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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 approach workplace obesity as a small business

Kate Russell, managing director of Russell HR Consulting, discusses the health and safety issues surrounding the weight of employees.

Office & home working

Finding and selling to customers

How to find out how effective your marketing is

Chloe Thomas explains attribution systems and how they reveal which marketing channel is leading to sales.

Employing & managing staff

How a small business should manage long-term sick leave and terminal illness

Adrian Hoggarth, head of employee law at Prolegal, discusses what to do in the difficult circumstances of an employee's health deteriorating.

Business Technology

Is it possible to run a business from your mobile phone?

Xenios Thrasyvoulou suggests some apps to facilitate running a company from your smartphone.

Employing & managing staff

How to keep staff motivational levels high 

What a small business can do to boost staff performance.

Business Technology

Are small businesses being held back by slower internet speeds and connectivity?

Tim Pat Dufficy, managing director of ServerSpace Limited, discusses the damage downtime causes to a small company.

Business management

How to reframe business problems to better serve your customers

Jonathan Richards discusses how you can add value to a sale by changing the way you approach problems.

Legal advice

A small business guide to taking on interns and apprentices

Wax Noor, senior solicitor at legal firm Brilliant Law, clears up some common queries from small companies about apprenticeships.

Business management

How to reframe business problems to better serve your customers

Jonathan Richards discusses how you can add value to a sale by changing the way you approach problems.

Legal advice

A small business guide to taking on interns and apprentices

Wax Noor, senior solicitor at legal firm Brilliant Law, clears up some common queries from small companies about apprenticeships.

Business Technology

Top five tips for small businesses to get technology right first time 

Jeremy Fennell, managing director of PC World Business, gives his top tips on IT for a small company.

Finding and selling to customers

Customer engagement top priority for small businesses this year

Improving direct customer engagement to better customer service is becoming a main focus for many small businesses.

Finding and selling to customers

Small business guide to trading internationally

Dr Andy Harter, CEO of control software provider RealVNC, discusses the ins and outs of doing business abroad.

Employing & managing staff

All businesses would benefit from HGV training

Article discussing the benefits of LGV training for small companies.

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