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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.

Are you guilty of any of the top ten most irritating colleague habits?

New research looks at the top ten most annoying colleague habits in the office. Are you guilty of any of these?

Employing & managing staff

Employing & managing staff

Reporting the gender pay gap: a three-step process

Here, Geoff Pearce, gender pay specialist at NGA HR, explains a simple, three-step process to reporting your companies gender pay gap.

Employing & managing staff

The smartest ways to access private healthcare

Employee benefits are often neglected in UK small businesses, but studies show offering private healthcare is important for staff.

Employing & managing staff

The impact of effective lighting in the workplace

Here, David Ribbons, sales director Europe and Africa at Lutron Electronics, explains the importance of good lighting in the workplace.

Business Technology

Five things small businesses can do to catch up with the digital shift

As technology continues to change the way we work, we take a look at five ways businesses can catch up to the digital shift.

Export & Import

The importance of selecting the right courier for your business

Finding the right courier service for small businesses can be a tricky process. We give you some tips to finding the right one.

Business Technology

The future is FinTech

FinTech is short for financial technology. It is a new and innovative technology. Its core aims are to help with delivering a variety of financial services.

Business management

How small businesses can streamline their processes

Here, Peter King explores how businesses can go about making their workflow more efficient.

Business Technology

The future is FinTech

FinTech is short for financial technology. It is a new and innovative technology. Its core aims are to help with delivering a variety of financial services.

Business management

How small businesses can streamline their processes

Here, Peter King explores how businesses can go about making their workflow more efficient.

Employing & managing staff

The psychology of job burnout: Burnout symptoms & recovery

As a small business owner you’re responsible for ensuring that your employees don’t experience burnout at work.

Business Technology

Can we run out of Internet?

As technology improves and the internet of things becoming more ubiquitous, we take a look the concept of running out of internet.

Employing & managing staff

Resource management strategies for food businesses

The number of food business start-ups in the UK - particularly in London - has been rising steadily over the past few years.

Employing & managing staff

Get more from your employees through giving back

Here, Greg Hallett, managing director of Give as you Live, explores how businesses can generate employee loyalty through giving.

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