Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
Advice
Here are the steps businesses must take to ensure their lottery complies with the Gambling Act 2005.
Legal advice
Here, Elaine Chan and Tony Winterburn of Ward Hadaway discuss how mediation has emerged as an alternative method of dispute resolution.
Marketing
A video component in a marketing campaign must be strategic and targeted to succeed, says Mungo Park, co-founder of Blueprint.tv.
Advice
Here, some key small business questions are put to Grant Thornton’s Business Growth Advisers.
Advice
Here, Sam Boothroyd, founder of The Small Business Coach, discusses how he started, ran and sold an online accountancy practice.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, Gemma Goodhead, head of immigration at SA Law, explains why it's critical to check the right to work of your employees.
Business Technology
In this piece, Marcin Kleczynski, CEO and founder of Malwarebytes, examines the scale of the threat of ransomware to small British businesses today.
Legal advice
Andrew Brown, a lawyer specialising in resolving disputes at Capital Law, looks at some high-level cases and analyses common trends in litigation funding.
Advice
Here, we look at the various financial products you have at your disposal when it comes to financing your fleet.
Marketing
Business owners need to get to know Google and understand it better, says Simon Wadsworth, managing partner at Igniyte.
Government Grants
There are plenty of government schemes that have been designed to help companies across multiple sectors grow, says Chris Williams, chief executive of B60.
Export & Import
Here, Eddie Milbourne discusses what steps his pet food company Canagan is taking to prepare for Brexit.