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 Technology
Marketing
Here, Heather Baker argues for a cost-effective lead generation strategy for companies on a tight budget.
Buying and selling a company
When buying a business, as well as taking on a going concern, you will also be taking on the concerns of ongoing staff.
Office & home working
In this piece we explore why reducing your carbon footprint in the office is well worthwhile for your business.
Employing & managing staff
Many employers believe retaining staff is simply about money but it is far from the be all and end all. Here, we look at the best strategies to retain talent.
Employing & managing staff
Alan Price discusses the finer points of part-time contracts and what they mean for employers and workers.
Business Technology
Here, we look at the story of executive greed and an ill-fated $130,000 phone.
Productivity Zone
The average adult spends more time awake in work than at home. Here's why you should keep the cleanliness of work at an all-time high.
Business Technology
Here, we look at the story of executive greed and an ill-fated $130,000 phone.
Productivity Zone
The average adult spends more time awake in work than at home. Here's why you should keep the cleanliness of work at an all-time high.
Marketing
Jon Cano-Lopez discusses the marketing importance of keeping your database in check.
Business management
Here, Ian Butterworth interviews three tech founders and reveals their source of motivation, the challenges they faced and their recruiting strategies.
Business Technology
While many businesses have invested heavily in IT security provision in recent years, many fail to identify the security risks associated with operating a wireless printing network.
Employing & managing staff
The financial services industry is not giving women enough information to make proper pension decisions, Andrew Firth argues.
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