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.
Many small businesses are apprehensive about outsourcing their software development. Here, Yana Yelina, a Copywriter at Oxagile, gives five reasons to consider it
Business Technology
Small Business Insurance
Jane Sunley, CEO and founder of employee engagement consultancy Purple Cubed, discusses the key insurance cover she put in place.
Marketing
Here, Rebecca Beale, a content specialist for Tecmark, tells us why content marketing is so important for small businesses to focus on.
Business Technology
Jasons Howells, EMEA director for Barracuda MSP business, discusses the threat of phlashing, or PDoS attacks, to small businesses.
Business Technology
Nick Thompson of DCSL Software discusses how start-ups looking to create a great app with long term value must look at the full development requirement – and that includes rigorous cyber security.
Business management
Here, Dave Millett of Equinox, gives his top tips on how you can protect your business from telecoms supplier contracts.
Marketing
If you are looking into hiring a company to help you with your SEO, ask these important questions to make sure you get the right deal.
Legal advice
With GDPR coming into effect next year, businesses need to prepare themselves for the changes in regulation by following these steps.
Marketing
If you are looking into hiring a company to help you with your SEO, ask these important questions to make sure you get the right deal.
Legal advice
With GDPR coming into effect next year, businesses need to prepare themselves for the changes in regulation by following these steps.
Business management
Resolution Foundation proposal would protect the self-employed who do not set their own prices from extreme low pay.
Business Technology
Two thirds of UK SMEs are using technology to improve their business to keep up with digital transformation, and Software-Defined Wide Area Networking is one of the key technologies that will allow them to keep pace with larger competitors.
Employing & managing staff
Kate Palmer, head of advisory at Peninsula, discusses how to create a culture where employees feel that they can make complaints about sexual harassment.
Business Technology
Here, Jason Downes, managing director of www.powwownow.co.uk, gives his top tips for breaking down the digital barriers to communication.
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