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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.

How to attract talent as a small business

How can small businesses recognise and respond to shifting expectations in order to ensure they attract leading talent?

Employing & managing staff

Finding and selling to customers

Car subscription service: How one man shook up a sector

Toby Kernon discusses shaking up an industry, meeting developers in coffee shops, and the importance of having goals.

Marketing

How to spot a real SEO expert for your small business

How can you tell a real SEO expert from a snake oil salesman? Here are some searching questions that may help.

Business management

New study calls for greater collaboration in setting business-driven KPIs

Although a majority of European brands and agencies say setting KPIs is collaborative, many continue to use conflicting metrics.

Business management

Guide to effectively capturing your employees’ skills

Here, we take a look at how you as a small business owner can harness the power of your employees skills to improve your business.

Export & Import

Businesses can help navigate the labyrinth of Brexit complexity

The next government must set up a Business Brexit Taskforce in first 50 days, according to CBI president Paul Drechsler.

Marketing

Why businesses must take marketing seriously from the outset

It is crucial to take marketing seriously right from the outset of your small business, as Carol Graham argues in this piece.

Business Technology

Dealing with cyber attacks: Your small business will be affected

Dealing with cyber attacks effectively as a small business is essential: You need to be aware that your company could be hit next.

Marketing

Why businesses must take marketing seriously from the outset

It is crucial to take marketing seriously right from the outset of your small business, as Carol Graham argues in this piece.

Business Technology

Dealing with cyber attacks: Your small business will be affected

Dealing with cyber attacks effectively as a small business is essential: You need to be aware that your company could be hit next.

Marketing

The digital building blocks of every small business

Here, Mou Mukherjee, head of marketing at .Cloud, talks us through the digital building blocks you can use to build the perfect website.

Business management

The quiet opportunity: taking advantage of the slow periods

Here, Dr Mark Winwood, director of psychological services for AXA PPP healthcare, tells us how to take advantage of the quiet times.

Business Technology

Cybersecurity: Are your employees doing their part?

Here, Paul Barber, integration manager at IT Specialists (ITS) tells us how you can educate your staff on cybersecurity.

Business Technology

Four ways to improve your cyber security when travelling for business

In this article, David Brock, managing director at tech insurance and support provider LetUsFixIT, shares his top tips for staying secure online during a business trip.

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