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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.

Rising Star: Alexander Fairfax

Alexander Fairfax is 22 years old and founded branded mobile search service Jeanie Media last year.

Business management

Legal advice

If we need to reduce employee hours do we need to change the contracts?

You cannot just change employees’ contracts irrespective of the change you wish to bring in or the reasons for it.

Business management

Rising Star: Stefan Topfer

Stefan Topfer started his first business when he was at university and went on to help found what is now communications giant Tiscali.

Business Technology

Software compliance

Being fully software compliant involves more than making sure you're not running a bootlegged version of Windows.

Business Technology

Open source software for ERP – A case study

E-commerce site 'I Want One of Those' (IWOOT), adopted open source software because commercial applications had consistently let it down.

Legal advice

Rest period rights

I am unsure as to how much time off I should be giving my employees. What are their legal rights in terms of a weekly rest period?

Business management

Rising Star: Karin Ridges

Karin Ridges founded Mad Promotions, a PR company for ethical businesses, back in 2005.

Legal advice

Redundancy of TUPE Staff

I took on an employee under TUPE but work has since dropped off. Can I legally make him redundant?

Business management

Rising Star: Karin Ridges

Karin Ridges founded Mad Promotions, a PR company for ethical businesses, back in 2005.

Legal advice

Redundancy of TUPE Staff

I took on an employee under TUPE but work has since dropped off. Can I legally make him redundant?

Finding and selling to customers

How to get more from your customers

No matter what your business, when it comes to sales the customer is king. Having a good Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system in place can help you increase turnover today as well as spot where tomorrow’s sales might come from.

Business Technology

Personal data protection

Mounting public awareness of the way personal data can be abused means that companies need to make sure their handling of sensitive information is beyond reproach.

Business management

Rising Star: Sara Murray

Founder of insurance comparison website Confused.com, Sara Murray set up GPS tracking device company Buddi which is due to hit a turnover of £4 million.

Finding and selling to customers

Gift voucher power

With a million unwanted Christmas presents sold on ebay last year, gift vouchers are becoming a popular way to avoid upsetting a loved one with an ill-chosen purchase. Here's how they can benefit your business.

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Benefits of switching to the right business bank account

In case you were in any doubt, here are five key benefits of switching your business bank account – and how to make the switch.

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?