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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.

Importing: The Poor Relation’s Story?

The survival of many SMEs is based on the imports they bring into the UK and then sell here, argues Phil Tobin of Bibby Financial Services. 

Export & Import

Business management

How to improve your business credit score

Sixty per cent of UK small businesses struggle to access vital services due to poor credit ratings.

Buying and selling a company

Guide to selling a business part 2: The key procedures involved

When selling a business there are steps one can take to ease the process. Jo Thornley offers some to consider

Employing & managing staff

How to win the small business fight for survival

In this piece Jonathan Richards, CEO and founder of breatheHR, discusses how HR will be key to defining a company's success in 2018.

Business Technology

UK businesses must conduct sensitive information audit before new GDPR legislation arrives

With the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect in May 2018, private information that isn’t destroyed correctly, or stored securely, could lead to UK businesses being fined a substantial £20 million per breach.

Marketing

The John Lewis Effect and what small businesses can learn from it

In this piece, Evelyn Timson, managing director of Aspect, explores how John Lewis started a national TV advertising event and what small businesses can learn from such adroit brand marketing.

Export & Import

Upgrade your shipping logistics management to digital freight forwarding

This shipping logistic expert is one of a new wave of businesses revolutionising the way freight forwarding gets done - be it by sea, air or road - by pulling the process into the digital age.

Productivity Zone

Productivity ahead of Christmas: Today’s the day we check out

Productivity plummets ahead of Christmas: Today’s the day we officially check out, according to new research.

Export & Import

Upgrade your shipping logistics management to digital freight forwarding

This shipping logistic expert is one of a new wave of businesses revolutionising the way freight forwarding gets done - be it by sea, air or road - by pulling the process into the digital age.

Productivity Zone

Productivity ahead of Christmas: Today’s the day we check out

Productivity plummets ahead of Christmas: Today’s the day we officially check out, according to new research.

Productivity Zone

Top five apps to help beat the productivity slump

Low productivity in the UK is a major problem; here are the top five apps to beat the productivity slump.

Business management

Piggyback content: top tips for small businesses to get it right

Here, Claire Wilson, content strategy director at Stratton Craig, discusses the benefits of piggyback content.

Employing & managing staff

Getting the most out of your temporary hires

In this article, KashFlow look at how your small business can encourage productivity and development in temporary employees.

Business management

How to create a strong personality for your new business

Here, Keren Lerner, CEO of Top Left Design, looks at the early stages of brand conception, mission statement, target audience and how to utilise the different platforms to create an authentic experience for followers to engage with.

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.