Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
SMEs have long been the masters of a personalised approach to business, but with larger organisations making the most of e-commerce to personalise the customer journey, smaller businesses must keep up or risk losing out on their home turf.
Finding and selling to customers
Small Business Insurance
Figures from the ABI show that, despite a slight fall in 2016, fraud remains a problem for the insurance industry.
Export & Import
Jake Trask, FX research director at OFX, examines how businesses can prepare for international trade after Brexit.
Business management
International Currency Exchange (ICE) general manager, Louis Bridger shares his five ways businesses can be more cost efficient when travelling for business.
Business management
In this piece Jamie Waller, CEO and founder of Firestarters, discusses his personal rise from school dropout to successful entrepreneur.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Paul Burrin of Sage People explores why employers need to build a stronger connection with their staff to boost productivity.
Business management
Here, Stephen Newton, founder and managing partner, Elixirr, explores the values needed to build a business.
Business management
This article addresses a common misconception for businesses who don’t update or change their ERP software with the tell-tale signs.
Business management
Here, Stephen Newton, founder and managing partner, Elixirr, explores the values needed to build a business.
Business management
This article addresses a common misconception for businesses who don’t update or change their ERP software with the tell-tale signs.
Employing & managing staff
On the 25th May 2018, new GDPR rules come into effect. Here are ten things you need to know.
Business Technology
Are you getting the best deal on your web hosting? Probably not given that more than half of the people with the largest companies advise their friends to stay away and to find another host.
Finding and selling to customers
Keith Softly, head of asset and invoice finance product, global transaction banking at Lloyds Banking Group, looks at how businesses can get their books ready for the festive period.
International Business
Ingenico has predicted that European Union sales growth will outperform the United States this Black Friday.
Partner content
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
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?