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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 you can turn your office green friendly

Office workers are being asked to do their bit for the environment and help boost the green credentials of their company.

Office & home working

Marketing

Inauguration 2017; how marketing made Trump

Josie Scotchmer, marketing manager of Mailjet tells us why newly elected President Trump won his way to the top through marketing.

Employing & managing staff

EMEA business set to face significant talent drought in 2017

Skills shortages and changing priorities amongst top candidates present new test for talent acquisition, a new study reveals.

Marketing

Marketing your business: Top tips to getting quick results

Business Technology

Work faster, easier and more accurately with direct debit management software

Debt management software is invaluable in situations where there are a lot of clients owing money, as we discover in this piece.

Business Technology

Mobile shopping – the saviour

The emergence of mobile shopping has changed the lives of many working people, and it's time to capitalise, as this piece shows.

Business Technology

The growing importance of sales and CRM apps for modern businesses

Sales and CRM apps are providing a great innovative way to keep businesses running productively, argues Paul Swaddle.

Finding and selling to customers

How to write a successful tender

Here, Celestine Ekpenyong looks at how a small business should go about submitting a successful tender.

Business Technology

The growing importance of sales and CRM apps for modern businesses

Sales and CRM apps are providing a great innovative way to keep businesses running productively, argues Paul Swaddle.

Finding and selling to customers

How to write a successful tender

Here, Celestine Ekpenyong looks at how a small business should go about submitting a successful tender.

Employing & managing staff

What businesses need to know about hiring and managing those with dyslexia

Here, Kate Headley outlines the legal requirements for making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process for those living with dyslexia.

Finding and selling to customers

How small businesses can tap into the consumer mindset

In this piece, Jonathan Smith looks into how a business can fully understand the ways to unlock insights into consumer behaviour.

Business Technology

Cultivating an online presence: The gardening website that started from scratch

Lyndan Orvis discusses how his gardening company spent the last few years building its online presence, with some do's and don'ts for those who might be going through the same process.

Marketing

Strategies for SEO link building

Here, we look at why it's so important for SEO aspirants and veterans alike to provide top tier solutions in terms of links.

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