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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.

What content should your small business be creating?

Here, Darren Clare looks at five types of content that, as a small business, you can easily create and distribute to help your marketing efforts.

Marketing

Employing & managing staff

How investing in apprentices can grow your business

Here, The Source Academy explains to us the value and opportunity an apprentice can bring to a small business.

Business Technology

Don’t let disaster recovery slide off your annual budget

Here, Monica Brink looks at five common objections that continue to dominate the disaster recovery budget discussion.

Employing & managing staff

Future-proofing business for SMEs in 2017 with outsourced talent

Shelling out extra fixed costs for recruitment, utilities, pensions and healthcare can be avoided by opting for the flexible outsourced skills.

Employing & managing staff

It’s time business leaders focus on culture, not perks

Here, some of the world’s biggest companies give tips on how best to build a successful business with a lasting culture.

Getting Online

New Year’s resolutions see surge in new business websites

British entrepreneurs are more likely to start a business in January than any other month, a new study reveals.

Business management

The business highs and lows of 2016

Here, Simon Dalley takes a look back at the highs and lows of a tumultuous 2016 in the world of business.

Office & home working

How an office layout can affect stress and motivation

A person’s office space is the place where he/she spends a significant amount of time in the day. So, just like home, the arrangement of furniture, and other infrastructure of office can have a considerable impact on one’s life, stress and motivation.

Business management

The business highs and lows of 2016

Here, Simon Dalley takes a look back at the highs and lows of a tumultuous 2016 in the world of business.

Office & home working

How an office layout can affect stress and motivation

A person’s office space is the place where he/she spends a significant amount of time in the day. So, just like home, the arrangement of furniture, and other infrastructure of office can have a considerable impact on one’s life, stress and motivation.

Business management

A turbulent 2016 paves the way for a tech-fuelled 2017

Following arguably the most turbulent year in recent history, Paul Haydock looks ahead to what 2017 has in store for the fintech and SME sectors.

Employing & managing staff

Supporting employees with shared parental leave

Kate Palmer discusses how shared parental leave can be taken and how employers can support their staff.

Business Technology

Five reasons why investing in better equipment will help your business

Here, Saul Malpass discusses the main reasons for a small business to invest in new technology.

Employing & managing staff

How to hire the right talent at the right time

What you look for in new recruits, and how you attract them should evolve as your business grows and develops, says Alice Weightman.

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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

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.