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.
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.
Office & home working
Office & home working
Leasing can be a complex business and once you have made your leasing bed you have to lie in it so it's imperative that you get the details right from the outset.
Finding and selling to customers
What price you charge is a tricky proposition. Should you go for dirt cheap or reassuringly expensive? This short guide will help.
Finding and selling to customers
Your new business is up and running, it has a great product that people will love, but nobody has heard of it. Now is the time to shout your message from the rooftops.
Marketing
Use this guide for ways of building and maintaining a mailing list and to find out how to encourage people to read what you send them rather than throwing it in the recycling.
Finding and selling to customers
Many people regard salespeople as liars, cheats and commercial vultures. Some salespeople may be like this; while others can be more successful by being honest and responsible. Either way, you will have to become a salesperson if your business is to survive.
Finding and selling to customers
This guide will help to get you thinking about who will want to buy your product or service, why they will buy, and, perhaps most importantly, how much they are willing to pay.
Business Technology
Most businesses are aware of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which aims to stop discrimination faced by disabled people in accessing a company's goods or services, but many don't realise that accessibility also applies to their websites.
Finding and selling to customers
This guide will help to get you thinking about who will want to buy your product or service, why they will buy, and, perhaps most importantly, how much they are willing to pay.
Business Technology
Most businesses are aware of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which aims to stop discrimination faced by disabled people in accessing a company's goods or services, but many don't realise that accessibility also applies to their websites.
Marketing
Online marketing is becoming increasingly important to UK business, as recent research from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) suggests.
Finding and selling to customers
The first step in gaining sales is to plan and organise.
Finding and selling to customers
If you are looking to set up a mail order business, there are several issues you need to be aware of, such as legislation that applies to distance selling, delivery of goods and returns and data protection.
Business management
The Government recently announced the launch of an online portal to enable businesses to easily view and bid for contracts advertised by Government buyers at both local and national levels.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Business Technology
To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis
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.