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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.

Remote working and flexible working options

Businesses and their employees have much to gain from operating flexible working options.

Office & home working

Getting Online

Protecting your online presence: Domain name disputes

Rob White, of Avidity IP, discusses how to protect yourself against intellectual property abuse as a small business.

Marketing

On-site social: The key to social media e-commerce success

Social media can be frustrating and time consuming for a small business so get your customers and site visitors to look after it for you. Marketing expert Chloe Thomas explains how.

Getting Online

How a small business can optimise a website for mobile and tablet users

Marketing expert Mark Asquith of DMSQD looks at how your company can capitalise on new browsing behaviours.

Business management

Why ‘accepted business wisdom’ should be challenged

Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards discusses why popularised mantras should not always be followed in business.

Business Technology

How to protect your company from cybercrime

Tim Pat Dufficy of Serverspace discusses the most common weapon for hackers: the distributed denial of service attack.

Office & home working

Top tips for working abroad

Presenting advice on navigating visa conditions and different cultures and languages when conducting business internationally.

Office & home working

The pros and cons of virtual meetings

How technology can help reduce the travel bill for small businesses.

Office & home working

Top tips for working abroad

Presenting advice on navigating visa conditions and different cultures and languages when conducting business internationally.

Office & home working

The pros and cons of virtual meetings

How technology can help reduce the travel bill for small businesses.

Business management

How corporate social responsibility can work for small businesses

Tina Boden discusses the value of 'giving something back' as a small business owner.

Small Business Insurance

Insurance for business vehicles

Why not insuring your vehicles can open your business up to financial ruin.

Finding and selling to customers

Change your sales approach: Ask what you can do for your customers

Too many salespeople make excuses and moan about the response rate of prospects, says Shaun Thomson, founder of Sandler Training. Here's why they should turn that attitude on its head.

Legal advice

How to pick a good trade mark

Rob White, of Avidity IP, gives some examples of good and bad trade marks and how to secure a good one.

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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.

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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