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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.

Buyer’s guide to commercial flooring

Here, we look at the various types of flooring in a commercial setting.

Office & home working

Finding and selling to customers

It’s all in the positioning: What to do when your business seems to be losing focus

James Cox looks at what to do if your market positioning starts to drift in the early stages of business.

Marketing

Learning from the big boys’ social marketing mistakes

Gideon Lask discusses how the low proficiency of big retailers in social media can provide a lesson for smaller businesses.

Export & Import

How to improve the UK’s export performance

Here, we speak to three experts on international trade, covering topics ranging from the most popular export markets to the importance of visiting trade shows.

Business Technology

How to use CRM to get the most out of your business

It is no secret that good customer relationship management is essential to growth for businesses of all sizes. But few SMEs get the best out of CRM. In light of this, we provide some tips on how to do it well.

Export & Import

Export trade partners: What to bear in mind when selecting a delivery provider

Couriers and delivery providers play an essential role in completing the final part of the customer service cycle and should be selected carefully.

Export & Import

Top tips for safe exporting and healthy international growth 

Doing business with foreign companies could make you more vulnerable to late payments, buyer insolvency or fraud. Sean Haywood of Graydon UK explains how knowing your market and taking the right precautions could save you a lot of disappointment down the line.

Export & Import

From £500 to £500,000: Booking export success

Ten years ago violin maker Geraldine Grandidier came upon an idea to make and sell children's bookcases - and now her company Tidy Books turns over £500,000. She talks about the challenge of exporting, which accounts for 20 per cent of sales.

Export & Import

Top tips for safe exporting and healthy international growth 

Doing business with foreign companies could make you more vulnerable to late payments, buyer insolvency or fraud. Sean Haywood of Graydon UK explains how knowing your market and taking the right precautions could save you a lot of disappointment down the line.

Export & Import

From £500 to £500,000: Booking export success

Ten years ago violin maker Geraldine Grandidier came upon an idea to make and sell children's bookcases - and now her company Tidy Books turns over £500,000. She talks about the challenge of exporting, which accounts for 20 per cent of sales.

Business management

The importance of a cost-efficient storage solution

Here, we look at the range of good value and flexible storage options that can be provided for small businesses.

Business management

British billionaires: The men who’ve already made it

Here, we take a look at four of the UK's most wealthy businessmen.

Marketing

How to boost your brand on LinkedIn

Conrad Ford discusses how to get the most out of the social media platform for professional networking Linkedin.

Employing & managing staff

Should I be employing older people?

Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng explains why age is just a number when it comes to employing staff.

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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?

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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