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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.

Small business tips for tracking your online reputation

Business owners can address the challenge of reputation management by employing brand monitoring tools. Here, Yana Yelina reviews some of them.

Marketing

Finding and selling to customers

Is bad customer experience stalling high-street revival?

Slow service, rude staff and unavailable items blamed as Britons have such a bad customer experience they vow never to return.

Finding and selling to customers

Male, married and millennial: research profiles a loyal customer

The most loyal customer in the UK is likely be the three Ms: male, married and millennial, according to new research.

Business Technology

Six reasons why you may end up paying dearly for ‘free’ BI software

Here are six points to help you decide whether you should be choosing a custom dashboard BI system in favour of an open source solution.

Business management

The importance of January to a small business

Simon Dalley looks at what can you be doing in January to ensure business success in 2017.

Business Technology

Technology in the office: Distraction or enabler?

Is social media becoming more and more of a distraction in the office? Lee Biggins advises on best practice to get the most out of your workforce.

Buying and selling a company

Four reasons why small businesses need to invest in the subscription economy

It's not just large companies that have shifted to a subscription-based business model. Here, Anne de Kerchhove explores why it can work for small operators.

Business Technology

Outdated and incorrect business data misleads UK consumers

Eight in ten consumers encounter incorrect information about a business when searching online, a new study reveals.

Buying and selling a company

Four reasons why small businesses need to invest in the subscription economy

It's not just large companies that have shifted to a subscription-based business model. Here, Anne de Kerchhove explores why it can work for small operators.

Business Technology

Outdated and incorrect business data misleads UK consumers

Eight in ten consumers encounter incorrect information about a business when searching online, a new study reveals.

Employing & managing staff

Three key trends that are reshaping the workforce

Here, we look at three emerging trends that are impacting on the way small businesses manage their personnel, and what the wider world of business and HR will have to do to adapt in the future.

Business management

Businesses warned to avoid delaying payments this Christmas

Businesses must plan in advance to avoid missing or delaying payments to staff and suppliers over the festive period.

Business management

Work/life balance worries SME bosses more than finance

SME bosses worry more about the impact of work on their lives than they do about profit and loss and finances, a new study reveals.

Office & home working

Why remote working teams can be viable for small businesses

Jason Downes looks at the difference between a remote worker and remote working teams, which could be shaping the future of the workplace.

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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