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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.

What happens if your business partner is no longer pulling their weight?

In this piece Karen Holden, founder of A City Law Firm, explores the legal considerations to bear in mind when a business partnership isn't working.

Business management

Marketing

How small businesses can save money on advertising campaigns

Small businesses face financial challenges with day-to-day operations. There is no doubt that some of these businesses will end up failing, because they cannot afford to establish their brand.

Marketing

Five benefits of printed cartons for packaging

Printed packaging is an effective way to communicate the appearance, quality and other qualities of a product. Sometimes, print design also helps establish the personality of the product and the brand.

Business Technology

The top 11 apps and services for employee location tracking

Location tracking apps are all around us, and while most of them focus on sharing your location with friends and family, some of them went the other way - allowing employers to track their workforce.

Business management

Small Business Reputation Management: the dos and don’ts

Managing the reputation of your business can be a tricky venture. Here are some top tips to help you stay afloat in a crisis.

Legal advice

Why you should only work with a local solicitor

Many small businesses need to form a working relationship with their solicitor, but why should you pick a local solicitor to help you?

Business Technology

Preparing your business for the electric car revolution

Here, Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault, explains how businesses can prepare for the electric revolution.

Employing & managing staff

How to manage multicultural teams

Paul Heilbronner, EVP Global HR, Axway, discusses how to manage multicultural teams and highlights some of the benefits and challenges they may bring.

Business Technology

Preparing your business for the electric car revolution

Here, Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault, explains how businesses can prepare for the electric revolution.

Employing & managing staff

How to manage multicultural teams

Paul Heilbronner, EVP Global HR, Axway, discusses how to manage multicultural teams and highlights some of the benefits and challenges they may bring.

Business management

Is there such a thing as full transparency and should we ever want it?

Here, Mufid Sukkar, group chief strategy officer, Nest Investments, explores the notion of transparency and if you should ever want it.

Getting Online

The need to prioritise website performance

Here, Simon Schnieders, founder of Blue Array, explains why businesses need to put more emphasis on website performance.

Business Technology

Government silence on GDPR leaves businesses in dark

Businesses need more leadership from the government about the future for the UK’s anti-money laundering and GDPR laws, according to Martin Schofield of RFS Financial Crime.

Employing & managing staff

Top ten ways to handle a workplace conflict

Arguments can be inevitable in office environments, so when a heated conflict does break out it’s important to resolve it as quickly as possible.

Partner content

Benefits of switching to the right business bank account

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

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?