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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.

What is the status of workers engaged in casual or zero hours contracts?

Alan Price discusses the finer points of part-time contracts and what they mean for employers and workers.

Employing & managing staff

Business Technology

The not-so-smartphone

Here, we look at the story of executive greed and an ill-fated $130,000 phone.

Productivity Zone

Does a clean office improve productivity?

The average adult spends more time awake in work than at home. Here's why you should keep the cleanliness of work at an all-time high.

Marketing

Hidden SME overheads: The cost of poor data management

Jon Cano-Lopez discusses the marketing importance of keeping your database in check.

Business management

How three UK tech start-ups are achieving success 

Here, Ian Butterworth interviews three tech founders and reveals their source of motivation, the challenges they faced and their recruiting strategies.

Employing & managing staff

How to get the most from your Millennials 

Robert Hicks discusses how to manage the attitudes and expectations of this specific demographic of your staff.

Business Technology

How businesses can mitigate the risk of a wireless printing network

While many businesses have invested heavily in IT security provision in recent years, many fail to identify the security risks associated with operating a wireless printing network.

Employing & managing staff

Why women need help from their employer to understand their pension  

The financial services industry is not giving women enough information to make proper pension decisions, Andrew Firth argues.

Business Technology

How businesses can mitigate the risk of a wireless printing network

While many businesses have invested heavily in IT security provision in recent years, many fail to identify the security risks associated with operating a wireless printing network.

Employing & managing staff

Why women need help from their employer to understand their pension  

The financial services industry is not giving women enough information to make proper pension decisions, Andrew Firth argues.

Marketing

Five email marketing mistakes your start-up is making – and five ways to correct those mistakes

If your email marketing plan failed there could be a variety of reasons why. Here, we run over some common mistakes and how to correct them.

Finding and selling to customers

How small businesses can improve customer service

Here are some tips on increasing the level of care for your customers' experience.

Finding and selling to customers

How to make the best of the traditional January sales slump

Darren Fell explores the techniques small businesses can use to make the most of what can be a difficult time of year.

Office & home working

Tips for expanding office space for a growing team

There comes a point in many businesses when the office space becomes outgrown. Here's what to do in that event.

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