners should be committing to protecting and preserving the planet.

Business management

Business management

How to maximise the success of a business exit

Here, we look at how to go about getting the best price for your business, on the right terms, at the right time.

Business management

Blossoming relationships between start-ups and enterprises

Chris McCullough looks at the potential that start-up and enterprise relationships have, and how the two should work together.

Business management

Four areas where SMEs fall short in the New Year

Here, Rob Straathof, CEO at Liberis UK, tells us how businesses can avoid mistakes going into 2017.

Business management

How small businesses can ditch the ‘start-up’ label

Anne de Kerckhove shares five top tips that will help SMEs shake off the start-up label and move into the larger playing field.

Business management

British SMEs overspending by 24 per cent on energy bills

Not switching their gas supplier is costing small businesses considerably, research finds.

Business management

Five things you need to know before scaling your business

Alex Strien offers five tips on scaling up for businesses with designs on growth.

Business management

How to adapt your business to suit your customer base

Here, three businesses break down the vital actions that organisations can do to adapt to their customer base over time.

Business management

Five things you need to know before scaling your business

Alex Strien offers five tips on scaling up for businesses with designs on growth.

Business management

How to adapt your business to suit your customer base

Here, three businesses break down the vital actions that organisations can do to adapt to their customer base over time.

Business management

Evolving your business to fit the needs of a changing sector

It’s no easy thing to come into a well-established business and turn things on their head. But, just because something isn’t easy, it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done, as we learn in this piece.

Business management

Don’t let your employees blow the whistle on your software licensing

Here, Sarah Coombes, managing director EMEA of Business Software Alliance, discusses the dangers that a whistleblower can pose small businesses.

Business management

New year, new workplace: Health and safety for 2017

Here, we look at why you should make 2017 the year in which you reach your workplace health and safety goals.

Business management

How my company successfully changed direction

Jonas Almgren quickly realised that he had to fundamentally change the business model after taking over an online art marketplace. Here, he discusses how he did it.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?

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?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings