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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.

Are unpaid internships really akin to modern-day slavery?

How are small businesses impacted by the legal requirement to pay interns after four weeks' unpaid work? Here, one business owner gives his thoughts.

Employing & managing staff

Business Technology

How e-commerce businesses can maximise AI this Black Friday

Here, David Duke, chief operations officer at Visualsoft, explores the key areas in which AI tech is transforming the field of e-commerce for small businesses.

Business Technology

Security, safety and BYOD: The changing face of business communications

How is business communication changing, and how can company owners prepare? In this piece, Alex Tebbs, founder of VIA, finds out.

Marketing

The most appealing part of a product’s packaging revealed

What matters most about packaging? According to new research, colour and imagery are the most appealing to consumers.

Business management

Get ahead of your competitors – what do you need to put in place

Here, Simon Joyce from Anchor Vans, explains how your small business can get ahead of your competitors and find success.

Business Technology

How to mitigate the damage of a data breach

A data breach can have a crippling effect on a business. Don't think that just because you're an entrepreneur or small business owner it can't happen to you.

Legal advice

Pre-action Protocol: What small businesses need to know

Here, Peter Gardner of Spratt Endicott Solicitors discusses Pre-Action Protocol, or PAP, which sets out specific rules that should be followed if you intend to take customers to court for an unpaid debt.

Legal advice

A guide to employee share schemes for small businesses

Here, Alex Boothman of MyLegalAdviser looks at how you can offer your employees an opportunity they can’t get at a big corporate.

Legal advice

Pre-action Protocol: What small businesses need to know

Here, Peter Gardner of Spratt Endicott Solicitors discusses Pre-Action Protocol, or PAP, which sets out specific rules that should be followed if you intend to take customers to court for an unpaid debt.

Legal advice

A guide to employee share schemes for small businesses

Here, Alex Boothman of MyLegalAdviser looks at how you can offer your employees an opportunity they can’t get at a big corporate.

Finding and selling to customers

Live agent provision: How effective is it for customer service?

Here, Chris Robinson, CEO at Yonder Digital Group, explores why small businesses aren't maximising live support to help their customers .

Business management

Lessons learnt from the Ryanair flights crisis

Here, Jennifer Janson looks at the recent Ryanair flight cancellation episode, and discusses what small businesses can learn from the crisis.

Export & Import

Choosing the right supplier

Here, Hans Ziebeck, director of Purchasing at Beacon, gives us his tips on choosing the right supplier for your small business.

Getting Online

Your first website: Stock vanilla or bells & whistles

How complex does your first business website need to be? Do you need to pay a designer a grand?

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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?