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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 code name leaks could lead to a big legal bill for businesses

Rob White of Avidity IP discusses how code names being leaked can result in a costly trade mark dispute.

Legal advice

Employing & managing staff

Real Time Information is here: what small businesses need to know 

The smallest businesses have longer to prepare for the onset of Real Time Information reporting, but larger companies have to comply from now.

Marketing

Using the internet to attract new clients

Entrepreneur Nicola Bird talks about taking your business to a virtual audience.

Small Business Insurance

The importance of self-employed income protection

SmallBusiness.co.uk discusses income protection cover and the surrounding issues.

Marketing

That special something: Why promotional products work for small businesses

Marketing can sometimes be a hard beast to crack, regardless of which industry you work in and especially for small businesses. So where do promotional items fit in to the marketing mix of a digital world?

Marketing

The importance of promoting yourself as a small business: SEO

Rebecca Scully, managing director of PR agency Smarts, discusses how changes in SEO mean businesses should be more scrupulous than ever in their online ranking efforts.

Business management

Interflora case study: how new keyword advertising legislation could harm businesses

Trade mark specialist Rob White discusses significant changes in the keyword field in 2013 that businesses should know about.

Office & home working

Flexible working in businesses being held back by cultural barriers

Seven in ten office workers say they can get more done working away from the office and more than one third say they can be more creative when they are able to work flexibly, finds research.

Business management

Interflora case study: how new keyword advertising legislation could harm businesses

Trade mark specialist Rob White discusses significant changes in the keyword field in 2013 that businesses should know about.

Office & home working

Flexible working in businesses being held back by cultural barriers

Seven in ten office workers say they can get more done working away from the office and more than one third say they can be more creative when they are able to work flexibly, finds research.

Employing & managing staff

How your business can master employee contracts

Small businesses should not be nervous of the prospect of putting employee contracts together. While they can be complex without an HR or legal department, they certainly don't need to be. Adrian Hoggarth gives some simple advice to help.

Employing & managing staff

Why simple employee engagement can make all the difference in a small business

Entrepreneur Jonathan Richards gives some simple and cheap tips to looking after your staff that little bit better.

Business management

Expanding your horizons as a business – going international 

In the first of a two-part piece on looking international as a small company Ed Molyneux, co-founder of accounting system business FreeAgent, discusses taking his product to America.

Finding and selling to customers

How small businesses can access the data they need to become international

SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at the increasing need for companies to assess more accurately the viability of customers and suppliers.

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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

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