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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 keep control of your sales process

Shaun Thomson, founder of sales and leadership training company Sandler, discusses how to modify your sales approach for the best chance of success.

Buying and selling a company

Marketing

Shoppers relying on social media when buying items online

Almost half of consumers say they now count on social media when making an online purchasing decision, research finds.

Office & home working

Five top tips to manage energy consumption for small businesses

Tim Jarvis of Gazprom Energy explains the approach small businesses should take to limit energy consumption in the office.

Legal advice

Brand insurance: Protecting the intellectual property in your business

Rob White discusses the importance of registering trade marks and the process small businesses should follow.

Business Technology

Data capture, good navigation and content: three things that should be on every small business website

Chloe Thomas explains how to ensure more conversions on your website through three critical methods.

Employing & managing staff

Two of my employees have been overpaid for the last month

My accounts manager has informed me that two of my employees have been overpaid for the last month. How can I rectify this mistake and get the excess money paid out refunded?

Employing & managing staff

Ten points to active performance management in a small business

Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards reveals his tips to maintaining a happy and productive workforce.

Office & home working

34 million working days lost every year due to smoking-related sick leave

How e-cigarettes could be the answer to loss of productivity caused by smoking breaks.

Employing & managing staff

Ten points to active performance management in a small business

Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards reveals his tips to maintaining a happy and productive workforce.

Office & home working

34 million working days lost every year due to smoking-related sick leave

How e-cigarettes could be the answer to loss of productivity caused by smoking breaks.

Marketing

Why small businesses should be mindful of timing when sending marketing emails

Marketers should avoid sending emails in the early hours in an attempt to top inboxes for the following morning, a study suggests.

Legal advice

Technology and employment law: how small businesses can access cheap legal information 

Adrian Hoggarth, head of employee law at Prolegal, discusses how businesses can gain legal knowledge at low cost.

Employing & managing staff

Why older recruits can be worthwhile hires for small businesses

Following an urge from the DWP for companies not to overlook senior employees, HR guru Kate Russell talks about the advantages older workers have over their younger counterparts.

Business Technology

iPads vs Laptops

Weighing up the options for the tech-savvy customer.

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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

Partner content

How should I select my business broadband provider?

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

Future-proof your business communications set-up

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

Business Loans

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.