Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
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Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Kate Russell, managing director of Russell HR Consulting, discusses how small businesses can keep their staff happy at work.
Business Technology
Presenting all you need to know about the benefits of CRM.
Legal advice
Employment law specialist Michael Salter of myBarrister discusses the considerations a business needs to make when dismissing staff.
Employing & managing staff
I have an employee who just will not work well in a team, as an individual his work performance is excellent but once tasked with working within a group he creates tension and refuses to work with a number of individuals. I do not wish to dismiss the employee as he is a consistent worker but I'm not happy about his attitude to team work.
Office & home working
Businesses and their employees have much to gain from operating flexible working options.
Getting Online
Rob White, of Avidity IP, discusses how to protect yourself against intellectual property abuse as a small business.
Marketing
Social media can be frustrating and time consuming for a small business so get your customers and site visitors to look after it for you. Marketing expert Chloe Thomas explains how.
Getting Online
Rob White, of Avidity IP, discusses how to protect yourself against intellectual property abuse as a small business.
Marketing
Social media can be frustrating and time consuming for a small business so get your customers and site visitors to look after it for you. Marketing expert Chloe Thomas explains how.
Getting Online
Marketing expert Mark Asquith of DMSQD looks at how your company can capitalise on new browsing behaviours.
Business management
Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards discusses why popularised mantras should not always be followed in business.
Business Technology
Tim Pat Dufficy of Serverspace discusses the most common weapon for hackers: the distributed denial of service attack.
Office & home working
Presenting advice on navigating visa conditions and different cultures and languages when conducting business internationally.
Business Technology
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
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Business Technology
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
Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world