Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
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.
Employing & managing staff
Office & home working
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
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
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
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
In this article, Brendan Street, clinical lead, Nuffield Health, discusses four benefits employees with mental health experience can bring to your company.
Business Technology
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Legal advice
In the wake of the equal pay dispute by Tesco employees, Russell Brown of Glaisyers Solicitors discusses how smaller employers can benefit from reviewing their workplace culture and practices.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Partner content
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
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
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade