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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.

UK sees standout job growth in the run up to Christmas

UK cities experience impressive job growth in the months running up to Christmas but salaries and applications take a knock, a new study reveals.

Employing & managing staff

Office & home working

Seven ideas for creating a healthier workplace

Tracy Dixon-Maynard looks at some quick wins that will help you achieve a balance of happier staff, lower absence rates and a more productive environment.

Marketing

Consumers buy products endorsed with user-generated images

People trust social media posts with user-generated images seven times more than traditional ads, a new study reveals.

Business Technology

How small businesses can develop their IT roadmap

Here, Tristan Watkins argues that any time put into planning, particularly when it comes to implementation of new technology, will pay dividends in the long run for a small business.

Business management

A translator can help you with these business hacks

Translation is required in many business situations. In this piece we look at three business hacks translators could help you with.

Business management

What can we learn from the small business community?

Andy Nash looks at three key areas in which SMEs lead the way: managing growth, reacting to topical issues and sustaining strong leadership.

Business Technology

Half of small enterprises will be cloud-first by 2021

Half of businesses indicate that they will take a cloud-first approach for all IT purchases by 2021, a new study finds.

Business Technology

How to keep your business accounts secure over Christmas

Business Technology

Half of small enterprises will be cloud-first by 2021

Half of businesses indicate that they will take a cloud-first approach for all IT purchases by 2021, a new study finds.

Business Technology

How to keep your business accounts secure over Christmas

Employing & managing staff

A third of UK SMEs expect Brexit to make hiring harder

Nearly half of British SMEs believe leaving the EU will be damaging for their business, but haven't planned to deal with the impact.

Business Technology

Businesses look outside IT department for technology disruption

A third of UK non-IT business units are increasingly contracting with their own technology vendors, a new study reveals.

Business management

Online fraud – five top tips for prevention in small businesses

The threat of online fraud is rife and it is essential that companies do not let their guard down, according to Accura.

Business Technology

Make sure you check your website’s performance before Christmas

As we head towards the busiest shopping period of the year, it’s worth giving your website a dress rehearsal to ensure that it can cope with seasonal fluctuations in traffic.

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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?