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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.

10 practical tips for setting up an e-commerce site

Phil Rothwell of EcomEvolve offers ten practical insights into the essentials of setting up your first e-commerce business.

Business Technology

Business management

Small Business top 10 starting up tips

These top ten starting up tips can help you make the right decisions for your small business from the outset

Business management

Three tips on growing your restaurant business

Here, recognised chef Richard Irvine gives some pointers on how to improve your restaurant business.

Legal advice

10 employment law changes that you should know about

Kate Palka, employment and commercial solicitor from The Legal Director, talks us through current and future employment law changes

Employing & managing staff

Five practical tips for conducting a job interview

Robert McHenry presents guidance on making your prospective employee as comfortable as possible.

Business management

Small Business Minister calls for prompt payment as thousands of firms face closure

The Small Business Minister has made fresh calls for small businesses to be paid promptly by larger companies

Business management

Businesses face £34bn pension black hole

Businesses offering final-salary pension schemes pushed towards safer investments in move that could see underfunded schemes facing bills of tens of billions of pounds

Employing & managing staff

How to manage an employee’s pay rise request

If an employee has come to you with a pay rise request, what do you do? Here are five tips to help achieve the best outcome for both parties

Business management

Businesses face £34bn pension black hole

Businesses offering final-salary pension schemes pushed towards safer investments in move that could see underfunded schemes facing bills of tens of billions of pounds

Employing & managing staff

How to manage an employee’s pay rise request

If an employee has come to you with a pay rise request, what do you do? Here are five tips to help achieve the best outcome for both parties

Marketing

How market research can boost your marketing strategy

How to use market research to make smart marketing decisions for your business

Marketing

Marketing a new business

Half of UK businesses don’t have a marketing plan. Here’s how to ensure you get ahead of the pack

Marketing

How to market a physical therapy practice

Your physical therapy marketing consists of lots of moving parts. We'll break them down here so that you can get started

Marketing

Marketing trends for small businesses in 2023

Automating social media, working harder to obtain customer data and working what data you do have harder are just some of the marketing trends affecting small businesses in 2023

Partner content

Why you need a business bank account

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Partner content

5 things every small business owner needs to know before starting

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Business management

How to create good cashflow habits

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Business Technology

How to keep your small business safe online

Here's how Security Service Edge from Vodafone can help to protect your SME from ever-increasing cyber threats