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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.

The implications of drink driving and needing a licence for work 

Here, we give advice on the course of action to take if you get caught drink driving.

Legal advice

Employing & managing staff

Free mental healthcare screening advocated for the workplace

Some 60 per cent of people living with mental ill health agree that employers should offer free screening for depression in the workplace.

Business Technology

The Magento online store development process

Here, we consider important recommendations on how to develop an online store on the open source platform.

Marketing

How to improve your SEO efforts through blogging

Here, we look at three ways of enhancing SEO and online visibility for your business via a blog.

Business management

How businesses reduced energy costs and helped the planet

In this piece in association with the Federation of Small Businesses, we look at how installing energy efficient measures or making simple adjustments can help SMEs reduce their energy bills.

Business Technology

How three tech businesses came up with their idea

Here, in a piece in association with SAP, we look at the genesis of three companies; where the idea came from that formed the foundation of the business.

Finding and selling to customers

Sixteen customer service statistics for small businesses

Here, Tim Pickard discusses the ways in which to put your customers first as a small business.

Office & home working

Business premises: Do your research

If it's time to take your business up a level and move it out of the spare room and into a purpose-built office, it's important you get it right first time and find a space that suits both your needs and your budget.

Finding and selling to customers

Sixteen customer service statistics for small businesses

Here, Tim Pickard discusses the ways in which to put your customers first as a small business.

Office & home working

Business premises: Do your research

If it's time to take your business up a level and move it out of the spare room and into a purpose-built office, it's important you get it right first time and find a space that suits both your needs and your budget.

Getting Online

Setting up their own website pays off for tradespeople

Tradespeople who have set up their own website pick up an additional 21 jobs a year than those without, research finds.

Employing & managing staff

Drawing the line: Should you be friends with your staff?

Here, Lee Biggins takes on the subject of how close you should be with your employees.

Business management

How businesses can support employees with dyslexia

Here, David Price looks at the adjustments to make as a business owner to accommodate dyslexic staff.

Business management

Outsourcing: Encouraging business growth

Here, Alec Laurie speaks to three companies about their experiences of outsourcing.

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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