Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
SmallBusiness.co.uk's Top Ten Business Property Tips offer invaluable advice on your business' property needs, providing hints on finding the ideal location, utilising your office space and negotiating deals.
Office & home working
Legal advice
Running a business will present you with many unexpected legal considerations; smallbusiness.co.uk's Top Ten Legal Tips help to guide you through the potential legislative minefield.
Finding and selling to customers
Building a reputation and customer base for your business can be difficult and time consuming.
Business Technology
Smallbusiness.co.uk's Top Ten Technology Tips offer invaluable advice on selecting, maintaining and operating your IT systems, and provide you with handy hints on getting the most from your technology and dealing with consultants.
Business Technology
Spyware is the name given to unwanted software that performs certain tasks on your computer without your consent and it can wreak havoc with your business.
Employing & managing staff
There are certain obligations and rules that an employer must be aware of at various times during an employee's working life.
Employing & managing staff
In general terms, apart from what is in the employment contract, what can you expect from your employees and what can they expect from you?
Employing & managing staff
Every employee should be given a written statement of employment that clearly lays down the rules that both you, as the employer, and they must abide by.
Employing & managing staff
In general terms, apart from what is in the employment contract, what can you expect from your employees and what can they expect from you?
Employing & managing staff
Every employee should be given a written statement of employment that clearly lays down the rules that both you, as the employer, and they must abide by.
Employing & managing staff
Like it or not, there may come a time when you have to dismiss an employee and this guide shows you the best and most painless way of accomplishing this unpleasant task.
Employing & managing staff
While candidates have to be well prepared, you, as the interviewer, must also take steps to ready yourself for the interview process.
Employing & managing staff
When the need arises to take disciplinary action against an employee you must follow the standard three-step dismissal and disciplinary procedure.
Office & home working
When deciding what sort of property is best to house your business, there are a plethora of issues to consider. This list brings together all the business premises questions you need to think about into one place.
Investing in a franchise
Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.
Partner content
Read here for 16 tried and tested tips and tricks to improve potential cash flow problems
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade