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Running a Business

This section takes you through every important aspect of how to run a successful business. It offers expert guides and advice articles on the key elements of business management such as employing staff, finding customers, marketing and sales, pricing, people management, office and home working, business technology and everything else an entrepreneur must tackle in order to succeed.

Employment law areas to watch in 2018

Here, ELAS employment law consultant, Enrique Garcia, takes a look at the employment law areas to watch in the year ahead.

Legal advice

Export & Import

Five secrets to sourcing products in China

Sourcing and purchasing products from China is becoming more popular especially with smaller businesses in the UK who are on a budget and trying to save money.

Employing & managing staff

How can employers reduce the risks when sending employees overseas?

How can employers reduce the risks when sending employees overseas? Tips from Punter Southall Health & Protection.

Business Technology

File extensions and all you need to know about them

Each and every file name in the computer, whether Mac or Android, comes with an extension. The extensions are of mostly three or four characters prefixed by a period (.) sign, also in some cases with spaces.

Getting Online

Half of brand websites are still not GDPR compliant

42 per cent of brand websites are still not GDPR compliant leading up to the regulation deadline of May 2018, according to new research from Ensighten.

Productivity Zone

How regular short breaks can help boost employee productivity

A new trend for employees taking regular, short breaks from work boosts performance, with half taking a break every two hours.

Productivity Zone

Is a digital skills deficit continuing to hold back small business productivity?

The FSB has insisted that productivity growth in the UK will continue to stall without action to tackle a digital skills deficit in small businesses.

Marketing

Five small business tools for online PR on a budget

Here's a guide suggesting five tools that every small business should consider using to boost their PR opportunities.

Productivity Zone

Is a digital skills deficit continuing to hold back small business productivity?

The FSB has insisted that productivity growth in the UK will continue to stall without action to tackle a digital skills deficit in small businesses.

Marketing

Five small business tools for online PR on a budget

Here's a guide suggesting five tools that every small business should consider using to boost their PR opportunities.

Employing & managing staff

Five key steps to meet the workplace wellbeing challenge

Here, Tom Muirhead, HR policy consultant at Moorepay, explains how businesses can meet the workplace wellbeing challenge.

Employing & managing staff

Eight steps to overcome your fear of employee grievances

Here, Gillian Smith, HR policy consultant at Moorepay, explains how you can deal with employee grievances.

Business management

How to tackle the SME slow payment problem

Here, Fiona Tee, CFO of Currencycloud, explains how SMEs can tackle late payments and cash flow.

Business management

How to switch off and still run a business at Christmas

Conor McArdle, content executive at Brighter Business, explains how to continue running a business over the Christmas period.

Partner content

Benefits of switching to the right business bank account

In case you were in any doubt, here are five key benefits of switching your business bank account – and how to make the switch.

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Partner content

What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

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

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?