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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.

Five practical tips for conducting a job interview

Robert McHenry presents guidance on making your prospective employee as comfortable as possible.

Employing & managing staff

Business management

Small Business Minister calls for prompt payment as thousands of firms face closure

The Small Business Minister has made fresh calls for small businesses to be paid promptly by larger companies

Business management

Businesses face £34bn pension black hole

Businesses offering final-salary pension schemes pushed towards safer investments in move that could see underfunded schemes facing bills of tens of billions of pounds

Employing & managing staff

How to manage an employee’s pay rise request

If an employee has come to you with a pay rise request, what do you do? Here are five tips to help achieve the best outcome for both parties

Marketing

How market research can boost your marketing strategy

How to use market research to make smart marketing decisions for your business

Marketing

Marketing a new business

Half of UK businesses don’t have a marketing plan. Here’s how to ensure you get ahead of the pack

Marketing

How to market a physical therapy practice

Your physical therapy marketing consists of lots of moving parts. We'll break them down here so that you can get started

Marketing

Marketing trends for small businesses in 2023

Automating social media, working harder to obtain customer data and working what data you do have harder are just some of the marketing trends affecting small businesses in 2023

Marketing

How to market a physical therapy practice

Your physical therapy marketing consists of lots of moving parts. We'll break them down here so that you can get started

Marketing

Marketing trends for small businesses in 2023

Automating social media, working harder to obtain customer data and working what data you do have harder are just some of the marketing trends affecting small businesses in 2023

Business management

National Grid Demand Flexibility Service – what is it and how much would my business be paid?

The Demand Flexibility Service is a series of sessions where energy customers reduce their energy usage in exchange for a financial incentive

Marketing

How to market your gaming app

Here's how small gaming development companies can best go about marketing their new or existing game app

Smart Energy GB

3 simple ways a smart meter could help your business

Watch this easy to digest video explainer on the key benefits of installing a smart meter in your business

Smart Energy GB

Why your small business needs a smart meter

In this quickfire video, find out the key ways a smart meter could help your business – and how to get one

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