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.
Buying an established business brings a variety of benefits. In this article, in association with BusinessesForSale.com, we find out how you can reap the rewards.
Buying and selling a company
Finding and selling to customers
Here, Nick Thompson, managing director of DCSL Software, explains how commerce and technology are intrinsically linked.
Employing & managing staff
Only six in ten women are given training by their employer; compared to almost eight in ten men, according to new research.
Business management
New study reveals embarrassing blunders Brits make abroad and top secrets for surviving your next business trip (for those who don’t have a clue about business etiquette).
Legal advice
In this article, we will explore the actions you can take to prevent accidents and their resultant financial implications.
Export & Import
Here, we look at how the self-storage industry has proved to be resilient even through the economic downturn.
Marketing
With several high-profile scandals surrounding affiliate marketing, it begs the question whether this form of marketing is fit for purpose.
Legal advice
Find out here how you can protect your business from personal injury claims.
Marketing
With several high-profile scandals surrounding affiliate marketing, it begs the question whether this form of marketing is fit for purpose.
Legal advice
Find out here how you can protect your business from personal injury claims.
Marketing
Jennifer Janson, author of The Reputation Playbook and chairman of Six Degrees, explores what we can learn in the aftermath of Nestlé's bottled water crisis.
Business Technology
New research from PayPal has found that despite the boom in mobile sales – estimated to hit £27 billion in 2017 – just 18 per cent of the UK’s small businesses are optimised for mobile.
Employing & managing staff
Three in four Brits have encountered bullying at work, with two thirds confessing to taking part in it themselves.
Marketing
Here, we look at why you may need to put your marketing strategy at the top of the priority list.
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?
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade