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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.

Dealing with contracts

Contracts are often perceived as long-winded documents, so it can be all too easy not to pay them enough attention.

Legal advice

Business management

Making a successful business presentation

Giving presentations is a daunting prospect for businesses, according to a survey carried out by executive communications consultancy The Aziz Corporation.

Employing & managing staff

Ten Top Tips to Manage Stress

According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), over 13.4 million days a year are lost due to stress at work.

Small Business Insurance

Key facts about liability insurance for trainees

In this article we look at whether you need liability insurance if you are setting up a co-operative business where you will be training staff.

Legal advice

Don’t risk losing employment tribunals

Firms that do not have a written set of disciplinary rules and procedures for their employees risk losing employment tribunals, an employment adviser has warned.

Legal advice

Ensure you set your payment terms

Small firms should clarify terms of business with their large customers from the outset of their trading relationship according to Clive Lewis, chairman of the Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG) - a service providing free advice on credit management.

Office & home working

Make the most of your office space

Office space costs money. So whether you are planning to work from home or rent office space, you need to justify every bit you use.

Business management

Businesses struggle with finance questions

Small business owners have shown a “worryingly low level of understanding of some of the most basic businesses practices” according to the first national IQ test of entrepreneurs.

Office & home working

Make the most of your office space

Office space costs money. So whether you are planning to work from home or rent office space, you need to justify every bit you use.

Business management

Businesses struggle with finance questions

Small business owners have shown a “worryingly low level of understanding of some of the most basic businesses practices” according to the first national IQ test of entrepreneurs.

Getting Online

Getting your business online

If you are looking to produce a website have a very clear idea of what it is you want the site to do, as you should be able to justify every part of the costs involved in building, hosting and maintaining the site.

Marketing

How to use your website to win customers

UK, small businesses are being urged to be cleverer with their websites to give themselves a competitive edge.

Legal advice

How to develop your terms and conditions

Terms and conditions (also known as terms of trade), whether they apply to sales or services, are essential to your business as they set out the level of responsibilities that apply to you and your customers.

Legal advice

Steps to protect your business ideas

If you have thought of an idea on which to base your business, then it is certainly worth trying to protect it with the law, in case someone tries to copy your idea.

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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?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade