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Ben Lobel

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Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.

Crowdfunding for Business

Why banks can’t fix the UK economy by themselves

James Meekings, co-founder of Funding Circle, argues that crowdfunding is set to steal a major chunk of the business financing market from the banks.

Business management

Language barriers and international trade

Nick Evans, technical director of ExtraMile Communications, which specialises in multilingual email marketing campaigns, discusses how messages can be lost in translation when dealing with foreign markets.

Accounting

Conquering late payment

Clive Kahn, CEO of payment solutions company CardSave, considers how small businesses can combat the UK's late payment culture.

Alternative finance

Will social funding change small business finance?

Rory Earley, CEO of Capital for Enterprise, investigates the emergence of a social funding marketplace for small companies.

Alternative finance

Raising money through the Angel CoFund 

SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to George Whitehead, chairman of the government-backed Angel CoFund, about the fundraising potential for small businesses.

News

Small businesses lax on data security 

Small and medium-sized enterprises are not taking basic precautions to protect confidential data.

Finding and selling to customers

The sales process of the future

Technologically enhanced, socially connected and fearsomely well informed about customers and markets, today's salespeople are a different breed from the pushy types who banged on doors and invaded shop floors. Ben Lobel looks at how the sales process is evolving.

Employing & managing staff

Interim Management: What You Need to Know

Taking on an interim manager can be an advantageous move for SME's - their services often proving to be more than worth the cost.

Marketing

The benefits of direct marketing

Writer and marketer Jenni O’Connor of Kaiku Communications asks if, in today’s economic climate, direct marketing is best.

Business Technology

New innovations increasing e-commerce sales

The best e-commerce websites have moved far beyond being online brochures or catalogues. Ben Lobel looks at an array of innovations which are helping to draw consumers and brands ever closer together.

News

SMEs struggle with public sector tenders

Small businesses are still struggling to win public sector contracts despite the government's efforts to make it easier, research finds.

Alternative finance

Manufacturing industry woes eased by Asset Based Lending

Statistics from the CIPS Purchasing Managers Index showed that the UK's manufacturing sector registered a ten-month high in March 2012.