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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.

Employee monitoring software and the minefield of unintended consequences

Here, we look at the value of employee monitoring software for small businesses.

Business Technology

Business management

Essential energy-saving tips for small businesses

There are lots of ways for small businesses to cut down on their energy use and save money; here are some of them.

Business Technology

Reasons why Forex trading online is the best option

Forex trading has been the most profitable way for traders to trade and earn money.

Business Technology

Top ten tips for building a new website

Kevin Wilson explains how to make your website into a prime marketing opportunity for your business.

Employing & managing staff

How to get the best out of appraisals

Alan Price discusses how best to go about managing appraisals for your staff.

Office & home working

Five British businesses run from unusual listed buildings

Business management

How a small business can pass the first hundred days test

In this piece, Bivek Sharma looks at the essential milestones to navigate in the first 100 days of a business.

Business management

Top ten tips for scaling your business quickly

Here, James Hind explores the necessary components of scaling a business successfully.

Business management

How a small business can pass the first hundred days test

In this piece, Bivek Sharma looks at the essential milestones to navigate in the first 100 days of a business.

Business management

Top ten tips for scaling your business quickly

Here, James Hind explores the necessary components of scaling a business successfully.

Export & Import

More exporting companies than ever, study shows

The UK’s export credit agency has supported the largest number of exporters in 25 years, with a 23 per cent increase since last year.

Business management

Why sharing financial information with employees pays dividends

Adam Walsh explores the wide-ranging benefits of publishing financial information internally.

Marketing

Why sports sponsorship can be rewarding for small businesses

Here, Kelly Williams look at why sports sponsorship needn't be the preserve of huge companies.

Business management

Five ways business skills can transfer into everyday life

Here, we look at the ways in which business skills can be useful for your personal life as well as professional.

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