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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.

Three top tips for creating an amazing promotional banner

Here are three top tips from sector experts for creating the best PVC banners for your business.

Marketing

Finding and selling to customers

Social shopping: Take your strategy from Debenhams

How can the social shopping strategy that Debenhams is using help your own retail business?

Finding and selling to customers

Five reasons start-ups should plan a business launch event

Here, Sam Wright, a content writer for Cottages in Northumberland, gives five reasons why businesses should plan their launch event.

Business management

A guide to DBS checks for the self-employed

DBS checks (previously known as CRB checks) are essential to working in specific roles. So here is a guide to DBS checks.

Export & Import

British Small Business Awards 2017: Exporter of the Year shortlist

The shortlisted businesses in the Exporter of the Year category have been announced for the British Small Business Awards.

Employing & managing staff

Why you should never overlook a candidate’s natural talent

Here, Lee Biggins goes through some of the key natural talents which should never be overlooked during the recruitment process.

Marketing

Two thirds of businesses confess to copycat marketing

More than two thirds of businesses confess to 'copycat' marketing, pinching marketing techniques of competitors in the hopes of achieving similar results.

Export & Import

Supply chain friction costs businesses 6,500 hours a year

New study reveals UK businesses are wasting time and money handling the payment process through supply chain friction.

Marketing

Two thirds of businesses confess to copycat marketing

More than two thirds of businesses confess to 'copycat' marketing, pinching marketing techniques of competitors in the hopes of achieving similar results.

Export & Import

Supply chain friction costs businesses 6,500 hours a year

New study reveals UK businesses are wasting time and money handling the payment process through supply chain friction.

Productivity Zone

Poor technology is hampering SME worker productivity

Newer technology is becoming increasingly popular, but research shows just seven per cent of British employees regularly use video conferencing at work.

Business Technology

5 business benefits of investing in virtual landline numbers

The internet had truly helped define the term globalisation. Businesses of today aren’t restricted to a geographic boundary.

Business management

Could employee ownership hold the key to a mission-led business legacy?

David Alcock, partner and head of social business at Anthony Collins Solicitors, discusses how employee ownership could prove instrumental in ensuring an organisation’s mission is a central part of its legacy.

Export & Import

New opportunities – the benefits of sourcing products from China

Here, Stephanie Gao, head B2B marketing, Alibaba UK, analyses the benefits of sourcing products and exporting with China.

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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