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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.

Essential Black Friday tips for Amazon sellers

Here, Mike Cockfield, managing director and Khaos Control Cloud, gives his top tips for Amazon sellers to take advantage of Black Friday.

Finding and selling to customers

Getting Online

Registering a company name – a Small Business guide

Your Small Business guide to registering a UK company name at Companies House.

Getting Online

How to prepare your website for Black Friday traffic

As more retailers than ever prepare for Black Friday, Aaron Dicks, managing director at Impression, explains how to prepare your website for an influx in traffic

Finding and selling to customers

Ten ways to get better at networking

Networking isn’t about getting as many business cards or handshakes as possible, but about establishing genuine, professional relationships with others

Finding and selling to customers

Help drive holiday discovery: your guide to Amazon Ads during peak shopping season

Here is why Amazon Ads is pivotal to your small business this holiday season and how you can use it across Black Friday, Cyber Monday and other seasonal campaigns

Business Technology

What is the best cloud storage for UK small business?

What is the best cloud storage for UK small business? A Small Business guide to the most popular cloud storage systems for SMEs.

Legal advice

How UK sustainability reporting standards will affect your SME

The UK Sustainability Reporting Standards will be introduced in 2026. Find out how you'll be expected to adhere

Employing & managing staff

Settlement agreements in the redundancy process

Solicitor Ethan Diver explains the circumstances in which settlement agreements are appropriate during the redundancy process

Legal advice

How UK sustainability reporting standards will affect your SME

The UK Sustainability Reporting Standards will be introduced in 2026. Find out how you'll be expected to adhere

Employing & managing staff

Settlement agreements in the redundancy process

Solicitor Ethan Diver explains the circumstances in which settlement agreements are appropriate during the redundancy process

Legal advice

Should you use AI to draft commercial contracts?

Peter Kouwenberg of Taylor Walton Solicitors explains what can go wrong if you rely on AI for your business contracts

Business Technology

Microsoft Windows 10 support ends – here’s what you need to do now

Support for Windows 10 is no more, leaving you with a few options as to what to do next. We share some insights from the experts

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?

Finding and selling to customers

Scale Globally, Advertise Locally with Amazon Ads

Partner content

Benefits of switching to the right business bank account

In case you were in any doubt, here are five key benefits of switching your business bank account – and how to make the switch.

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?