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.
In this article, Jesper Frederiksen looks at how small companies can make themselves appear bigger in the marketplace to compete with larger rivals through the use of innovative technology.
Business Technology
Business management
Ian Cowley discusses the ways in which a company can go beyond just selling a product and actively engage with others.
Business management
David Lewis discusses how he navigated his own company through choppy waters to illustrate how small companies can survive setbacks and live to fight another day.
Business management
The family business sector accounts for a quarter of UK GDP. Here, Phil Mitchell gives advice on managing a business that is family-run.
Business management
Here, Alison Curry-Taylor discusses the big mistakes that have led to the demise of many small companies and how not to make them.
Buying and selling a company
This piece, in association with Bibby Financial Services, looks at why it is always worth thinking about an exit plan, even in the early stages of your business.
Marketing
Simon Horton shares the marketing ups and downs he experienced since starting his company.
Office & home working
Richard Prime discusses how to successfully run a company across a range of sites.
Marketing
Simon Horton shares the marketing ups and downs he experienced since starting his company.
Office & home working
Richard Prime discusses how to successfully run a company across a range of sites.
Business management
Michael Rainsford discusses how his start-up company developed in a shared office space, and reveals the benefits and downsides of such a setup for an early-stage company.
Business Technology
Jay Karsandas discusses the consumer shift to shopping on the move and how small companies can take advantage.
Finding and selling to customers
David Cliff discusses the situation of fewer businesses willing to compete for public sector tenders.
Business management
Ed Reeves shares his thoughts on the resolutions that every SME owner might have made for the coming year.
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