How to increase profitability
SmallBusiness.co.uk presents five ideas for increasing profitability and keeping your business in the black.
Advice
SmallBusiness.co.uk presents five ideas for increasing profitability and keeping your business in the black.
Advice
Business Technology
As any business owner knows, both efficiency and effective communication are the Holy Grail of good business management.
Advice
SmallBusiness.co.uk presents five ideas for increasing profitability and keeping your business in the black.
Business Technology
As any business owner knows, both efficiency and effective communication are the Holy Grail of good business management.
Business management
There has never been a better time for small enterprises across the UK to be embracing worldwide trade in order to help their businesses flourish and grow.
Employing & managing staff
Companies are empowering staff at all levels of authority to contribute key ideas and strategies and the resulting intrapreneurs can benefit businesses in multiple ways, writes Ben Lobel.
Blog
Jamie Lyons, co-founder of FundedApps, Adi Gaskell, editor for the CMI's management blog, and Nigel Botterill, founder of Entrepreneur's Circle, offer their views on Wednesday's The Apprentice, in which the teams had to produce and market a new brand of biscuit.
Marketing
Brands looking to make their mark within the social media sphere need to be aware of the potential pitfalls.
News
Online advertising in the UK was up 10 per cent in the first half of 2010 to £1.97 billion.
Blog
As Spanish banking giant Santander completes its rebranding of Abbey National and Bradford and Bingley this month, and American conglomerate Kraft swallows up Cadbury, many may feel a pang of sadness as the darlings of British business keep diminishing.
Small Business Insurance
Fires, floods and flu get all the headlines, but it's the less obvious perils that bring down the majority of businesses. Here we look at ways to prevent your company becoming a lightning rod for disaster.
Business management
Mia Woodford set up online auction site Buy Once Give Twice with her friend Emma Leschallas, as a way for charities to raise money.
Alternative finance
Business angels are those lucky types with enough cash to consider investing in early-stage businesses. SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to owner-managers who never would have got their business off the ground without angel finance.
News
Small businesses in the capital will pull the UK economy out of recession, said Mayor of London Boris Johnson last night.
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?