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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.

Create an ‘innovation culture’ and turbocharge R&D results

In this piece, we talk about how businesses can improve the way they go about innovation and R&D to improve success rates and returns on investment.

Business Technology

Business Technology

Bitcoin boom: British businesses spreading cryptocurrency risk

More than half of companies with a ready stock of Bitcoin have sold off some of their supply to profit from soaring valuations in the cryptocurrency market.

Business management

Practice zero risk forex and CFDs trading with a no deposit bonus

Needless to say, there is a stiff competition among the forex brokers right now. While many of the newbie traders are often looking to start forex trading, very few are ready to risk their money.

Business Technology

Three ways to improve your company’s innovation performance

Here, Ultimaker chief technology officer and co-founder, Siert Wijnia, outlines exactly how businesses can improve their innovation performance.

Business Technology

Five common social engineering attacks and small businesses

Here, Ryan Weeks of Datto explores the five most common social engineering scams and what SMEs can do to minimise the risk of employees falling victim.

Business Technology

GDPR compliance: An explanation for SMEs

With businesses across the country scrambling to get their heads around GDPR regulations coming in on May 25th, we take a look at a simple guide to achieve compliance.

Employing & managing staff

Secrets to building a strong company culture

Here, Patrick Margetson-Rushmore, chief executive of Luxaviation UK, discusses how a company culture can be built, maintained and developed.

Business Technology

Six tech trends you need to know about in 2018

Here, Yemi Olagbaiye, head of client services, Softwire, provides a run-down of six tech trends everyone will know about this year.

Employing & managing staff

Secrets to building a strong company culture

Here, Patrick Margetson-Rushmore, chief executive of Luxaviation UK, discusses how a company culture can be built, maintained and developed.

Business Technology

Six tech trends you need to know about in 2018

Here, Yemi Olagbaiye, head of client services, Softwire, provides a run-down of six tech trends everyone will know about this year.

Marketing

Save your online reputation with professional LinkedIn profile writing

When creating their profiles, some users might need some extra help. We'll show you why you should get a professional writer so that your profile is ahead of the competition.

Employing & managing staff

How big data can help you find potential new candidates

Using big data can prove invaluable to achieving the right hires, as we discover here.

Legal advice

Three legal protections your business can’t live without

Legal advice

Small business legal advice: Changes to be aware of in 2018

But for small and medium-sized businesses, 2018 is going to be a busy year, not least because a number of legal changes are due to come into force that require careful consideration. Here, Lisa Botterill of Shakespeare Martineau discusses some of them.

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?

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