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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.

Entrepreneurs must learn the art of delegation

'Get Things Done' author and small business owner Robert Kelsey discusses how entrepreneurs can overcome their fear of delegation.

Business management

Finding and selling to customers

How to get to know your customers for free

Elizabetta Camilleri of SalesGossip discusses how she got to know her customers, how she continues to learn about them every day and the importance of knowing your market.

Business Technology

How to manage an inbox better in your small business

Ian Cowley gives seven quick tips to organising your emails for maximum productivity.

Business management

Starting and growing a private tuition business

Steve Spriggs, founder of William Clarence Education, which offers private academic tuition, talks about his company's marketing challenges, controlling costs and his growth plans.

Business Technology

Do projectors have a role in small business?

Here, we look at the value of using projectors in your company.

Business Technology

How tech communication solutions helped two small companies

SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at how two businesses took on tech solutions that enabled them to manage their operations in a more efficient way.

Legal advice

A small business guide to professional negligence claims

Here, Susan Hopcraft, solicitor at Wright Hassall, discusses how to proceed when faced with the negligence of an adviser.

Export & Import

How graph databases can help small businesses go places faster

Rik Van Bruggen, regional director at Neo Technology, discusses how an exciting new technology can improve the management and tracking of deliveries.

Legal advice

A small business guide to professional negligence claims

Here, Susan Hopcraft, solicitor at Wright Hassall, discusses how to proceed when faced with the negligence of an adviser.

Export & Import

How graph databases can help small businesses go places faster

Rik Van Bruggen, regional director at Neo Technology, discusses how an exciting new technology can improve the management and tracking of deliveries.

Employing & managing staff

Health and safety law exemption proposed for the self employed

Stephen Thomas, safety technical consultant at Croner, discusses the ramifications of a proposal to exempt certain self-employed people from health and safety red tape.

Business Technology

Setting up an IT system for your small business

Andy Hinxman presents a guide to the considerations owners of small businesses need to make in regard to start-up technology.

Business Technology

Technology for those in need of assistance

Here, we look at how Barclays has introduced measures to help disabled people and the less tech-savvy to use vital services.

Getting Online

The benefits of using new generic top level domains 

Geraint Evans discusses the advantages of considering alternative domains for your business web address.

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