About

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.

Small Business Insurance

How to insure your recruitment company: A small business case study

In this piece Karla Jobling, founder of job site BeecherMadden, discusses the key insurance measures she put in place for her recruitment company.

Alternative finance

Crowdfunding on Seedrs: A small business guide

In this piece, we look at how you can get into crowdfunding your business on Seedrs.

Alternative finance

Peer to peer lending: A small business guide

In this piece from BusinessAgent.com, we find out about the peer to peer lending market and how to benefit from it.

Crowdfunding for Business

The equity crowdfunding market: A small business guide

In this piece from BusinessAgent.com, we find out about the equity crowdfunding market in the alternative business funding space, and how to go about getting it.

Small Business Insurance

Insurance for a wedding and events business

Natalie Lovett, managing director of The Whitewed Directory, discusses how she got policies such as public liability insurance in place for her wedding planning business.

Alternative finance

How to use alternative business funding to help your company grow

Martin Lane, managing editor of money.co.uk, discusses the range of alternative business funding options for you to consider as a small business owner.

Small Business Insurance

Getting the right insurance in place for a jewellery business

Here, Nikolay Piriankov, co-founder of Taylor & Hart, discusses the initial challenges of insuring his diamond retail business and how he was able to get the right cover in place.

Business management

Business growth: How to control and manage it

Andres Richter, CEO of Priority Software, provides four tips for how you can control the growth of your business.

Accounting

Choosing the right accountant

Shahbaz Husain investigates how to separate the financial wheat from the chaff when choosing an accountant.

Business Ideas & Planning

Mobile catering: A guide to managing festival season

Peter Moore, CEO of Lolly, offers some tips for mobile catering start-ups and discusses getting your festival proposition right.

Accounting

How your small business can prepare early for late payment

Here Simon Willmett, finance director at Nucleus Commercial Finance, explains how small businesses can mitigate the impact of late payments.

Business Technology

How tech has changed the way we work for the better

Boris Bogaert, CEO and co-founder of Xpenditure, discusses some of the key ways technology has improved productivity in the workplace.