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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.

Using the internet to attract new clients

Entrepreneur Nicola Bird talks about taking your business to a virtual audience.

Marketing

Small Business Insurance

The importance of self-employed income protection

SmallBusiness.co.uk discusses income protection cover and the surrounding issues.

Marketing

That special something: Why promotional products work for small businesses

Marketing can sometimes be a hard beast to crack, regardless of which industry you work in and especially for small businesses. So where do promotional items fit in to the marketing mix of a digital world?

Marketing

The importance of promoting yourself as a small business: SEO

Rebecca Scully, managing director of PR agency Smarts, discusses how changes in SEO mean businesses should be more scrupulous than ever in their online ranking efforts.

Business management

Interflora case study: how new keyword advertising legislation could harm businesses

Trade mark specialist Rob White discusses significant changes in the keyword field in 2013 that businesses should know about.

Office & home working

Flexible working in businesses being held back by cultural barriers

Seven in ten office workers say they can get more done working away from the office and more than one third say they can be more creative when they are able to work flexibly, finds research.

Employing & managing staff

How your business can master employee contracts

Small businesses should not be nervous of the prospect of putting employee contracts together. While they can be complex without an HR or legal department, they certainly don't need to be. Adrian Hoggarth gives some simple advice to help.

Employing & managing staff

Why simple employee engagement can make all the difference in a small business

Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards gives some simple and cheap tips to looking after your staff that little bit better.

Employing & managing staff

How your business can master employee contracts

Small businesses should not be nervous of the prospect of putting employee contracts together. While they can be complex without an HR or legal department, they certainly don't need to be. Adrian Hoggarth gives some simple advice to help.

Employing & managing staff

Why simple employee engagement can make all the difference in a small business

Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards gives some simple and cheap tips to looking after your staff that little bit better.

Business management

Expanding your horizons as a business – going international 

In the first of a two-part piece on looking international as a small company Ed Molyneux, co-founder of accounting system business FreeAgent, discusses taking his product to America.

Finding and selling to customers

How small businesses can access the data they need to become international

SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at the increasing need for companies to assess more accurately the viability of customers and suppliers.

Business Technology

Questions small businesses should ask about cloud computing – cloud applications, support and security

Last time on SmallBusiness.co.uk, we introduced the concept of cloud computing for new business owners. Here are some of the questions you should ask cloud providers about their service.

Business Technology

Business IT security threatened by the use of inferior passwords 

One in five British businesses use ‘password’ as their password despite more than 70 per cent ranking IT security as vital for their work, according to new research.

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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

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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.