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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.

4 tips on making your office space more appealing and productive

Studies show that employees who believe they are being provided with a state-of-the-art work environment are far more productive and creative.

Office & home working

Business Technology

Don’t let security issues negate the benefits of mobile working

There’s no stopping mobile working, but recent security breaches should keep businesses on their toes, argues Alistair Millar of Altodigital.

Business Technology

How MSPs can help healthcare businesses

Business management

Best ways for small business owners to save money

As a small business owner, it is absolutely pertinent to make more money than you’re spending. If you do not, you’re going to run into serious problems and you’ll probably be forced into bankruptcy before you know it.

Business management

Finding stability: How to survive a business disaster

Paul Blore, managing director at Netmetix, explores the options available to organisations to avoid disaster.

Office & home working

Bringing home into the office: How to flexibly work from home

More than 44 per cent of the UK prefer to work from home rather than head into the office, research finds.

International Business

Get your business ready for expanding internationally

In this piece, we look at the strategies to help your business prepare for expanding internationally.

Employing & managing staff

Is this the end for National Sickie day?

2017 statistics show National Sickie Day is no more, with employees more likely to take Monday off than any other day.

International Business

Get your business ready for expanding internationally

In this piece, we look at the strategies to help your business prepare for expanding internationally.

Employing & managing staff

Is this the end for National Sickie day?

2017 statistics show National Sickie Day is no more, with employees more likely to take Monday off than any other day.

Getting Online

How websites can get ready for GDPR

For online lead websites, GDPR will pose a significant change to how they process and handle data, as we explore here.

Business management

The pros and cons of outsourcing for small businesses

As a business slowly grows, one of the ways to achieve higher efficiency for a lower investment is to turn to outsourcing, as we reveal in this piece.

Business Technology

Coding: The business language of today

In this piece, Uval Blumenfeld of Wix discusses why, for small businesses, learning to code is a starting point for those who want to keep up with the growing need for digital skills.

Employing & managing staff

How to use youthquake in your small business

Here, Pam Bateson, co-founder and CEO of Thrive Partners, explores how businesses can use the 'youthquake' movement to boost their business.

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

Partner content

How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings

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.