Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
This section provides helpful case studies and guides on business reputation management strategies for UK start-ups and entrepreneurs.
Here's how Tracy Ewen, managing director of IGF Invoice Finance, swapped roles with an employee in the mail room and gained a greater understanding of the various parts of her business.
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Here, Neil Atkinson looks at applying performance management to the workings of your company rather than to individual employees.
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Here are a few ways to make sure those spinning plates you are tending as a business owner are more manageable. It's called the art of delegation.
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Why must employees be informed of an appeal procedure after being disciplined?
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Robert McHenry assesses the meaning of the word 'strategy' in a small business context, and the requirement to have one in place.
Business management
Here we look at the problem of small companies not being extended credit and what businesses can do to improve their credit score.
Business management
Ian Cowley discusses the ways in which a company can go beyond just selling a product and actively engage with others.
Business management
David Lewis discusses how he navigated his own company through choppy waters to illustrate how small companies can survive setbacks and live to fight another day.
Business management
Ian Cowley discusses the ways in which a company can go beyond just selling a product and actively engage with others.
Business management
David Lewis discusses how he navigated his own company through choppy waters to illustrate how small companies can survive setbacks and live to fight another day.
Business management
The family business sector accounts for a quarter of UK GDP. Here, Phil Mitchell gives advice on managing a business that is family-run.
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Here, Alison Curry-Taylor discusses the big mistakes that have led to the demise of many small companies and how not to make them.
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Michael Rainsford discusses how his start-up company developed in a shared office space, and reveals the benefits and downsides of such a setup for an early-stage company.
Business management
Ed Reeves shares his thoughts on the resolutions that every SME owner might have made for the coming year.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Partner content
Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.
Employing & managing staff
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
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade