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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.

Embedded insurance trends: How to utilise this tool effectively 

In this article, we'll discuss the embedded insurance trends that could make all the difference to your revenue and customer satisfaction

Marketing

Employing & managing staff

The ten most common HR challenges for small businesses

Here, we look at the top ten most common small business HR challenges, and what you can do to overcome them

Small Business Insurance

What insurance do I need for an ice cream van?

Whether you’re serving up Mr. Whippy or something a bit more local, it’s important to have ice cream van insurance.

Small Business Insurance

What insurance do I need for a home baking business?

Whether you’re creating cakes for weddings, crafting cupcakes or perfecting the artisan doughnut, it’s important to be covered.

Small Business Insurance

What insurance do I need for a pub?

Here's our guide to finding pub insurance that's right for you

Office & home working

Homeworking: Staying connected and networking while working from home  

In this article, we’ll address the importance of staying connected – even for those who are working from home – and how you can do it

Business Technology

Key ways small businesses can use a CRM system for growth

A heavyweight CRM system for interacting with customers and tracking sales leads used to be only for big companies. No longer. Today, small businesses can scale quickly with professional CRM for SMEs

Small Business Insurance

What insurance do I need for a bakery?

Business Technology

Key ways small businesses can use a CRM system for growth

A heavyweight CRM system for interacting with customers and tracking sales leads used to be only for big companies. No longer. Today, small businesses can scale quickly with professional CRM for SMEs

Small Business Insurance

What insurance do I need for a bakery?

Running a Business

Best small business energy brokers and switching services

Energy brokers help 60% of businesses switch contracts for cheaper fixed deals. But with 3,000 energy brokers to choose from, we profile five of the best

Marketing

5 LinkedIn features to elevate your small business

Marketing expert, Zac Hancox, walks us through five LinkedIn features that will boost your company's pages, visibility and sales

Small Business Insurance

What insurance do I need for a food stall?

Business management

Exclusive: What does Kemi Badenoch want for small businesses?

Now that she's been voted the leader of the Conservatives, we ask Kemi Badenoch what she would do for small businesses

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?

Partner content

What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade