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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.

Don’t beat the millennials – join them!

Sitting on the cutting edge of the technology wave, Millennials are the key to the future success of business. Here is why you shouldn't ignore them.

Employing & managing staff

Employing & managing staff

How to attract talent as a small business

How can small businesses recognise and respond to shifting expectations in order to ensure they attract leading talent?

Finding and selling to customers

Car subscription service: How one man shook up a sector

Toby Kernon discusses shaking up an industry, meeting developers in coffee shops, and the importance of having goals.

Marketing

How to spot a real SEO expert for your small business

How can you tell a real SEO expert from a snake oil salesman? Here are some searching questions that may help.

Business management

New study calls for greater collaboration in setting business-driven KPIs

Although a majority of European brands and agencies say setting KPIs is collaborative, many continue to use conflicting metrics.

Business management

Guide to effectively capturing your employees’ skills

Here, we take a look at how you as a small business owner can harness the power of your employees skills to improve your business.

Export & Import

Businesses can help navigate the labyrinth of Brexit complexity

The next government must set up a Business Brexit Taskforce in first 50 days, according to CBI president Paul Drechsler.

Marketing

Why businesses must take marketing seriously from the outset

It is crucial to take marketing seriously right from the outset of your small business, as Carol Graham argues in this piece.

Export & Import

Businesses can help navigate the labyrinth of Brexit complexity

The next government must set up a Business Brexit Taskforce in first 50 days, according to CBI president Paul Drechsler.

Marketing

Why businesses must take marketing seriously from the outset

It is crucial to take marketing seriously right from the outset of your small business, as Carol Graham argues in this piece.

Business Technology

Dealing with cyber attacks: Your small business will be affected

Dealing with cyber attacks effectively as a small business is essential: You need to be aware that your company could be hit next.

Marketing

The digital building blocks of every small business

Here, Mou Mukherjee, head of marketing at .Cloud, talks us through the digital building blocks you can use to build the perfect website.

Business management

The quiet opportunity: taking advantage of the slow periods

Here, Dr Mark Winwood, director of psychological services for AXA PPP healthcare, tells us how to take advantage of the quiet times.

Business Technology

Cybersecurity: Are your employees doing their part?

Here, Paul Barber, integration manager at IT Specialists (ITS) tells us how you can educate your staff on cybersecurity.

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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?