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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.

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 management

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.

Employing & managing staff

Am I within my rights to expect staff to work nights?

I am tight on employee numbers at the moment while I recruit new team members and I need more of my staff to do late night shifts for the short term. Can I expect them to do this, and if so when can they start?

Business Technology

Noise cancelling headsets: The myths, misconceptions and facts explained?

Darren Page, Co-director of leading headset supplier Headsets4business helps dismiss some of the misconceptions about noise cancelling headsets.

Employing & managing staff

Am I within my rights to expect staff to work nights?

I am tight on employee numbers at the moment while I recruit new team members and I need more of my staff to do late night shifts for the short term. Can I expect them to do this, and if so when can they start?

Business Technology

Noise cancelling headsets: The myths, misconceptions and facts explained?

Darren Page, Co-director of leading headset supplier Headsets4business helps dismiss some of the misconceptions about noise cancelling headsets.

Employing & managing staff

I have found the right job candidate. Can I cancel other interviews?

I am in the process of interviewing candidates for a job, but after the first couple I feel that I have found the perfect person for the position. However, I have other interviews set up. Do I have to follow through with these?

Marketing

How to establish a budget for your printed marketing materials

Whether you run a small, family business from home or a multi-million pound corporation, marketing is the best way to promote your products and services.

Employing & managing staff

Do I have to offer bereavement pay?

A member of staff experienced a family loss and took time off to grieve. I did not pay them bereavement pay at the time as I wasn't sure if they were entitled to it. The employee is now claiming he would like to be paid for the time off.

Business Technology

Windows 10: What it means for your business

Andy Hinxman discusses what small businesses should know about Windows' latest operating system.

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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?

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