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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.

Start-up mistakes: The errors to learn from when launching a business

Jon Ostler, CEO of personal finance comparison website finder.com/uk, discusses some of the common small business mistakes he has witnessed over the years.

Business management

Employing & managing staff

Employee perks: The PR power of benefits for a small business

Here, Richard Stewart, founder of Untangl.co.uk, explores how small businesses are beginning to innovate when it comes to employee perks.

Office & home working

Guide to finding your first office space

Experts from LondonOffices.com have compiled a guide to helping small businesses find their first office space.

Marketing

Save The Web; most of Brits now associate ads with fake news

New research finds that British consumers are far more likely to associate ads with fake news when compared to their European or American counterparts.

Business Technology

How can SMEs protect themselves from cybercrime?

Here, Terry Greenhowe, Head of Fraud at Ultimate Finance, guides us on how small businesses can protect themselves from cybercrime.

Business Technology

Will automation have a positive impact on the British workforce?

Nearly half of UK office workers believe automation will have a positive impact on their organisation, finds new study.

Business Technology

Why internet security is important to small businesses

With many businesses hitting the headlines in recent months of cyber breaches, we take a look at why internet security is so important for small businesses.

Business Technology

Technology trends for independent retailers

Here, Dax Dasilva, CEO of Lightspeed, runs down the top technology trends for retailers to look out for in 2017.

Business Technology

Why internet security is important to small businesses

With many businesses hitting the headlines in recent months of cyber breaches, we take a look at why internet security is so important for small businesses.

Business Technology

Technology trends for independent retailers

Here, Dax Dasilva, CEO of Lightspeed, runs down the top technology trends for retailers to look out for in 2017.

Employing & managing staff

Hiding in plain sight: How to identify addicts within the society

Identifying addicts in the office can be difficult, but businesses need to do more to spot and support addicts in the office.

Office & home working

Almost a third of Brits work from home at least once a week

Research shows homeworkers now contribute an estimated £167 billion to the UK economy annually, and that the number of those who work from home in the UK is set to rise to 15.6 million by 2022.

Business Technology

What does the GDPR mean for SMEs?

Ebuyer.com has created a compliance checklist to help business owners avoid the potentially disastrous consequences of a compliance failure.

Business Technology

Nine tech-tools to set up your next business meeting

Here, Louise Doherty, founder of PlanSnap, gives nine apps that you can use in your business to help plan and organise meetings.

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?