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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.

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.

Office & home working

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.

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.

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.

Legal advice

How to manage employee expectations on holiday requests

As businesses and employees look forward to the year ahead, Raphael Prais explores a matter employees may now be planning for – annual leave.

Business management

‘The full stack’: ACCA identifies emerging models

How businesses can adopt and utilise new business models to transform how they interact with other businesses and clients.

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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?

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