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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.

What does hard Brexit mean for the UK commercial property market?

Here, a leading commercial property lawyer gives his take on the commercial property market following Brexit.

Office & home working

Business Technology

How wearable technology can boost worker performance

Study shows workers with wearable tech experience less stress and negative mood as well as more energetic days.

Office & home working

How to have a smooth office move

There are particular steps to take to ensure a smooth office move, so if you have been putting yours off, read on.

Employing & managing staff

Are your staff protected? How illness and disease can quickly spread

How can you reduce the chance of illness or diseases spreading among your workforce? Here, we find out.

Business management

New year, new workplace: Health and safety for 2017

Here, we look at why you should make 2017 the year in which you reach your workplace health and safety goals.

Business management

How my company successfully changed direction

Jonas Almgren quickly realised that he had to fundamentally change the business model after taking over an online art marketplace. Here, he discusses how he did it.

Employing & managing staff

10 tips to improve staff effectiveness

Within any business there are going to be unavoidable inefficiencies – losing staff to sick days is just an inevitable reality of life – which makes it even more important to ensure that the areas that are controllable are set up to help staff be as effective as possible. With that in mind, here are ten ways to improve staff effectiveness.

Finding and selling to customers

Boosting revenues to growing your small business

SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at how four small company owners grew their revenues, and examines what you should consider when ramping up turnover this year.

Employing & managing staff

10 tips to improve staff effectiveness

Within any business there are going to be unavoidable inefficiencies – losing staff to sick days is just an inevitable reality of life – which makes it even more important to ensure that the areas that are controllable are set up to help staff be as effective as possible. With that in mind, here are ten ways to improve staff effectiveness.

Finding and selling to customers

Boosting revenues to growing your small business

SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at how four small company owners grew their revenues, and examines what you should consider when ramping up turnover this year.

Business Technology

How to plan your security strategy in time for the Data Protection Act

Henderson Insurance Brokers issues a warning to companies to prepare their cyber security policies in light of new legislative changes.

Business Technology

Top five small business apps to help you streamline productivity

File sharing apps, CRM software and task management platforms can have a meaningful impact on productivity. We’ve explored the best apps for streamlining your processes across five categories.

Employing & managing staff

Flexible working requests and how to handle them

Samantha Castle offers some advice on how to balance employee expectations and the needs of your business.

Business management

SMEs must prepare now for the General Data Protection Regulation

The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices.

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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?

Partner content

What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade

Partner content

How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings