Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Whether it’s furthering the sharing economy or simply offering a more convenient version of an existing service, Michael Bruce asks, how can businesses create their own market-altering offer?
Business Ideas & Planning
Alternative finance
Phil Mitchell presents an updated look at the options for financing an early-stage company's growth.
Business Ideas & Planning
Whether it’s furthering the sharing economy or simply offering a more convenient version of an existing service, Michael Bruce asks, how can businesses create their own market-altering offer?
Alternative finance
Phil Mitchell presents an updated look at the options for financing an early-stage company's growth.
Advice
Here, we look at the value an MBA can bring to your business management skills.
News
Bibby Financial Services is to open new offices in London following the success of its West Midlands business centre.
Alternative finance
Aaron Dicks assesses what the government's Growth Voucher initiative was aiming to do, how it has helped the companies that have used it and where the scheme's pitfalls were found.
Accounting
The importance of keeping good records cannot be overstated. Here are some pointers.
Business management
Here, Conrad Ford looks at the skills, knowledge and experience required to make a good director.
Blog
Here, we look at how the government and role models from popular culture have helped inspire a burgeoning entrepreneurial scene in the UK.
News
Some 23 per cent of all small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still lack basic digital skills, according to the latest UK Business Digital Index.
Blog
Here, in association with Wigan Council, we look at Wigan’s promising characteristics that make it a worthy home for small and growing companies.
Buying and selling a company
Stephen Attree outlines the most important stages that need to be considered in order to ensure the successful acquisition of a business.
Business management
Here we look at the problem of small companies not being extended credit and what businesses can do to improve their credit score.
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade
Partner content
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?
Partner content
Analogue phone systems are increasingly being replaced by smarter broadband based networks – here’s why you should consider switching
Partner content
David Malan, sales director of DocuWare for the UK and Ireland, explains how the platform can streamline your document management