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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.

Tips for running a successful family business

The family business sector accounts for a quarter of UK GDP. Here, Phil Mitchell gives advice on managing a business that is family-run.

Business management

Business management

Top four reasons why small businesses fail

Here, Alison Curry-Taylor discusses the big mistakes that have led to the demise of many small companies and how not to make them.

Buying and selling a company

Preparing your small business for an exit

This piece, in association with Bibby Financial Services, looks at why it is always worth thinking about an exit plan, even in the early stages of your business.

Marketing

Marketing my small business: What worked and what did not

Simon Horton shares the marketing ups and downs he experienced since starting his company.

Office & home working

How to run a business from multiple locations

Richard Prime discusses how to successfully run a company across a range of sites.

Business management

The ups and downs of working in a tech incubator

Michael Rainsford discusses how his start-up company developed in a shared office space, and reveals the benefits and downsides of such a setup for an early-stage company.

Business Technology

Using the growth of mobile to capture a changing audience

Jay Karsandas discusses the consumer shift to shopping on the move and how small companies can take advantage.

Finding and selling to customers

Fighting shy of public service tendering

David Cliff discusses the situation of fewer businesses willing to compete for public sector tenders.

Business Technology

Using the growth of mobile to capture a changing audience

Jay Karsandas discusses the consumer shift to shopping on the move and how small companies can take advantage.

Finding and selling to customers

Fighting shy of public service tendering

David Cliff discusses the situation of fewer businesses willing to compete for public sector tenders.

Business management

Five small business goals for the new year

Ed Reeves shares his thoughts on the resolutions that every SME owner might have made for the coming year.

Employing & managing staff

Key questions to ask when choosing your HR consultancy

Here, Kate Russell covers the due diligence questions to ask all potential HR suppliers.

Marketing

Incorporating data capture into your social strategy

Start-ups often ask how they can enrich their email marketing pool in a cost-effective and ethical way. Here, Victoria Browne gives some tips.

Legal advice

The impact of the copyright exemption on the games industry

Here, Christopher Williams discusses the copyright considerations businesses in the games industry should make following new legislation.

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