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.
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Business management
Business management
We take a look at how to keep your seasonal business chugging along, even during off-peak times of the year.
Buying and selling a company
An impressive 75 per cent of entrepreneurs are dedicated to their business, wishing to stay on after they sell it off.
Marketing
Here, Simran Ghata-Aura of Journolink shares five tips to help you plan your PR strategy in December.
Office & home working
In this piece, we look at the rise of co-working, the sharing of a work environment between groups of people of different goals.
Export & Import
Paul Galpin gives delivery advice to help small business retailers cash in rather than crash out this Christmas.
Office & home working
Retaining staff and making a profit are key objectives for most businesses. Craig Joseph, chief executive officer at intY, the cloud distributor explains how he goes about keeping staff happy and improving the bottom line.
Office & home working
Here, we talk to a tech start up that improved a key room and saved thousands of pounds in the process.
Office & home working
Retaining staff and making a profit are key objectives for most businesses. Craig Joseph, chief executive officer at intY, the cloud distributor explains how he goes about keeping staff happy and improving the bottom line.
Office & home working
Here, we talk to a tech start up that improved a key room and saved thousands of pounds in the process.
Business management
Approximately 99.3 percent of private sector businesses in the UK are small businesses according to the National Federation of Self Employed & Small Businesses Limited.
Finding and selling to customers
Many service-based businesses are missing out on e-commerce. David Brakha, founder and CEO of SaaS platform Blackbell, offers simple solutions for growing businesses to employ.
Business management
Bad management can lead to stress and other problems for employees, according to an employment expert.
Buying and selling a company
Here, Paulyne Karahassan explores the sectors that you should consider if looking to buy a business.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Partner content
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
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
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade