Entrepreneurs

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

Business Ideas & Planning

Five things you should know before starting your first business

Abby Hardoon presents some words of wisdom to consider prior to setting up your own company.

Business management

Why mistakes make, not break, businesses

Entrepreneur Mike Odysseas discusses how he made the mistake of only focusing on the bottom line in the early stages of his business.

Business management

How to become friends with your competitors

Building relationships with companies operating in the same sector could provide valuable support and knowledge-sharing opportunities. Ian Cowley explains how.

Finding and selling to customers

Top selling strategies for small businesses

Shaun Thomson gives tips on finalising sales to the inexperienced entrepreneur.

Advice

Why England’s World Cup qualification could mean a boost to the economy

Rich Stevens at IG explains the positive spillover effect that England’s World Cup qualification could give rise to this summer.

Business Ideas & Planning

Escaping the city: Early-stage business tips from a former broker

Robert James left the city behind and bought a company selling shutters. Here, he shares his early-stage business journey.

Productivity Zone

Boosting productivity and improving the flow of ideas in a small business

HR expert and motivational speaker Alan Price discusses how entrepreneurs can encourage business ideas by culling workplace distractions and maximising their own productivity.

News

Tuesday seen as best day for business choices

Office workers feel Tuesday is the best day for making big decisions, research finds.

Blog

‘Think’, don’t ‘do’ – why avoiding the day-to-day business can reap rewards for a small company owner

The role of an entrepreneur should be ideas generator, so it's crucial to make time to think, argues Jonathan Richards.

Finding and selling to customers

When to walk away from a deal as a small business

Time is money, and chasing lost causes can cost a small company dearly. Phil Rothwell gives some tips on breaking free of dead-end prospects.

Office & home working

Five reasons your office space is doing more bad than good

Geraint Evans gives some pointers on making the most of your office space.

Advice

Getting to the forefront of your industry: Five pointers

Entrepreneur Beatrice Bartlay reveals the most important things to remember in the early stages of business.

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

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