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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.

5 critical small business concerns and the tech tools to solve them

We run through five of the most pressing issues for small businesses and the tech tools that will ease the strain

Business Technology

Employing & managing staff

Apprentice winner Mark Wright on how to build the right team

Mark Wright, winner of TV’s The Apprentice, believes you have to manage yourself out of your own business if you want to grow it. In short, learn to trust your team

Getting Online

A guide to planning content for your new website or blog

Now that you've built your website, let's put some content on it. The UK Domain shares how you should sort out your plan.

Getting Online

6 tips to help you create content that will impress humans and Google

In partnership with the UK Domain, we explain how to create content that is pleasing to humans as well as Google and other search engines.

Business Technology

Small Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst – ‘Tech is key to solving productivity’

Small Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst talks to Smallbusiness.co.uk about late payments, productivity and what to expect from the Business Finance Council.

Productivity Zone

Ed Vaizey on productivity: ‘Network with other businesses. It’s what MPs do all the time’

Small businesses incur lost productivity costs every second of the day. Ed Vaizey MP leads a panel of industry experts to find out why

Small Business Insurance

How offering a death in service benefit can save you money

Taking out a group life insurance policy is often half the cost of what you would pay as an individual. And death-in-service insurance is one of the top three benefits employees want from a company

Employing & managing staff

Statutory sick pay minimum payments for employees

What is the minimum I am legally required to pay in sick leave for part-time and full-time workers?

Small Business Insurance

How offering a death in service benefit can save you money

Taking out a group life insurance policy is often half the cost of what you would pay as an individual. And death-in-service insurance is one of the top three benefits employees want from a company

Employing & managing staff

Statutory sick pay minimum payments for employees

What is the minimum I am legally required to pay in sick leave for part-time and full-time workers?

Business management

The rise of virtual assistants and how it can benefit your business

Why you need a virtual assistant (VA) to help free up your time to run your business and how to get the right one for you.

Employing & managing staff

When should a small business think about outsourcing HR?

Every small business needs to keep on top of HR but overstretched owners may not have the time and resources to do so. Outsourcing HR can be a flexible and cost-effective solution.

Office & home working

Top tips for finding your first office space

Here, we look at the perks of serviced offices, often seen as a flexible option for young businesses.

Employing & managing staff

Seven key types of small business employment contract

The number of different employment contracts can feel overwhelming if you are a small business owner. Here is a brief guide to seven different types of small business employment contracts – and where to turn to for help drafting them

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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

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.