Running a Business

This section takes you through every important aspect of how to run a successful business. It offers expert guides and advice articles on the key elements of business management such as employing staff, finding customers, marketing and sales, pricing, people management, office and home working, business technology and everything else an entrepreneur must tackle in order to succeed.

How to become a data-driven company

Below, Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye, discusses his four pieces of advice for firms to become a data-driven company.

Marketing

Business Technology

Is your cyber security ready for 2018?

It is vital that you put more resources into your security to ensure your cyber defences are ready, as we explore here.

Business management

Five business functions to help improve internal communication

The internal communication function is particularly used to produce and deliver messages and any campaigns in order to facilitate a two way communication between the workers and also helps in developing the communication skill of a personnel linked with it.

Business management

Networking – the do’s and don’ts and how to get out what you put in

Here, Natalie Lovett, managing director of The Whitewed directory, discusses the benefits of networking for small businesses.

Business management

What is the formula for the perfect boss

Bosses being honest, approachable and fair is key for UK workers, with just one in ten believing their boss is sincere, new research discovers.

Employing & managing staff

Choosing people over process – tomorrow’s take on performance

Here, Jeanette Sanderson discusses what the future of employee performance might look like and how businesses can progress.

Employing & managing staff

How can businesses improve the mental health and wellbeing of staff?

How can employers make sure their teams are happy and content in their job? Tim Scott, director of people at Fletchers Solicitors, investigates.

Productivity Zone

Work hard, play hard: the business productivity conundrum

A new survey from BrightHR reveals that UK workers need to work lazier, not harder in order to boost productivity and gain success.

Employing & managing staff

How can businesses improve the mental health and wellbeing of staff?

How can employers make sure their teams are happy and content in their job? Tim Scott, director of people at Fletchers Solicitors, investigates.

Productivity Zone

Work hard, play hard: the business productivity conundrum

A new survey from BrightHR reveals that UK workers need to work lazier, not harder in order to boost productivity and gain success.

Business management

Should you introduce mentors into your workplace?

In this piece, Lee Biggins of CV-Library weighs up the pros and cons of introducing mentors into the workplace.

Business Technology

Two thirds of UK office workers want a personal AI-powered assistant

UK office workers increasingly want AI technology in the workplace, with two thirds hoping for their very own AI-powered personal assistant in the future.

Marketing