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.
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.
Business Technology
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.
Employing & managing staff
Here, Mike Preston discusses the investment his business ProtectMyPeople has made to retain and attract new staff, and what he believes SMEs can do to attract more young employees.
Marketing
Lynn Morrison, Marketing Director at Opus Energy, discusses some best website marketing practices that should be considered by any ambitious small business.
Buying and selling a company
In this piece, in association with BusinessesForSale.com, we offer some key tips on buying and selling a business in the retail sector.
Business management
In this piece, we examine the reputation of diesel cars today and assess the factors that influence which vehicle to equip your staff with next.
Business Technology
According to research by the Federation of Small Businesses, less than one in ten small businesses are fully prepared for new GDPR rules, even though the changes are less than three months away. To help SME’s, the experts at Brighter Business have complied an easy to follow guide on how to become a GDPR genius.
Office & home working
Research carried out by the Association for Psychological Science says a clean desk can actually stifle creativity, and a little bit of mess would probably do us good.
Business Technology
According to research by the Federation of Small Businesses, less than one in ten small businesses are fully prepared for new GDPR rules, even though the changes are less than three months away. To help SME’s, the experts at Brighter Business have complied an easy to follow guide on how to become a GDPR genius.
Office & home working
Research carried out by the Association for Psychological Science says a clean desk can actually stifle creativity, and a little bit of mess would probably do us good.
Business management
Here, Patrick O'Kane offers some top tips on how to make GDPR compliance work for your company.
Business Technology
Here, Brian Harris, chief product officer at Currencies Direct, looks at the technology tools that can help SMEs save money and work more efficiently.
Office & home working
The commercial property experts at LondonOffices.com have listed seven important signs that you might need a new office, and amongst them is the fact that your stuffy and overcrowded workspace might be holding you back and limiting business opportunities.
Legal advice
In this article, Bruce Penson, managing director at Pro Drive IT, highlights the fundamentals of GDPR in relation to financial services.
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?