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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.

The rise of home delivery and online shopping 

Here, we look at how three industries took on online deliveries for the convenience of customers.

Finding and selling to customers

Business management

Why failure is an important part of success in business

Mike Herd looks at how entrepreneurs can turn failure to their advantage, learning from making mistakes and building something bigger next time.

Employing & managing staff

Four things to remember when taking on your first employee

Emily Coltman gives her top tips to bear in mind when you are hiring for the first time.

Office & home working

Ten small business tips for handling a grievance

Neil Atkinson presents a guide to handling a staff grievance properly and effectively.

Productivity Zone

Businesses urged to make gains in productivity 

UK SMEs could gain back a working month every year by shaking their bad business habits, research finds.

Employing & managing staff

Tips on approaching recruitment as a small company

Colin Bradshaw gives some tips on approaching recruitment as a small company.

Business Technology

Addressing the coding skill shortage

Here, Tim Stone discusses the talent shortage in coding and what is happening to ensure supply meets demand for small businesses in the future.

Legal advice

Non-solicitation clauses and small businesses 

Here, Leigh Ellis looks at how the validity of clauses that seek to prohibit employees from poaching customers has been challenged in modern times.

Business Technology

Addressing the coding skill shortage

Here, Tim Stone discusses the talent shortage in coding and what is happening to ensure supply meets demand for small businesses in the future.

Legal advice

Non-solicitation clauses and small businesses 

Here, Leigh Ellis looks at how the validity of clauses that seek to prohibit employees from poaching customers has been challenged in modern times.

Office & home working

Should your business strive to become a Great Place to Work institute?

Here, we look at the organisation with the goal of improving society by creating better workplaces, and how your business can get involved.

Business management

Cybercrime and SMEs

Here, we look at the topic of cybercrime and the targeting of small businesses by criminals.

Employing & managing staff

Rethinking the recruitment chasm

Lee Wade looks at how SMEs can successfully achieve scale by developing a new approach to recruitment.

Office & home working

Ways to motivate employees and keep them happy 

Here, David Price gives some tips on keeping your staff engaged.

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What are the benefits of business broadband?

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Future-proof your business communications set-up

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