The five biggest mistakes when leaving your job to start a business
Nick Wealthall explores the common mistakes made by people thinking about quitting their job to work on their own business.
Business Ideas & Planning
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.
Nick Wealthall explores the common mistakes made by people thinking about quitting their job to work on their own business.
Business Ideas & Planning
Business Ideas & Planning
South London student Ibiere Banigo discusses the lengths she went to to start and grow her online babysitting platform.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we look at just a few of the ways a student can make extra income by setting up a business while studying.
Business Ideas & Planning
Nick Leech looks at some key questions to ask yourself to ensure you fully understand the industry and the market that you are entering into.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, Eduardo Martinez argues that entrepreneurs must not ignore the rising costs of starting a business if they want to be a success.
Business Ideas & Planning
Across all industries, innovation in mobile and location-based services has been rapid, but for obvious reasons travel has been a particular hotspot, with services such as Uber and AirBnB exploding onto the scene in recent years.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here are a few start-up businesses that are already changing the face of the beauty industry.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, we look at why high rents, tough competition and prohibitive initial start-up costs mean that London may not be the SME mecca it seems.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here are a few start-up businesses that are already changing the face of the beauty industry.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, we look at why high rents, tough competition and prohibitive initial start-up costs mean that London may not be the SME mecca it seems.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, John-Paul Savant discusses the main considerations to make when starting your small e-commerce business.
Business Ideas & Planning
A new wave of professionals are turning their hobbies and passions into careers, according to research. In this piece, we speak to some of those who made a success of it.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, we examine the raw potential in the earliest of early-stage companies.
Business Ideas & Planning
From tea in an aerosol can to a horse photography company, these ideas have come slightly out of leftfield, and are all the better for it. In this piece, we pay tribute to odd businesses.
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?
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade