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.
Employee absence can be particularly damaging to the productivity of a small business. Employment expert Adrian Hoggarth outlines how to regain control of the situation as a company owner.
Employing & managing staff
Business Technology
Matt Pierce explores how companies can use video to support their businesses effectively and efficiently.
Employing & managing staff
Robert McHenry, executive chairman of OPP, has learned through experience what it takes to construct a good team around you. Here, he gives some advice.
Marketing
Jo Sabin, marketing manager at DesignCrowd.co.uk, discusses the route to establishing a powerful brand identity.
Office & home working
Geraint Evans discusses how to make an office space fit for purpose.
Business management
Entrepreneur Mike Odysseas discusses how he made the mistake of only focusing on the bottom line in the early stages of his business.
Business management
Building relationships with companies operating in the same sector could provide valuable support and knowledge-sharing opportunities. Ian Cowley explains how.
Employing & managing staff
Our business is picking up, however we still wish to be cautious with pay increases and envisage freezing wages this year. Are there any low-cost incentives that will help us maintain morale and assist with retaining staff?
Business management
Building relationships with companies operating in the same sector could provide valuable support and knowledge-sharing opportunities. Ian Cowley explains how.
Employing & managing staff
Our business is picking up, however we still wish to be cautious with pay increases and envisage freezing wages this year. Are there any low-cost incentives that will help us maintain morale and assist with retaining staff?
Finding and selling to customers
Shaun Thomson gives tips on finalising sales to the inexperienced entrepreneur.
Finding and selling to customers
Gideon Lask, founder and CEO of social commerce technology business Buyapowa, explains what’s gone wrong with discounts and the cutting edge alternatives you should be using instead.
Office & home working
How virtual offices meet the demands of smaller businesses.
Finding and selling to customers
In this article, sales expert Andy Preston talks about why account management is now dead, and what you and your team need to do to replace it.
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