Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
This section provides helpful guides and tips on how to find and sell to customers as a small business. Find expert advice on a variety of strategies to attract customers plus ideas on client retention and selling techniques. If you are looking to acquire new business or expand your existing customer base, these pages provide invaluable information to help you on your way. Want to know how to get more clients? Read on…!
Here, we look at the latest manifesto from our partners at SaveTheHighStreet.org, who are leading the charge to bring fresh opportunities to small retailers up and down the UK.
Finding and selling to customers
Finding and selling to customers
Summer has finally arrived! Sarah Musgrove of Opus Energy shares her top five tips to deal with the retail rush.
Finding and selling to customers
British tourism is set to soar this summer. Chris Crang of Worldpay gives his advice on how to cater to international customers.
Finding and selling to customers
We've teamed up with BDM Talk to bring you a comprehensive guide to mastering your customer care.
Finding and selling to customers
Client retention is key to your continued business growth and development, Natalie Lovett argues. Here are some top ways to ensure you keep your clients.
Finding and selling to customers
Pricing your services can be the most complex part of the marketing process. What are you worth? How do you justify your rates or prices? There is a lot to think about. Read this guide from marketing specialist and Q&A panel expert Jackie Jarvis.
Finding and selling to customers
Bidding for government work can be a lengthy and costly process, and many smaller businesses don’t have the same resources as larger companies to put together winning bids. Here, Martin Reed explores the issue.
Finding and selling to customers
Focusing on the difficulties faced by major retail businesses means missing the wider picture on how the sector is evolving, argues Ambreen Khasru.
Finding and selling to customers
Bidding for government work can be a lengthy and costly process, and many smaller businesses don’t have the same resources as larger companies to put together winning bids. Here, Martin Reed explores the issue.
Finding and selling to customers
Focusing on the difficulties faced by major retail businesses means missing the wider picture on how the sector is evolving, argues Ambreen Khasru.
Finding and selling to customers
Here are some best practices for providing excellent customer support to your e-commerce customers.
Finding and selling to customers
In this article, we provide five pointers for creating market awareness for your sales cycle.
Finding and selling to customers
Here, we look at five important ways that you can improve the conversion rate of your Magento site.
Finding and selling to customers
Here, we take a look at how how e-commerce businesses can improve their customer support through utilising omni-channel support, embracing social media and mobile messaging, providing self-service and the use of video.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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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