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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.

How to get the best IT support for your business

Andy Hinxman discusses how to make sure you are taking on either the right IT staff or the right IT support company.

Business Technology

Legal advice

A guide to intellectual property for small business owners

Simon Ewing of Russell-Cooke LLP covers what entrepreneurs need to know about protecting intellectual property.

Business management

Why you cannot be a good manager if you want to be liked

Robert McHenry discusses why being respected is preferable to being loved when it comes to being a good boss.

Marketing

Three ways to create an army of advocates through clever marketing

Here, Gideon Lask discusses how to turn your customers into your very own brand advocates.

Marketing

Who owns our social media?

Here we look at the glut of social media sites and their relative standing online.

Export & Import

Tips for small businesses bent on breaking America

Richard Parris, founder of cyber security company Intercede, discusses how to make inroads into the US market.

Office & home working

Why you must take advantage of cultural shifts in the workplace

The future of the workplace is changing, and making sense of this new world of business will differentiate successful organisations from those lagging behind, argues Sophie Turton.

Employing & managing staff

Managing stress and mental health in a small business

Kate Russell discusses how best to reduce the risk of hazards to the mental health of your employees.

Office & home working

Why you must take advantage of cultural shifts in the workplace

The future of the workplace is changing, and making sense of this new world of business will differentiate successful organisations from those lagging behind, argues Sophie Turton.

Employing & managing staff

Managing stress and mental health in a small business

Kate Russell discusses how best to reduce the risk of hazards to the mental health of your employees.

Legal advice

New competitors in the conveyancing space

Here, we look at the AA's move into the conveyancing sector. 

Marketing

Customer acquisition vs retention: Which side works best?

Jay Karsandas of Mobiles.co.uk discusses how three key aspects of digital marketing can help acquire and retain customers.

Marketing

Playing to win: Building a famous brand

Here, Linzi Boyd, author of Brand Famous: How to get everyone talking about your business, looks at how to get your brand on the fast track to exposure.

Business management

Entrepreneurs must learn the art of delegation

'Get Things Done' author and small business owner Robert Kelsey discusses how entrepreneurs can overcome their fear of delegation.

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Employing & managing staff

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Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings