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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.

Rising Star: Matt Stockdale

After being made redundant, Matt Stockdale developed his oven cleaning product into a successful company called HomePride with a turnover of more than £4 million.

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Saira Khan: what I wish I’d known when I started

Former star of The Apprentice and TV personality Saira Khan gave up the corporate world to start baby skincare company Miamoo three years ago.

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Trading faces

Kate Craig-Wood is a woman who has it all. Beauty, wealth and success. But a lot has changed since she founded her IT company Memset - including her name, Robert.

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Rising Star: Alexander Fairfax

Alexander Fairfax is 22 years old and founded branded mobile search service Jeanie Media last year.

Legal advice

If we need to reduce employee hours do we need to change the contracts?

You cannot just change employees’ contracts irrespective of the change you wish to bring in or the reasons for it.

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Rising Star: Stefan Topfer

Stefan Topfer started his first business when he was at university and went on to help found what is now communications giant Tiscali.

Business Technology

Software compliance

Being fully software compliant involves more than making sure you're not running a bootlegged version of Windows.

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Open source software for ERP – A case study

E-commerce site 'I Want One of Those' (IWOOT), adopted open source software because commercial applications had consistently let it down.

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Software compliance

Being fully software compliant involves more than making sure you're not running a bootlegged version of Windows.

Business Technology

Open source software for ERP – A case study

E-commerce site 'I Want One of Those' (IWOOT), adopted open source software because commercial applications had consistently let it down.

Legal advice

Rest period rights

I am unsure as to how much time off I should be giving my employees. What are their legal rights in terms of a weekly rest period?

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Rising Star: Karin Ridges

Karin Ridges founded Mad Promotions, a PR company for ethical businesses, back in 2005.

Legal advice

Redundancy of TUPE Staff

I took on an employee under TUPE but work has since dropped off. Can I legally make him redundant?

Finding and selling to customers

How to get more from your customers

No matter what your business, when it comes to sales the customer is king. Having a good Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system in place can help you increase turnover today as well as spot where tomorrow’s sales might come from.

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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