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.
Medium and large businesses are quick to integrate the latest technologies in their operations to improve their performance. However, start-ups and small businesses take time before adopting new technologies.
Business Technology
Employing & managing staff
Here, Michelle Mellor, managing director at Personnel Checks, explains how businesses should use their DBS data.
Office & home working
Angela Love, director of Active, explores the challenges SMEs can face with innovative workplace design on a budget.
Employing & managing staff
New research suggests that staff working for the smallest businesses in the UK are the most engaged with the wellbeing of the company.
Business management
Jennifer Janson, author of The Reputation Playbook and chairman of Six Degrees, explores what can we learn in the aftermath of Google's anti-diversity scandal.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Patricia DuChene, EMEA managing director of Wrike, takes a look at some of the people you need to build your modern day ‘Dream Team’.
Business Technology
Here, Vince Padua, vice president of platform innovation and technology at Axway, explains how to secure your digital architecture.
Business Technology
New research looks into how UK small businesses use cloud data storage and finds a rise in the adoption of the technology.
Business Technology
Here, Vince Padua, vice president of platform innovation and technology at Axway, explains how to secure your digital architecture.
Business Technology
New research looks into how UK small businesses use cloud data storage and finds a rise in the adoption of the technology.
Employing & managing staff
New research looks at the top ten most annoying colleague habits in the office. Are you guilty of any of these?
Employing & managing staff
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
Employee benefits are often neglected in UK small businesses, but studies show offering private healthcare is important for staff.
Employing & managing staff
Here, David Ribbons, sales director Europe and Africa at Lutron Electronics, explains the importance of good lighting in the workplace.
Partner content
In case you were in any doubt, here are five key benefits of switching your business bank account – and how to make the switch.
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?