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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.

What happens if you offer a job to an individual then change your mind?

Can you retract a job offer if someone more suitable comes along? Peter Done explains.

Employing & managing staff

Export & Import

Shipping and logistics: How best to create an outstanding e-commerce experience for customers

SmallBusiness.co.uk, in association with UPS, looks at what factors contribute to an effective e-commerce offering, from website management to distribution of product.

Business management

Unfair online criticism: Managing your brand reputation

Tom Lingard discusses the measures you can take to deal with unfair comments about your business online.

Employing & managing staff

Flexible working to get more flexible from June

New employment rules will mean the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees with 26 weeks service from June 30th.

Business Technology

Mobile VoIP is ready for business

Consumer mobile VoIP services like Skype, Viber, Vyke and WhatsApp are enjoying accelerating growth. Mark Egginton, sales and marketing director from Vyke, investigates why enterprise is feeling left out.

Marketing

SME internet and social media marketing strategies

Conrad Ford, managing director of Funding Options, looks at some internet and social media marketing methods you might use as a small business.

Employing & managing staff

A step-by-step guide to managing repeated employee absence

With the cost of sick leave absence escalating, Neil Atkinson discusses how to address the problem in six steps.

Finding and selling to customers

How new EU distance selling regulations affect small businesses

Rik Hellewell discusses how changes to EU distance selling regulations could be problematic for small enterprises.

Employing & managing staff

A step-by-step guide to managing repeated employee absence

With the cost of sick leave absence escalating, Neil Atkinson discusses how to address the problem in six steps.

Finding and selling to customers

How new EU distance selling regulations affect small businesses

Rik Hellewell discusses how changes to EU distance selling regulations could be problematic for small enterprises.

Employing & managing staff

What new employment regulations should I know about?

Are there any new HR and employment laws that I should be aware of as a small business owner?

Legal advice

Social media and legal protection: Understanding the new Defamation Act

Tom Lingard discusses the new Defamation Act and how it impacts on what businesses can post online.

Business management

Safeguarding your business through risk mitigation

Business risk specialist Darren Hickman of ComplianceAssist gives advice on how to keep your business financially secure.

Business management

Managing rapid change: Growing from eight people to 600

In this article, Jesper Frederiksen shares his advice on how to manage your business as it grows from acorn to oak tree to forest.

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A guide to getting a small business loan

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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