Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
We all hear about how our phones are a drain on our time at work and are turning us into mindless zombies, but what if they could actually make us more productive both in and outside work?
Business Technology
Business management
Here, Simon Joyce director of Anchor Vans, explains what KPIs are and how they can help you and your business grow.
Legal advice
Here, Elaine Chan and Tony Winterburn of Ward Hadaway discuss how mediation has emerged as an alternative method of dispute resolution.
Employing & managing staff
Dr Steve Iley, Bupa UK medical director shares his tips on creating a supportive workplace for employees with sensitive health issues.
Marketing
A video component in a marketing campaign must be strategic and targeted to succeed, says Mungo Park, co-founder of Blueprint.tv.
Business management
In this piece Andy Hinxman, director of Keybridge IT, discusses how a disaster recovery plan can get your small business out of jail if crisis hits.
Business Technology
Businesses are rapidly changing and developing according to shifts in technology, so we've looked at businesses who've embraced the tech take over.
Business Technology
Here, Paul Goodman, chairman, National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers, explains the impact of automation on small businesses.
Business Technology
Businesses are rapidly changing and developing according to shifts in technology, so we've looked at businesses who've embraced the tech take over.
Business Technology
Here, Paul Goodman, chairman, National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers, explains the impact of automation on small businesses.
Office & home working
Have you ever wanted to start a business, work from home, and be your own boss? If you are like most people, the answer is probably a resounding yes.
Employing & managing staff
Here, AXA PPP healthcare has put together a list of five tips to ease the transition for young people from education to the workplace.
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.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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