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.
I have a number of workers that smoke and I let them normally have a five-minute unofficial smoke break in the afternoon. However, one of my employees, who is a non-smoker, has complained that it is unfair they are not allowed an extended break. Am I in the wrong?
Employing & managing staff
Office & home working
Kate Russell, managing director of Russell HR Consulting, discusses the health and safety issues surrounding the weight of employees.
Finding and selling to customers
Chloe Thomas explains attribution systems and how they reveal which marketing channel is leading to sales.
Employing & managing staff
Adrian Hoggarth, head of employee law at Prolegal, discusses what to do in the difficult circumstances of an employee's health deteriorating.
Business Technology
Xenios Thrasyvoulou suggests some apps to facilitate running a company from your smartphone.
Employing & managing staff
What a small business can do to boost staff performance.
Business Technology
Tim Pat Dufficy, managing director of ServerSpace Limited, discusses the damage downtime causes to a small company.
Business management
Jonathan Richards discusses how you can add value to a sale by changing the way you approach problems.
Business Technology
Tim Pat Dufficy, managing director of ServerSpace Limited, discusses the damage downtime causes to a small company.
Business management
Jonathan Richards discusses how you can add value to a sale by changing the way you approach problems.
Legal advice
Wax Noor, senior solicitor at legal firm Brilliant Law, clears up some common queries from small companies about apprenticeships.
Business Technology
Jeremy Fennell, managing director of PC World Business, gives his top tips on IT for a small company.
Finding and selling to customers
Improving direct customer engagement to better customer service is becoming a main focus for many small businesses.
Finding and selling to customers
Dr Andy Harter, CEO of control software provider RealVNC, discusses the ins and outs of doing business abroad.
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
Partner content
As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?
Business Technology
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