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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.

Is email communication bad for employee health and productivity?

Here, David Price looks at the importance of a social working culture.

Business Technology

Buying and selling a company

Sell your business with style: Five key negotiation skills

Here are some tips for keeping your cool in negotiations and getting the right price, and buyer, for your business.

Business Technology

How to make your website work for you 

Stefano Maruzzi presents some tips on how your website can help with the day-to-day running of your business.

Buying and selling a company

What to know when growing your business for acquisition 

David Vine explores the options for a business owner keen on selling down the line.

Legal advice

Workplace Investigations – who should conduct them and what is the correct process?

Here, Alan Price discusses what to do to make an informed and impartial decision in the face of disciplinary matters.

Employing & managing staff

Intergenerational conflict marring workplace relations

Younger and older employees are clashing at work, according to research.

Office & home working

How bringing a dog to the office can benefit your small business

Ben Lobel talks to employers and staff about what it means for morale, and sometimes marketability, to bring a faithful friend to work.

Business management

How to ensure your business works like a well-oiled machine

From proficient project management to strong staff coordination here are some pointers to making it all come together as a company.

Office & home working

How bringing a dog to the office can benefit your small business

Ben Lobel talks to employers and staff about what it means for morale, and sometimes marketability, to bring a faithful friend to work.

Business management

How to ensure your business works like a well-oiled machine

From proficient project management to strong staff coordination here are some pointers to making it all come together as a company.

Business Technology

Small businesses and Wi-Fi on the move

Andy Hinxman discusses the problem of getting wireless on the go for small businesses and how the situation should improve soon.

Employing & managing staff

How to build your business dream team

Here's what to consider when you take on new hires for a business team.

Export & Import

Top tips for maximising storage space in your stockroom

Here's a helpful guide to managing your storage as a small business.

Office & home working

Preventing negativity in the workplace

David Price gives some pointers on eradicating a bad attitude in staff members.

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