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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 benefits of a PMI-ACP certification course

Here's how you can learn through group interaction, discussion, case studies and focused workshops.

Business Technology

Office & home working

How to choose the best PDF editor for your business

PDFs are the best file format to work with in business as the most secure, simple and shareable file format for your work. Because of this, in the modern business world, there is an increased need to edit and manipulate these files to complete important projects.

Small Business Insurance

Understanding motor fleet insurance

There are a number of types of business that would do well to consider motor fleet insurance, as we discover in this piece.

Export & Import

Watch out for these parcel shipping trends in 2018

Three months into 2018, here are the parcel service trends to pay attention to this year.

Marketing

What to bring to a networking event

Here, we present a checklist of ideas for a networking event to maximise its effectiveness for your small business.

Business Technology

What you should know about computer inventory software for your business

Here, we look at the range of software designed to help administrators deal with a more substantial number of computers.

Finding and selling to customers

Five ways to improve conversion rates in Magento

Here, we look at five important ways that you can improve the conversion rate of your Magento site.

Marketing

Three items you should have made to promote your business

The following guide walks you through a few promotional items you may want to have made to advertise your business.

Finding and selling to customers

Five ways to improve conversion rates in Magento

Here, we look at five important ways that you can improve the conversion rate of your Magento site.

Marketing

Three items you should have made to promote your business

The following guide walks you through a few promotional items you may want to have made to advertise your business.

Business Technology

How to create your first SharePoint site

Sometimes we need software to help keep all of our documents in one safe location. Learn how to create a SharePoint in this short guide.

Business management

Top tips for business continuity – Preparing for the unexpected

Klaus Allion, managing director at ANT Telecom, automated communication specialists, discusses business continuity and the need for businesses to have a flexible and robust communications system to enable employees to work from any location.

Office & home working

Why a boring office might be uninspiring for your millennial employees

A fifth of millennial workers admit to rejecting a potential employer because of the poor look of their office.

Employing & managing staff

Bridging the gender pay gap in the UK

The Gender Pay Gap deadline for businesses (4th April) is approaching fast and according to recent news, less than a third of companies in the UK have revealed their gender pay gap data.

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?