Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Royston Guest, CEO of Pti Worldwide, discusses how technology's capability to overturn businesses or even industries is both a warning and an opportunity for businesses looking to grow.
Business Technology
Investing in a franchise
In this article, Pip Wilkins of the British Franchise Association reveals how franchises work and how would-be business owners can be a franchisee themselves.
Business Technology
Royston Guest, CEO of Pti Worldwide, discusses how technology's capability to overturn businesses or even industries is both a warning and an opportunity for businesses looking to grow.
Investing in a franchise
In this article, Pip Wilkins of the British Franchise Association reveals how franchises work and how would-be business owners can be a franchisee themselves.
Success stories
Stuart Hearn is CEO of Clear Review, a performance management platform. He talks about changing employee appraisals and how archaic models drove him to build his business.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this guide we explain the key things small businesses need to consider when setting up a pop-up shop in the UK.
Advice
Starting a business in an industry unknown to you? We explore how to make the transition and ask two other entrepreneurs for their advice.
Blog
Here, I outline why you as a small business owner have more creative freedom than a corporate, even without the big budget.
Business Technology
Here, Simran Ghata-Aura of JournoLink explains why good use of social media is essential for your PR strategy.
Setting up a company
With the help of a couple of entrepreneurs, we explain how to go about setting up a business on eBay.
Finding and selling to customers
We explore the causes of customer churn and speak to three entrepreneurs about their experiences of losing customers and how they dealt with it.
Business management
We take a look at how SME customer databases have been affected by GDPR and a few ways to help you adapt to the new rules.
Advice
Making the transition from freelancer to small business can be pretty daunting. In this piece, we look at how to prepare for the switch.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this article, we take a look at some of the things you should prioritise if you intend to set up your own furniture company.
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?