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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.

SMEs must adopt big brand mind-set online to stay competitive

Small to mid-sized organisations must adopt a ‘big brand’ mentality towards their website to successfully compete against larger organisations.

Business Technology

Business management

How to set up partnerships that will grow your business

In this piece, we look at how to set up partnerships of real value to help your business flourish and grow.

Small Business Insurance

The right insurance for a market research company

Jeremy King, founder and CEO of Attest, discusses the insurance measures he put in place for his market research company, including directors and offices insurance, professional indemnity, liability and key person risk.

Business management

Tech giants are hungry for SME talent – is your workforce prepared?

Here, Martin Ewings, director of regional sales and specialist markets for Experis, highlights the opportunities for SME M&A with big tech giants.

Legal advice

Keeping your employees safe in the workplace

Owner managers need to understand their legal requirements around health and safety in the workplace, and become familiar with the process involved when employees suffer an injury at work.

Business management

Why there is fortune in business failure

Here's why small business failure can be a blessing in disguise for those running a company.

Business management

How to get better at risk-taking as a small business

To start, support and grow your business, risk will become a mainstay. Here's how to take business risks with confidence.

Finding and selling to customers

What your customers are thinking when they reach the checkout counter

Here, Kevin Freeguard discusses why it is critical for retailers to understand the drivers behind their customers' purchasing decisions at the checkout counter.

Business management

How to get better at risk-taking as a small business

To start, support and grow your business, risk will become a mainstay. Here's how to take business risks with confidence.

Finding and selling to customers

What your customers are thinking when they reach the checkout counter

Here, Kevin Freeguard discusses why it is critical for retailers to understand the drivers behind their customers' purchasing decisions at the checkout counter.

Marketing

Growing a digital marketing agency

Ben Norman discusses some of the keys to success for his digital marketing agency.

Marketing

How digital marketing can grow an e-commerce business

Andrew Heppinstall explains several key areas of digital marketing, and shows how they can be used to build and maintain your customer base and grow your e-commerce company.

Office & home working

How to create the perfect office environment

Lee Biggins outlines the steps you can take to creating the perfect office environment for your small business.

Business management

Anthony Joshua: Five early signs of leadership greatness

George Karseras explains what business leaders can learn from how leading boxer Anthony Joshua goes about his work.

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?