Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
This section covers business start up ideas and business planning. The expert advice articles will help you learn how to write an effective business plan to help secure funding and there are guides to step you through the launch of a successful business.
Setting up a UK-based business is generally quick, cheap and easy. But whether you are a small business entrepreneur or a scalable start-up entrepreneur, the road ahead can be treacherous. Here, we set out what you need to know in the early stages.
Business Ideas & Planning
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Here, Dr Paul Langley and Professor Alison Rieple discuss how businesses can use disintermediation to come up with something new.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, Kati McKeon shares six crucial tips to ensure your one-person business will thrive.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we look at how to approach your start-up recruitment company, from payroll management to securing the right partners.
Business Ideas & Planning
Choosing where to launch your start-up is a huge decision that can literally make or break your business. Here, we look at the top candidates.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece Cat Pinkney, co-founder of Paycircle, explains why launching a product in a dull sector has been the key to the company's success.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we reveal some of the best ideas for a small business.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we look at how four online platforms have disrupted the sector in which they operate.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we reveal some of the best ideas for a small business.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we look at how four online platforms have disrupted the sector in which they operate.
Business Ideas & Planning
Nick Pollitt of DBI furniture solutions put together the best way to have an affective brainstorming session in your business.
Business Ideas & Planning
In February of 2015, Rami Abramov and Vicky Ushakova cofounded Tasteaholics, a website dedicated to promoting health and fitness. They had hoped to improve the health of their followers as well as their overall outlook on life through a healthy diet, proper nutrition, and fitness awareness. They regularly collaborate with other business endeavours that encourage fitness and health education, further showing their commitment to promoting health awareness and their passion for a healthier future.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here's how Jenny Liu of Bomb Petite is trying to to help petite women find premium fashion from leading independent designers.
Business Ideas & Planning
David Sonnenthal, director and founder of New Bond Street Pawnbrokers, speaks about his experience starting a high-end pawn shop, and how entrepreneurs with fresh ideas can learn from his experiences.
Partner content
Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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?
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Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade