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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.

British Small Business Awards 2017: Exporter of the Year shortlist

The shortlisted businesses in the Exporter of the Year category have been announced for the British Small Business Awards.

Export & Import

Employing & managing staff

Why you should never overlook a candidate’s natural talent

Here, Lee Biggins goes through some of the key natural talents which should never be overlooked during the recruitment process.

Marketing

Two thirds of businesses confess to copycat marketing

More than two thirds of businesses confess to 'copycat' marketing, pinching marketing techniques of competitors in the hopes of achieving similar results.

Export & Import

Supply chain friction costs businesses 6,500 hours a year

New study reveals UK businesses are wasting time and money handling the payment process through supply chain friction.

Productivity Zone

Poor technology is hampering SME worker productivity

Newer technology is becoming increasingly popular, but research shows just seven per cent of British employees regularly use video conferencing at work.

Business management

Could employee ownership hold the key to a mission-led business legacy?

David Alcock, partner and head of social business at Anthony Collins Solicitors, discusses how employee ownership could prove instrumental in ensuring an organisation’s mission is a central part of its legacy.

Export & Import

New opportunities – the benefits of sourcing products from China

Here, Stephanie Gao, head B2B marketing, Alibaba UK, analyses the benefits of sourcing products and exporting with China.

Employing & managing staff

How to choose between two job candidates

Here, Phil Sheridan, senior managing director at Robert Half UK, explains how to choose between two job candidates.

Export & Import

New opportunities – the benefits of sourcing products from China

Here, Stephanie Gao, head B2B marketing, Alibaba UK, analyses the benefits of sourcing products and exporting with China.

Employing & managing staff

How to choose between two job candidates

Here, Phil Sheridan, senior managing director at Robert Half UK, explains how to choose between two job candidates.

Employing & managing staff

Are people of the post-digital generation team players?

With Generation Z on the cusp of joining the workforce in the coming years, Impact International takes a look at how they will change the office dynamic.

Office & home working

How to move more at work to increase motivation and improve health

Is sitting at a desk for 40 hours per week really that good for you? Here, we investigate.

Employing & managing staff

How businesses can keep employee data as private as possible

Michelle Mellor, managing director at Personnel Checks, gives her advice on how companies should handle confidential information.

Finding and selling to customers

The modern customer journey

Manhattan Associates managing director, Craig Summers, discusses the importance of creating an engaging customer experience from web store to shop.

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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.

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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?

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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