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Improving the user experience of your website

James Cox gives a few tips on making your site as visitor-friendly as possible.

Business Technology

Advice

Taking your SME beyond the start-up phase

This article explores how to be successful in the stage of business that comes after starting up.

Business Technology

Improving the user experience of your website

James Cox gives a few tips on making your site as visitor-friendly as possible.

Advice

Taking your SME beyond the start-up phase

This article explores how to be successful in the stage of business that comes after starting up.

Marketing

The shift in SEO practices – and how it affects small businesses

The worlds of SEO, content marketing and PR are learning from each other - and these skills have been instrumental in the ongoing success and development of each sector, says Kath Dawson.

Office & home working

The remote entrepreneur: Running a successful business from the middle of nowhere

In this piece, brought to you in association with .co.uk, the number one domain for British business, we explain how utilising your website and working remotely, or employing staff that do, could help improve efficiency and save your business money.

Office & home working

Why your company culture is vital to your success

Here, Sophie Turton looks at how your corporate culture sets you apart and the impact that ignoring it can have on the success of your business.

Business Technology

How to create a great website on a budget

In this piece, brought to you in association with .co.uk, the number one domain for British business, SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at the key things to consider when producing your company website.

Business Ideas & Planning

Does registering my company name give me trade mark protection?

I’ve just set up a business and registered it at Companies House. Does that give me protection and prevent anyone else from using my business name?

Marketing

What PR can do for a small business

PR is an often-misunderstood beast among small business owners. Here, communications expert Carolyn Hughes demystifies the industry.

Legal advice

IP protection: How to protect your most valuable assets

Tom Lingard, partner at law firm Stevens & Bolton, discusses the ways in which intellectual property rights can be used to protect the assets of your business.

News

Business is Great Britain campaign set up by Vince Cable to help smaller firms

A new campaign has been launched by the British government to provide additional support to small businesses around the country.

Export & Import

How 14-year-old Fraser Doherty turned his jam product into an international success

As a teenager, Fraser Doherty started making jam in his grandma's kitchen in 2003 and now exports account for 10 per cent of his company - and growing. He talks to the How-to Hub about his voyage into foreign markets and the logistical approach he took.

Export & Import

How to appoint an overseas distributor

Presenting some key advice from logistics consultancy Reneport for what you should look for in a distributor you can trust.

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

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