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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.

The Brexit opportunity: How small businesses can thrive in a post-Brexit landscape

In this article, Reuben Singh reveals why Brexit is poised to create huge opportunities for small businesses.

Business management

Getting Online

Gardening website: Exploring a gap in the market

Employing & managing staff

The power of being nice in the workplace

Being nice in the workplace can be an undervalued quality, however a recent study from Monarch reveals that employing nice staff makes for both a happier and more productive workforce.

Employing & managing staff

How to hire effectively as a small business

In this piece, David Grimes reveals his secrets to managing the recruitment process and how small company owners can make hiring easier for themselves.

Productivity Zone

Why food sits at the heart of business culture and productivity

Food doesn't have to only make a difference to business culture, work and productivity levels – it can be the lynchpin, argues Chris Sheppardson.

Productivity Zone

Productivity post Brexit: Preparing to raise your game

Here, Carlo Gualandri discusses how every small business should prepare to raise their game for what could be a challenging future post Brexit.

Office & home working

Are co-working spaces the future?

Here, we look at how co-working spaces mean that competitors can now be seen as collaborators rather than rivals.

Getting Online

Five tips on investing in the build and design of your website

Your website is the one online presence that you actually own and can control. Here, we look at how to maximise its build and design.

Office & home working

Are co-working spaces the future?

Here, we look at how co-working spaces mean that competitors can now be seen as collaborators rather than rivals.

Getting Online

Five tips on investing in the build and design of your website

Your website is the one online presence that you actually own and can control. Here, we look at how to maximise its build and design.

Buying and selling a company

Buying and selling a hospitality business

Here, we turn the spotlight on the hospitality industry; from entering, running and expanding, to selling your business in this exciting sector.

Business Technology

Making blockchain payments a reality for UK businesses

As both Bitcoin and Ethereum have reached their maximum capacity, transaction fees have increased significantly, as we explore here.

Office & home working

The difference between Cat A and Cat B fitouts

In this article we cover the fit-outs for converting an entire building into a working space.

Business management

How strategies are used for building transparency in the workplace

Here, we look at how businesses can gain a broad perspective of organisational performance through real-time management systems.

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