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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.

Enhancing the assessment of service desk staff performance with an ITSM system

How to make the assessment of Tier 1 personnel performance quick, easy, and transparent? Here, we look at the benefits of an ITSM system.

Business Technology

Employing & managing staff

Why the gig economy is a massive opportunity for small businesses

Here, Daniel Callaghan discusses why the gig economy is a great fit for companies, affording small businesses flexibility in hiring.

Finding and selling to customers

How to avoid the last-ditch sales tactic

More complex or short-term sales tactics have arisen from the competitiveness of the Software as a Service market. Adam Reynolds explores what this means for businesses and clients.

Employing & managing staff

The advantages of taking on an apprentice for your small business

In this piece, in association with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), we look at the case for taking on an apprentice as a small company.

Business Technology

Forget the Internet of Things – what about security?

While it's easy to get excited about the new gadgets that the era of the IoT has delivered, we must take a step back and talk about security, Monica Brink argues.

Employing & managing staff

Young UK finance professionals seek rapid career progression

Young finance professionals are motivated by career progression and job mobility when looking for work, a new study finds.

Business Technology

7 recommendations to prepare yourself for the new GDPR

Many UK organisations have been ignoring GDPR following Brexit, but Kroll Ontrack advises businesses to begin preparation before it is too late.

Finding and selling to customers

Looking at predictive Customer Lifetime Value in B2B

For B2B companies, predicting the wrong LTV may be loss making. Here's how to stay on a safer side of forecasting future value of a relationship.

Business Technology

7 recommendations to prepare yourself for the new GDPR

Many UK organisations have been ignoring GDPR following Brexit, but Kroll Ontrack advises businesses to begin preparation before it is too late.

Finding and selling to customers

Looking at predictive Customer Lifetime Value in B2B

For B2B companies, predicting the wrong LTV may be loss making. Here's how to stay on a safer side of forecasting future value of a relationship.

Employing & managing staff

Are you on the bench? Candidates and recruiters make each other wait for decisions

Candidates and recruiters are willing to make each other wait for weeks over their job decisions, a new study reveals.

Business Technology

Seven security predictions for small businesses in 2017

Here, we look at seven emerging security threats for small business owners to watch out for next year.

Marketing

Why a strong online reputation strategy is a must

Simon Wadsworth discusses what small businesses can do to protect themselves while still making the most of the marketing opportunities offered by a strong online presence.

Finding and selling to customers

How three businesses are gearing up for Black Friday

Here, three small companies reveal their preparations for what could be the biggest retail day of the year.

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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.

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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?

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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