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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.

Dividing the equity pie: Who gets what when running a business?

Here, Luke Davis discusses the factors to consider for joint business owners when slicing up the the equity pie.

Business management

Office & home working

The gig economy and what it means for SMEs

Employees are opting to head down the freelance path, accepting ‘gigs’ as and when they come. But what does this gig economy mean for the SME landscape?

Business management

Brexit, British enterprise, and the price of profitability

Paul Black discusses how the business landscape might be mapped out during and after the Brexit process.

Employing & managing staff

Health cash plans: What small businesses should know

Here Russ Piper, CEO of Sovereign Health Care, goes back to basics to cover everything you need to know to implement a health cash plan in your business.

Employing & managing staff

Young recruits: Making the most of junior hires as a small business

In this piece, we look at the business owners that have taken on younger members of staff and assess the benefits to a small organisation.

Business Technology

Slow technology hampering small business employees

The average UK office worker wastes at least 21 days each year due to inefficient or slow technology, longer than many people’s paid annual leave, research finds.

Business Technology

Is the office inbox on its way out for small businesses?

Here, productivity expert and author Graham Allcott discusses the smart way for businesses to use email.

Employing & managing staff

Zero hours contracts, employment and small businesses

In the wake of Sports Direct ditching zero hours contracts, we look at what using zero hours contracts means for companies.

Business Technology

Is the office inbox on its way out for small businesses?

Here, productivity expert and author Graham Allcott discusses the smart way for businesses to use email.

Employing & managing staff

Zero hours contracts, employment and small businesses

In the wake of Sports Direct ditching zero hours contracts, we look at what using zero hours contracts means for companies.

Employing & managing staff

How can SMEs keep up with innovative technology and changing employment laws?

SME owners need to adopt new techniques, continuing to invest time and energy into traditional ways of hiring.

Export & Import

Choosing the right courier service to suit your business

Here, we look at the importance of making the right choice when it comes to selecting a company to deliver goods to your customers.

Marketing

Getting the right company logo: How businesses got their message across

Here, we talk to small businesses about their company logo and how their brand is represented through it.

Business Technology

Matthew Hancock must assure the future of UK tech post-Brexit

In this piece, William Newton discusses how Matthew Hancock must support growth outside of the South East as part of the much-delayed UK Digital Strategy.

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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