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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.

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

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.

Employing & managing staff

Why a small business should conduct an annual appraisal

Lee Biggins discusses how annual appraisals can help to define clear objectives that keep staff motivated throughout the year.

Small Business Insurance

Choosing the right business insurance to cover all your office peripherals 

Business insurance can be a tricky path to tread if you don’t know what you’re looking for.

Business Technology

How to avoid data breaches and data loss

In this article, we look at what you can do to avoid data breaches and how you can protect your business against data loss and its consequences.

Small Business Insurance

Choosing the right business insurance to cover all your office peripherals 

Business insurance can be a tricky path to tread if you don’t know what you’re looking for.

Business Technology

How to avoid data breaches and data loss

In this article, we look at what you can do to avoid data breaches and how you can protect your business against data loss and its consequences.

Business management

Top small business security tips 

In the early stage of business you simply can't afford to compromise your security. Here, we look at the measures to take to protect yourself.

Business Technology

Progressive SMEs pioneer best-practice collaboration

Here we take a look at how small businesses and their owners can embrace the opportunity to become truly technologically collaborative in the 21st century.

Business management

Why I let my team decide my salary…and theirs

Paulina Sygulska discusses the 'open culture' ethos of her business and how it meant unusual but effective decisions could be made on remuneration.

Business management

How businesses can benefit from reverse mentoring

Alan Price discusses why sometimes it's valuable for more mature employees to learn from the millennials.

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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