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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.

Using your smartphone to stress less

Ahead of National Stress Awareness Week, online phone retailer e2save has put together a list of smartphone apps and tricks to help you unwind.

Business Technology

Business Technology

Why SEO is so critical for your company

Here, we look at how to maximise your SEO performance as a small business.

Business Technology

Can small businesses rise above the security poverty line?

Here, Henry Seddon, vice president EMEA, Duo Security, explains how small business can upgrade their security without breaking the bank.

Business Technology

Five tips to protect your business and customers’ data

Here's how you can go about building a secure reputation among your clients.

Productivity Zone

Lighting design can boost workforce productivity and employee wellness

As the clocks go back on 29th October, LUX365 highlights how LEDs can be used to replicate the benefits of natural light, including vitality and alertness.

Buying and selling a company

A three-step guide to buying Part 2: The key steps involved in buying a business

Here, Jo Thornley of BusinessesForSale.com explores the most important steps to take if you’re planning a business purchase.

Employing & managing staff

The dos and don’ts of managing the millennial workforce

Here are the crucial 'dos and don’ts' for hiring, managing and retaining the next generation of talent.

Finding and selling to customers

How to measure customer experience as a small business

Here, we provide a practical guide to measuring customer experience.

Employing & managing staff

The dos and don’ts of managing the millennial workforce

Here are the crucial 'dos and don’ts' for hiring, managing and retaining the next generation of talent.

Finding and selling to customers

How to measure customer experience as a small business

Here, we provide a practical guide to measuring customer experience.

Marketing

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.

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 Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Business Technology

Friendly guide – top tips for small businesses switching to VoIP

With the landline shutdown coming fast, there’s never been a better time to switch to VoIP. Don’t let your small business be left behind!

Export & Import

Avoid delays with exports and imports

Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world