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.
Getting started on importing can feel like a challenge but it could be a great way to grow your business. This guide can help you make importing a winning strategy, with up-to-date guidance for navigating a post-Brexit world.
Export & Import
Smart Energy GB
Small business owners should listen to their customers when it comes to sustainability. It's no longer a nice-to-have and increasingly a necessity to attract and retain customers.
Smart Energy GB
Using this case study of Amaryllis Hair Salon, Cardiff, we explore the various smart meter benefits for a small business.
Finding and selling to customers
You need to take on a salesperson to grow your business. But how do you know what to pay them? Here are the different sales commission structures you can use.
Business management
Join Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay on September 9 for a special Twitter Q&A using the hashtag #AskSBCommissioner
Marketing
Because it’s a new platform, ads on TikTok are better value and require less creative input than Facebook ads
Business management
Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, discusses how despite technology's impact on all businesses, the heart of the business challenge remains the same.
Employing & managing staff
What is the Equality Act and how does it affect your business? Katie Maguire explains what the Act means for your small business
Business management
Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, discusses how despite technology's impact on all businesses, the heart of the business challenge remains the same.
Employing & managing staff
What is the Equality Act and how does it affect your business? Katie Maguire explains what the Act means for your small business
Employing & managing staff
Is an employee entitled to bereavement leave if they are on a zero hours contract? What are your obligations as an employer?
Employing & managing staff
Every small business needs to offer qualifying employees a pension. But what are the rules as to who qualifies and how do you set one up?
Legal advice
What you can and can’t do when setting up in competition against your former employment is often in the fine print of your contract, warns Harper James Solicitors
Employing & managing staff
Can I dismiss a member of staff on suspicion of theft and dishonesty with only word of mouth as evidence? We have proof that money has changed hands but not been put in the till.
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