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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.

Does a clean office improve productivity?

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.

Productivity Zone

Marketing

Hidden SME overheads: The cost of poor data management

Jon Cano-Lopez discusses the marketing importance of keeping your database in check.

Business management

How three UK tech start-ups are achieving success 

Here, Ian Butterworth interviews three tech founders and reveals their source of motivation, the challenges they faced and their recruiting strategies.

Business Technology

How businesses can mitigate the risk of a wireless printing network

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

Why women need help from their employer to understand their pension  

The financial services industry is not giving women enough information to make proper pension decisions, Andrew Firth argues.

Marketing

Five email marketing mistakes your start-up is making – and five ways to correct those mistakes

If your email marketing plan failed there could be a variety of reasons why. Here, we run over some common mistakes and how to correct them.

Finding and selling to customers

How small businesses can improve customer service

Here are some tips on increasing the level of care for your customers' experience.

Finding and selling to customers

How to make the best of the traditional January sales slump

Darren Fell explores the techniques small businesses can use to make the most of what can be a difficult time of year.

Finding and selling to customers

How small businesses can improve customer service

Here are some tips on increasing the level of care for your customers' experience.

Finding and selling to customers

How to make the best of the traditional January sales slump

Darren Fell explores the techniques small businesses can use to make the most of what can be a difficult time of year.

Office & home working

Tips for expanding office space for a growing team

There comes a point in many businesses when the office space becomes outgrown. Here's what to do in that event.

Small Business Insurance

Banks feeling the squeeze over PPI payouts

British banks are feeling the squeeze over refunds and compensation for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).

Business Technology

Take your business to the next level with employee monitoring software

Here, we check out the options for tracking employee activity for productivity monitoring.

Buying and selling a company

What should I look for in a business premises?

Finding a suitable site for a business is best done by preparing a list of requirements before starting any search.

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Benefits of switching to the right business bank account

In case you were in any doubt, here are five key benefits of switching your business bank account – and how to make the switch.

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?