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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.

Finding the right office space for your business

Sarah De'Lacy discusses why it is so critical to ensure your office premises are the right fit for your company.

Office & home working

Legal advice

How to find a trustworthy lawyer for your small business

Here, we examine the process of choosing legal representation for your company.

Business Technology

How to avoid fireworks with your IT security

Andy Hinxman gives some tips on keeping your cybersecurity in good order as a small business.

Marketing

The opportunities and risks of keyword advertising

Matt Sammon looks into the legality of acquiring competitors' brand names as AdWords and the impact of the practice on small businesses.

Legal advice

What is the best way to protect your brand?

Here, Matt Sammon discusses what small businesses should know about intellectual property rights.

Employing & managing staff

Making the decision to recruit as a small business

Here, we look at the key factors you need to consider before you start recruiting as a start-up company.

Office & home working

Why you should take health and safety issues seriously as a small business

Stephen Thomas, safety technical consultant at Croner, discusses the benefits of implementing risk management measures.

Legal advice

The top ten legal pitfalls when starting up a business

Here, law firm Brecher looks at the mistakes entrepreneurs typically make at the start of their experience.

Office & home working

Why you should take health and safety issues seriously as a small business

Stephen Thomas, safety technical consultant at Croner, discusses the benefits of implementing risk management measures.

Legal advice

The top ten legal pitfalls when starting up a business

Here, law firm Brecher looks at the mistakes entrepreneurs typically make at the start of their experience.

Office & home working

Social media in the workplace

Over recent years social media usage has been integrated into many professional roles. Here, Neil Atkinson discusses negotiating the line between professional and personal use.

Business management

Four tips to encourage employees to go above and beyond

Here, Simon Chapman explores what makes your workers tick and how to get the best from them.

Business Technology

Four mistakes you’re probably making on your website

Here, Alison Curry-Taylor presents the common errors small business owners make when launching their own website.

Office & home working

Small business and flexibility: Friend or foe?

Here, we look at how small businesses are driving a change in culture towards flexible working.

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Future-proof your business communications set-up

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