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Cloud back-up options for small businesses

John Dryden, chief technology officer at ITLab, discusses how today's companies should approach business continuity.

Business Technology

Getting Online

How a small business can optimise a website for mobile and tablet users

Marketing expert Mark Asquith of DMSQD looks at how your company can capitalise on new browsing behaviours.

Business Technology

Cloud back-up options for small businesses

John Dryden, chief technology officer at ITLab, discusses how today's companies should approach business continuity.

Getting Online

How a small business can optimise a website for mobile and tablet users

Marketing expert Mark Asquith of DMSQD looks at how your company can capitalise on new browsing behaviours.

News

Graduates increasingly setting up on their own rather than joining labour market

The number of graduates fresh out of university choosing to work for themselves, rather than becoming employees, has more than doubled in the past year, finds research.

News

Businesses cost less to start than the average weekly wage

The average cost of starting a business in the UK is £312, research finds.

Blog

Motivation and the importance of the small business team

Damian Clarkson, owner of The London Kitchen, discusses the value of having incentivised staff.

Alternative finance

How start-ups can be helped by established businesses – in finance and beyond

In the first of a series of blogs, James King, founder of venture capital firm Find Invest Grow, discusses how existing businesses can play a major role in supporting start-ups.

News

Budget 2013: the reaction

Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.

News

Cable launches UK Retail Industry International Action Plan

A two-year government initiative that aims to assist retailers to grow internationally has been launched.

Business management

Expanding your horizons as a business – going international

In the first of a two-part piece on looking international as a small company Ed Molyneux, co-founder of accounting system business FreeAgent, discusses taking his product to America.

Sole trader

Sole trader: Freelance consultant

Jo Turnbull is a freelance SEO consultant, providing online marketing advice to small and medium-sized businesses. She talks about starting up on her own after being put out of a job.

Business management

Ice cream on the road

Charlie Francis set up mobile liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour Lick Me I'm Delicious in 2011 and is set to grow his turnover from £60,000 currently to £140,000 in his next year of trading.

Small Business Banking

How the Business Bank will help small companies

Rory Earley, CEO of Capital for Enterprise, breaks down the concept of the Business Bank and what small businesses can expect from such an institution.