Running a Business

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.

Buying a business on a budget: what are your options?

In association with BusinessesForSale.com, we explain what options are available to you if you're buying a business on a budget.

Buying and selling a company

Business Technology

How professionals and corporations can prepare for the AI revolution

Dr Stephen Simpson and Hugh Shields, founders of UK-based corporate performance consultancy Alpha Fortius, advise on how to survive and thrive in the new world of AI

Business management

Karren Brady Q&A – 6 qualities of a successful entrepreneur

SmallBusiness.co.uk meets Baroness Karren Brady to learn more about her career as a businesswoman and pick up some tips for entrepreneurs

Productivity Zone

Nearly two thirds of SME owners lose sleep over lack of productivity

Finding staff is the number one problem affecting productivity for small businesses. Lack of cash to upgrade IT and keeping software up to date are biggest tech barriers

Small Business Insurance

Personal trainer business insurance: requirements, extras and restrictions

Personal trainer insurance can be confusing – what do you need and what can you do away with? We cover everything you need to know.

Marketing

8 key ways to generate PR for your small business

Simran Ghata-Aura, media relations officer at Journolink, reveals eight ways to generate PR for your business.

Business Technology

Time is running out to register your reserved .uk domain name

You've got just under six weeks to register your reserved .uk domain name. We look at what it means for you and why you should register.

Getting Online

Top 8 reasons why your business should get online today

In partnership with the UK Domain, we tell you eight reasons why you should get your small business online.

Business Technology

Time is running out to register your reserved .uk domain name

You've got just under six weeks to register your reserved .uk domain name. We look at what it means for you and why you should register.

Getting Online

Top 8 reasons why your business should get online today

In partnership with the UK Domain, we tell you eight reasons why you should get your small business online.

International Business

Book review: My Story by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

In his candid new memoir, My Story, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reveals how his passion for business and relentless drive to succeed transformed the UAE’s largest city from a simple trading port into a multi-billion dollar economic hub.

Marketing

How to make a small business PR plan

Here, Sarah Lee, Founder of PingGo, highlights the benefits of compiling a solid PR plan for your small business.

Employing & managing staff

6 simple ways to create a healthy workplace environment

Going for long-terms solutions, valuing staff and being consistent are just three ways you can create a healthy workplace, say Karen Meager and John McLachlan

Business management