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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.

How to make a discount code worth more than just a discount

Here, we look at how discount cards can be a good way of developing a better relationship with your customers.

Finding and selling to customers

Employing & managing staff

The entrepreneur perspective on getting to 50 employees 

Richard Healy discusses how to navigate the road to acquiring the right staff for your new business.

Marketing

Protecting your company during a PR crisis

Tom Chapman looks at how to prepare for the moment when your business comes under negative scrutiny.

Business Technology

Bring your own device: The advantages for small businesses

Neil Atkinson discusses the merits of allowing employees to use their own technology in the workplace.

Business Technology

How to avoid big problems with a small business website

Henry Lewington, managing director of WebEden.co.uk, gives tips on creating a business website to engage and excite visitors.

Export & Import

Managing your currency risk when exporting

Alex Edwards, head of the corporate desk at UKForex, looks at how small companies can navigate currency exchange risk when trading internationally.

Business management

Growing a business: From 0 to 40,000 users a day

Chris Holbrook was a freelance web developer when he launched Freepostcodelottery.com, a daily lottery draw funded by advertising. He talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about starting up and upping interest in the site.

Employing & managing staff

Navigating the employment tribunals process 

Neil Atkinson provides an overview of the employment tribunal process for small business owners. The aim of this article is to dispel a few myths surrounding the process and to provide an overview guide.

Business management

Growing a business: From 0 to 40,000 users a day

Chris Holbrook was a freelance web developer when he launched Freepostcodelottery.com, a daily lottery draw funded by advertising. He talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about starting up and upping interest in the site.

Employing & managing staff

Navigating the employment tribunals process 

Neil Atkinson provides an overview of the employment tribunal process for small business owners. The aim of this article is to dispel a few myths surrounding the process and to provide an overview guide.

Employing & managing staff

Do ‘nice’ managers fare better in the employee gratitude stakes?

Kate Russell discusses the challenge of attaining the right level of familiarity with employees.

Employing & managing staff

A business owner’s view on flexible working legislation

Ben Wilson of e-cigarette company Freshcig gives his opinion on the new laws to enable more consideration of flexible working patterns.

Employing & managing staff

Under what legislation is my overseas employee working?

I have to send an employee to work in France on a full-time basis over a 12 month contract. He will also be living there throughout this time but he is employed by us in London. Is he managed by UK employment law or French legislation?

Office & home working

Buyer’s guide to commercial flooring

Here, we look at the various types of flooring in a commercial setting.

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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

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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