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Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurs archive offering advice and tips to help small businesses start and succeed in business.

Business Ideas & Planning

Considering the personal cost of setting up a company

Erin Walls, a specialist business advisor for SMEs at Ward Williams Creative, looks at the important personal considerations that need to be made before going into business.

Business management

British billionaires: The men who’ve already made it

Here, we take a look at four of the UK's most wealthy businessmen.

News

Aspiring entrepreneurs turn to family partnerships

One in three Britons would pick a family member as a business partner, research finds.

Advice

Five things I would have done differently in my small business 

Tom Skinner, managing director of marketing company Go Up, reveals what he would have changed if he could have started again.

Advice

Why a partnership proposition wasn’t the right choice for my business

E-commerce expert Simon Horton shares why some partnership 'opportunities' can be more trouble than they're worth.

Advice

How to make an impact against better-established competitors

Bimla Safka discusses how a small business can be taken seriously and build a reputation in a market full of more experienced peers.

News

Small company owners believe luck is not a big factor in business

Business owners have poured cold water on the notion that you need to be lucky in order to be successful, research finds.

Advice

Taking your SME beyond the start-up phase

This article explores how to be successful in the stage of business that comes after starting up.

Advice

London vs the rest: Where to build your business empire

Geraint Evans discusses the factors to consider when weighing up the location of your company.

Blog

How to ride out the rough times as a small business owner

Beatrice Bartlay remembers the times when her business was under threat - and how she pulled through the dark days.

Blog

UK small businesses still struggling to stay afloat

James Benamor questions why the business rate cap came so late for the UK's long-suffering businesses.

Business management

Managing rapid change: Growing from eight people to 600

In this article, Jesper Frederiksen shares his advice on how to manage your business as it grows from acorn to oak tree to forest.

Partner content

What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

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

What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade