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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.

Switching business energy: Make It Cheaper

When it comes to business profitability, you’ll know that keeping overheads as low as you can is vital.

Office & home working

Business Technology

When should you start thinking about installing a VoIP phone system?

Voice over Internet Protocol phone systems are growing ever more popular with British businesses. Since its inception in the 1990s, the technology has improved dramatically, buoyed by the use of the cloud as a primary way of hosting VoIP phone systems.

Finding and selling to customers

How to shape your customer experience vision

Here, Paul Whitelam of ClickSoftware explains what you need for your customer experience vision.

Business management

Hazardous waste management for small businesses

Richard Walker, marketing manager of Reconomy, offers up some guidance on hazardous waste management for your small business.

Export & Import

Four ways to navigate currency fluctuations and avoid unnecessary fees

Here, Brian Jamieson of Centtrip talks about managing fluctuating currency and sneaky fees as UK exports continue to grow.

Small Business Insurance

Here’s the key insurance cover that your small business needs

Here, we analyse the key insurance cover that you will need for your small business when you begin trading.

Small Business Insurance

How one jeweller dealt with being rejected by insurance firms

Getting an insurance firm to take you on when you hold valuable stock can be challenging. Here's how one jeweller did it.

Business management

What do small businesses want from the Autumn Budget?

It's all well hearing what the Chancellor is doing for small businesses off the back of this year's Autumn Budget, but what do entrepreneurs actually want?

Small Business Insurance

How one jeweller dealt with being rejected by insurance firms

Getting an insurance firm to take you on when you hold valuable stock can be challenging. Here's how one jeweller did it.

Business management

What do small businesses want from the Autumn Budget?

It's all well hearing what the Chancellor is doing for small businesses off the back of this year's Autumn Budget, but what do entrepreneurs actually want?

Employing & managing staff

How to manage your remote staff

Here, we explore the benefits of working outside the office and the best practices for managing remote staff.

Office & home working

How to make a living as a digital nomad

In this piece, Paulo Palha investigates how you can find success when starting life as a digital nomad.

Business management

How to protect your profits from currency volatility

Neil Graham, former UK MD at Travelex Global Business Payments, looks at how firms can reduce exposure to FX volatility.

Marketing

How to use your personal brand to boost your business

The way that businesses interact with customers has changed, with more focus on the people behind the brand. BusinessofBrand's Linzi Boyd explains how your company can adapt.

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.

Partner content

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?

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