Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
Keeping talented graduates in your company for the long haul can be a big benefit to your business. Kevin Chamberlain explains how engagement is key and how employee recognition schemes can help.
Employing & managing staff
Marketing
Javier Camara discussed why entrepreneurs cannot and shouldn’t separate their personal and professional lives.
Office & home working
Here, Olly Olsen looks at the options to consider when choosing the accommodation for your freelance business.
Employing & managing staff
Employers need to be aware of the changing law surrounding hiring EU national workers and how it might affect their business.
Employing & managing staff
In light of Anti-Bullying Week, businesses are urged to work harder to protect staff from business bullying.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, Lee Biggins explores the impact of kindness on employees, from social activities and paid-for lunches, to surprises and rewards for hard work.
Employing & managing staff
Alex Pavlou shares five tips on how small businesses can design a 'candidate experience' to attract the best talent.
Finding and selling to customers
Steve Rafferty touches on the importance of taking a customer-centric approach to digital transformation.
Employing & managing staff
Alex Pavlou shares five tips on how small businesses can design a 'candidate experience' to attract the best talent.
Finding and selling to customers
Steve Rafferty touches on the importance of taking a customer-centric approach to digital transformation.
Finding and selling to customers
Paying attention to online reviews and utilising a good strategy for managing websites and phones is the best way to maximise sales during Black Friday, says Reuben Singh.
Marketing
Here are eight modern tools that will kickstart your mobile marketing and make your brand stand out in a sea of advertising saturation.
Employing & managing staff
With most retailers offering huge discounts on products, can employees resist the urge to do their Christmas shopping while on the clock?
Export & Import
Marc Rees discusses how small businesses can go global effectively and what considerations need to be accounted for before the globalisation process begins.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Partner content
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
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
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade