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Running a Business

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.

7 ways to help your Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan get approved

Mark Perrin of Menzies LLP explains how you can heighten your chances of your Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan being approved

Business management

Getting Online

Get more traffic to your small business website – 10 tactics

The team over at the UK Domain explain how you can get more traffic to your small business website with these handy tips

Office & home working

What are my legal responsibilities for homeworkers?

A guide to a small business owner's legal responsibility for homeworker health and safety

Business management

How to sell your small business without a broker – Small Business guide

Not every business needs to be sold through a broker. Many microbusinesses could be sold direct, saving you, the owner, thousands in fees

Business management

Coronavirus small business diary – Alessandro Savelli, Pasta Evangelists

When the pandemic hit, artisanal pasta delivery start-up Pasta Evangelists was forced to scale up - and fast

Office & home working

Remote working coronavirus: Am I covered by home insurance?

Remote working in the Covid-19 climate: what your home insurance policies will and won't cover

Employing & managing staff

Section 44 – what if an employee won’t return to work post coronavirus?

We ask employment solcitor, Matthew Chandler, what employers should do if staff won't return to work because of coronavirus concerns.

Business management

Small Business Coronavirus Q&A – we answer your questions

In the Small Business Coronavirus Q&A, Anna Jordan talks to three experts about issues that are affecting small business owners

Employing & managing staff

Section 44 – what if an employee won’t return to work post coronavirus?

We ask employment solcitor, Matthew Chandler, what employers should do if staff won't return to work because of coronavirus concerns.

Business management

Small Business Coronavirus Q&A – we answer your questions

In the Small Business Coronavirus Q&A, Anna Jordan talks to three experts about issues that are affecting small business owners

Business Technology

Top 5 Facebook groups for small businesses during coronavirus

SME owners often find solace through social media. Join these five Facebook groups to help your small business through the coronavirus crisis

Buying and selling a company

A three-step guide to selling a business: completing the sale

In the last of a three-part series in association with BusinessesForSale.com, we focus on best practice when completing the sale.

Getting Online

Pivoting to an online business – 8 legal mistakes to avoid

Many small businesses are launching websites to keep sales going during the coronavirus pandemic. Lawyer Marion Kennedy highlights 8 legal mistakes to avoid when pivoting to an online business

Business management

How to re-organise your shop post lockdown

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has provided businesses with guidance on how to run their shops once lockdown starts to ease

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?

Partner content

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

Partner content

How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings