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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.

Advisory service to help businesses tackle long-term sickness absence

Businesses will be helped to tackle long-term sickness absence in the workplace by a new independent assessment and advisory service.

Business management

Business management

P3 performance management

Following a successful model is key to the success of any P3 project.

Business Technology

SMEs using asset finance to fund IT investment

UK businesses are increasingly replacing bank loans with asset finance as their preferred way to fund investment in IT equipment, research finds.

Marketing

How will social media attract more traffic to my website?

Having a presence on social media websites will help to increase brand awareness, which will help you to reach new customers that might not have found your products/services previously.

Employing & managing staff

Can I ask staff members to go self-employed?

I employ two members of staff and sub-contract out some work. I wish to semi-retire and just use a sub-contractor. Do I have to make employees redundant and can I continue trading or can I ask them to go self-employed?

Employing & managing staff

Brits put in nearly 2 hours a day of overtime at work

Three quarters of employees at Britain's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) work overtime, clocking an additional 1.9 hours a day on average.

Business management

The importance of high delivery standards for e-commerce businesses

Paul Galpin, managing director of distribution company P2P Mailing, outlines why efficient order fulfilment is so important for e-commerce operators.

Marketing

Know your market

Researching your marketplace is key to helping you set up your business.

Business management

The importance of high delivery standards for e-commerce businesses

Paul Galpin, managing director of distribution company P2P Mailing, outlines why efficient order fulfilment is so important for e-commerce operators.

Marketing

Know your market

Researching your marketplace is key to helping you set up your business.

Small Business Insurance

Why Marketing Consultants should consider Professional Indemnity Insurance

Imagine the advice you give your client, which at the time you think is perfectly sound, ends up having a negative impact on their brand.

Business management

Ice cream on the road

Charlie Francis set up mobile liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour Lick Me I'm Delicious in 2011 and is set to grow his turnover from £60,000 currently to £140,000 in his next year of trading.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of appraisals

Ally Maughan, founder of HR specialist People Puzzles, explains why you should make time to review staff performance and receive employee feedback.

Buying and selling a company

Buying a business 101

Buying or investing into a business can be a complicated process, especially for first timers. Experienced angel investor Priyanka Gill shares her tips on how to get started.

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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?

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