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.
An employee is a gossip and causes contention with colleagues. I have witnessed a shift in my employees’ behaviours, but I don't have first-hand evidence of the employee causing trouble. What can I do to resolve this?
Office & home working
Buying and selling a company
Selling a business is never simple. There are so many things to consider including prospecting, valuation, marketing, negotiation and financing.
Employing & managing staff
Annual leave building up towards the end of the year can be a problem for employers. Here's how to handle it.
Marketing
Niall O'Loughlin discusses some of the big changes and trends that are happening in the world of content marketing.
Finding and selling to customers
Severe discounting can crush profit margins, so here's how to approach the upcoming price war at Black Friday and Christmas.
Marketing
Tamara Gillan discusses how certain brands have engendered loyalty in their customers with brand partnering.
Business Technology
Most businesses rely on the internet on a daily basis. If your connection goes down, how badly is your business affected?
Business management
Brigette Bard explains how to get the foot in the door with the right collaborators to move your company forward.
Business Technology
Most businesses rely on the internet on a daily basis. If your connection goes down, how badly is your business affected?
Business management
Brigette Bard explains how to get the foot in the door with the right collaborators to move your company forward.
Business management
Here, we talk to former England basketball player John Dabrowski about starting motivational training company JD Mindcoach and perceptions of senior people in business.
Legal advice
A company limited by guarantee does not have a share capital or shareholders, but instead has members who act as guarantors. Here, Henry Catchpole explains the concept.
Office & home working
Alan Price discusses how to control aggressive disputes between staff.
Marketing
Here, Niall O'Loughlin looks at actionable ways in which you can improve your images and suggests a number of easy-to-use tools available to small business owners.
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