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.
In this article, we take a look at all the warning signs that suggest it might be time to upgrade your office space. From clashing meeting room schedules to a complete lack of privacy, here are the four indicators that it might be time to move.
Office & home working
Marketing
The ‘fourth industrial revolution’ - begun with the arrival of digital infrastructure in the late 90s and now led by cutting edge tech in the form of IoT, AI and machine learning - means almost all organisations are now big data organisations.
Business Technology
Nick Thompson, managing director, DCSL Software, discusses the crucial steps organisations should take when deciding between bespoke and off-the-shelf software.
Marketing
If your business is struggling to get into the minds of your customer, then your marketing might not be up to scratch. Here, we go through five tools to improve your marketing.
Business Technology
With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies gaining more and more popularity, we take a look at the five common traits that successful cryptocurrency traders have.
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Sophie Allnutt, co-founder of Mini Professors, discusses how businesses can better inspire young women to chose a career in science.
Business Technology
In this article, Ian Wahlers, vice president general business and channels at SAP, explores how SMEs can unlock AI to benefit their business.
Employing & managing staff
Sophie Allnutt, co-founder of Mini Professors, discusses how businesses can better inspire young women to chose a career in science.
Business Technology
In this article, Ian Wahlers, vice president general business and channels at SAP, explores how SMEs can unlock AI to benefit their business.
Employing & managing staff
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
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.
Partner content
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
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?