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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.

Unlocking the potential of AI for small businesses

In this article, Ian Wahlers, vice president general business and channels at SAP, explores how SMEs can unlock AI to benefit their business.

Business Technology

Employing & managing staff

Jamie Carragher: How should employers handle incidents out of work?

With Sky Sports pundit and ex-footballer, Jamie Carragher, suffering scrutiny in the news, we take a look at how businesses can avoid PR incidents outside of work.

Office & home working

Eight ways to make your commute more productive

A lot of your day can be filled with commuting to and from work; time that could otherwise be productive. Here, we give eight tips to make your commute more productive.

Business management

Tips for employers ahead of the first automatic enrolment increases

Elliot Silk, head of commercial at Sanlam UK highlights the main areas employers and employees should be focusing on ahead of the automatic enrolment changes, as well as outlining five actions that employers and workers can take ahead of the deadline.

Business management

Addicted to work? How to switch your business brain off

When you own your own business, it can be so easy to neglect other aspects of your life in order to maintain your company. Here, we take you through how to avoid being addicted to work.

Business management

Five tips for producing the perfect white paper

In this blog, Ken Scott from digital marketing agency Hallam Internet, explores the key aspects every good white paper should be covering.

Employing & managing staff

Four benefits people with mental health experience bring to organisations

In this article, Brendan Street, clinical lead, Nuffield Health, discusses four benefits employees with mental health experience can bring to your company.

Business Technology

Five non-technical ways for small business to improve their cybersecurity

One of the areas that small business don't dive into is Cybersecurity because there is a perception that cybersecurity requires deep technical knowledge. Prasanna Kulkarni, founder and product architect of Comparesoft, explores how businesses can protect themselves.

Employing & managing staff

Four benefits people with mental health experience bring to organisations

In this article, Brendan Street, clinical lead, Nuffield Health, discusses four benefits employees with mental health experience can bring to your company.

Business Technology

Five non-technical ways for small business to improve their cybersecurity

One of the areas that small business don't dive into is Cybersecurity because there is a perception that cybersecurity requires deep technical knowledge. Prasanna Kulkarni, founder and product architect of Comparesoft, explores how businesses can protect themselves.

Employing & managing staff

Schools not preparing children for modern collaborative working

UC EXPO study finds 55 per cent of Brits see education system as one of the major blockades in enabling collaboration in the workplace.

Business Technology

Four GDPR risk areas for payroll and HR

With the GDPR coming into play in a couple of months, John Spooner, Moorepay talks about the top GDPR risk areas for the HR and payroll industry.

Business management

What are the main issues for women in the workplace?

Here, Emma O'Leary, employment law consultant for the ELAS Group, takes a look for International Women's Day and how women are impacted in today's offices.

Business Technology

Confused consumers go backwards to the future of technology

More than seven out of ten people feel technology such as smartphones and tablets have become far too complicated over the past five years, with users admitting they neglect basic IT security as a result.

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.