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.
The number of different employment contracts can feel overwhelming if you are a small business owner. Here is a brief guide to seven different types of small business employment contracts – and where to turn to for help drafting them
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Chancellor Sajid Javid’s pledge to increase minimum wage to £10.50 an hour seen as unrealistic for small businesses already suffering because of rising costs
Employing & managing staff
Step-by-step guide to what happens if you are unfortunate enough to be taken to an employment tribunal
Marketing
What should you be focusing your press releases on this October? Simran Ghata-Aura of Journolink shares her ideas.
Legal advice
Small businesses may be overconfident they are Brexit ready when it comes to GDPR compliance, says Ian Osborne. He offers 5 tips to keep your SME within the law.
Business management
Labour has pledged to make a four-day working week the norm within ten years. We asked small business owners what they think of the idea.
Getting Online
Your 6-point plan to designing and building a business website – from going mobile first through to launching a blog and selling online.
Getting Online
In partnership with the UK Domain, we explore the process of getting and setting up a domain name for your business.
Getting Online
Your 6-point plan to designing and building a business website – from going mobile first through to launching a blog and selling online.
Getting Online
In partnership with the UK Domain, we explore the process of getting and setting up a domain name for your business.
Business Technology
If your small business’s payments system is not PCI compliant, you could find yourself blocked from taking card payments altogether, warns Geoff Forsyth
Employing & managing staff
Not keeping up to date with health and safety can not only be harmful to your staff but can also be hugely damaging to your business. Outsourcing health and safety takes away the biggest headache for many small businesses
Buying and selling a company
In partnership with BusinessesForSale.com, we look at the questions you should be asking when you're selling your business.
Getting Online
We've partnered with The UK Domain to tell you what you should do to make your business website GDPR compliant.
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