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Running a Business

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.

Flexible workplaces advocated for Olympics period

Businesses have been urged to engage with their workforce and consider introducing flexible measures to discourage ‘sickies’ during the Rio Olympics.

Office & home working

Legal advice

How to deal with threatening job applications

In these days of increased litigation, how can employers protect themselves while ensuring they offer equal opportunities to all job applicants?

Export & Import

How EU membership affects financial services

This article looks at why financial services are so important to the UK’s economy, how financial rules are decided in the EU and whether this is a good thing.

Marketing

Taking your first steps into successful marketing

In this piece, in association with Vistaprint, we look at how three companies successfully gained marketing exposure in the early stages of business.

Buying and selling a company

Five ways to grow a beautiful business

Navigated the tricky start-up phase and finally broke even? Here are some ways to take your business to the next level.

Office & home working

Four tips for an easier business move

Here are some pointers for making sure your business move goes as smoothly as possible.

Business Technology

What SMEs need to know about hyperconvergence

Here, we look at why hyperconvergance is receiving so much attention in IT circles, and how businesses can make use of it to do more with less.

Export & Import

Monitoring currency value as an international business owner

In this piece, we take a look at why you need to monitor currency value as an international business owner and how you can do it.

Business Technology

What SMEs need to know about hyperconvergence

Here, we look at why hyperconvergance is receiving so much attention in IT circles, and how businesses can make use of it to do more with less.

Export & Import

Monitoring currency value as an international business owner

In this piece, we take a look at why you need to monitor currency value as an international business owner and how you can do it.

Marketing

Brands with social media presence seen as more ‘human’

Social media platforms provide businesses with a huge opportunity to improve consumer trust, research finds.

Business management

The Fish and Chips business: From single outlet to food empire

In this piece, Adrian Tweedale recounts his journey from running a village fish and chip shop to overseeing multiple food outlets.

Finding and selling to customers

How to sell on eBay like a multichannel sales professional

In this post, Andy Richley offers a number of additional tips that he says will help you to write perfect eBay titles, every time.

Business management

Three professionals that you’ll need to help run your business

As an entrepreneur, you’ll be used to being the driving force behind your enterprise.

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?

Partner content

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