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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.

Employment rights for same-sex couples in a civil partnership

Alan Price examines the legal considerations employers need to be aware of in regard to the rights of same-sex couples.

Legal advice

Employing & managing staff

Staff members on sick leave and social media

I have an employee who is currently on sick leave from work, however I have noticed that they have been posting images of themselves going out on social media. How can I approach this situation?

Productivity Zone

Family businesses hailed as solution to productivity puzzle

Family businesses are part of the UK's answer to its 'productivity puzzle', the Bank of England's chief economist says.

Buying and selling a company

Why your business may be worth a lot more than you think 

Clinton Lee discusses business valuation and why a small businesses can command a market price far in excess of the owners' expectations.

Employing & managing staff

Why employers should encourage continuous learning for their workers

Alan Price explains why an environment of learning is a necessity to help build and grow an organisation.

Office & home working

How to ensure staff are effective when working remotely 

Here, Ian Cowley discusses how to keep a handle on your staff when employing flexible working practices.

Business management

From good to great: How scaling is the next stage in innovation

To scale or not to scale? Arina Osiannaya discusses why now might be the time for high-growth ambitions.

Business Technology

Why you need to think about scaling your IT department

Here, Lee Biggins explores some key ways to create an efficient IT function from the beginning of your company.

Business management

From good to great: How scaling is the next stage in innovation

To scale or not to scale? Arina Osiannaya discusses why now might be the time for high-growth ambitions.

Business Technology

Why you need to think about scaling your IT department

Here, Lee Biggins explores some key ways to create an efficient IT function from the beginning of your company.

Office & home working

How to adopt telecommuting in your company 

Here, we look at the upside and the downside of telecommuting and how to make it work for you.

Office & home working

How company owners should manage maternity leave and pregnant employees

Danielle Ayres discusses the eight top tips that small business employers can adopt to help them properly manage pregnant employees in the workplace and those who go on maternity leave.

Business Technology

Majority of smallest businesses still lack a website

Some 60 per cent of the UK's smallest businesses, which constitute almost a fifth of Britain's small business population, currently lack their own website, a study finds.

Office & home working

Is it important to have a social environment at work?

In recent times, companies have placed more of an emphasis on a social office dynamic. David Price discusses the benefits.

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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.

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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?

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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