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.
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Business management
Marketing
Jamie Barlow presents the marketing options that will work the best for your small business.
Marketing
Is your business making the most of the marketing potential of mobile phones? Smallbusiness.co.uk reports on ways it can work for you – just be careful not to get on customers’ nerves.
Business management
Thomas Villeneuve discusses the key considerations a small business owner needs to make when growing their operation.
Business management
David Price explores what employers should look out for in staff to prepare for mental health issues.
Employing & managing staff
More than 80 per cent of employees feel more productive when working from home, research finds.
Marketing
Here , Andrew Ogden offers ten top tips on how you can use video to help engage your employees.
Finding and selling to customers
Here, Ed Molyneux gives his tips on nurturing online conversations and relationships for useful feedback from clients and customers.
Marketing
Here , Andrew Ogden offers ten top tips on how you can use video to help engage your employees.
Finding and selling to customers
Here, Ed Molyneux gives his tips on nurturing online conversations and relationships for useful feedback from clients and customers.
Business management
Here, we look at what action to take to ensure your team grows and develops as you want it to
Business Technology
Here is why using just a password or another sole form of security to protect online systems and portals won’t cut the mustard anymore.
International Business
Three quarters of UK companies doing some form of business internationally say going global has made their business more profitable, research finds.
Office & home working
Four company owners discuss their decision to build a business from home and how the setup suits their personal and professional lives.
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