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.
Regardless of whether you're an SME or large organisation, implementing a successful and secure document storage system can be a challenging task. Company contracts, employee records, business plans and other documentation can quickly spiral out of control, causing a real headache.
Business Technology
Business Technology
In this piece, in association with Boost Capital, we look at why card payment technology is crucial for small businesses to stay ahead of the curve.
Business Technology
Here, Sanj Bhayro, senior vice president of EMEA at Salesforce, explains how the company's small business solutions help SMEs achieve a highly personalised customer experience.
Office & home working
Nikki Scrivener gives tips on making your office move a smooth one, based on experiences of relocating her own business.
Marketing
When thousands of customers take to the streets of Britain to complete their Christmas shopping, the effectiveness of your billboard advertising will be particularly important.
Marketing
In this piece, we look at the benefits a marketing consultant can bring to your small business.
Business Technology
Some 71 per cent of UK small business owners rely on mobile or web-based applications to run their operations, eliminate administrative tasks and grow their business.
Employing & managing staff
Employers need to communicate carefully the potential for changes to salary sacrifice legislation for all benefit annual enrolments that take place between now and December, an employee benefits provider advises.
Business Technology
Some 71 per cent of UK small business owners rely on mobile or web-based applications to run their operations, eliminate administrative tasks and grow their business.
Employing & managing staff
Employers need to communicate carefully the potential for changes to salary sacrifice legislation for all benefit annual enrolments that take place between now and December, an employee benefits provider advises.
Business management
Taking on a mentor, a business expert without a vested interest, can mean your business benefits from a fresh and objective point of view, argues Darren Clare.
Office & home working
Kate Headley discusses how businesses can identify what adjustments need to be made to create a more productive working environment.
Legal advice
In this article, we look at what action you need to take when faced with the threat of legal action in a patent infringement claim.
Marketing
Here's how you can jazz up your landing page by following a few small pointers.
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