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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.

Top small business tips for modern day networking

Luke Nolan shares advice on how entrepreneurs and small business owners can make the most of non-traditional networking activities.

Marketing

Business management

Why Brexit doesn’t mean blackout for cross-border trade

Paul Galpin examines the top e-commerce markets outside the European Union to watch out for, as well as what retailers need to do to successfully expand into these regions.

Marketing

Why small to medium-sized companies need promotional risk management

Small companies need to learn from the mistakes of larger businesses who don't pay attention to promotional risk management.

Finding and selling to customers

Luxury quality and accessible pricing: Mutually exclusive?

Mike France on the art of pricing. He explains how quality and affordability can go hand in hand for small businesses.

Legal advice

The dangers of intellectual property infringement for small businesses

Rachel Jones explains why small business owners need to be vigilant to protect their brand online and shares practical steps to tackling infringing and counterfeit products.

Business Technology

Five out-of-home technology trends for small businesses

Stephen Allen provides his thoughts about the world-changing technologies small business owners should be aware of.

Business Technology

Finding a software soulmate

Nick Thompson, managing director of DCSL Software, looks at the ways a start-up can map out the process for successful software development.

Business management

Five tell-tale signs that stress is affecting your work life

It can be hard to cope when work gets too much. Here are some helpful tips to help you manage your stress.

Business Technology

Finding a software soulmate

Nick Thompson, managing director of DCSL Software, looks at the ways a start-up can map out the process for successful software development.

Business management

Five tell-tale signs that stress is affecting your work life

It can be hard to cope when work gets too much. Here are some helpful tips to help you manage your stress.

Business management

How to avoid tool theft

Here, Fiona McSwein, chief customer officer of Simply Business, guides us on how to avoid tool theft with better security practice.

Marketing

What content marketing needs to do to move on to the next level

When it comes to marketing, technological advances have had a liberating effect on small businesses.

Business Technology

Making time for success: The advantages of outsourcing online payments for SMEs

Payment processing comes with a degree of risk and can be time-consuming – so what are the advantages of outsourcing online payments.

Business Technology

Ransomware: What are the biggest threats?

Steven Furnell discusses the threats we can expect in the future and what needs to be done to safeguard our devices, businesses and infrastructure.

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