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.
Many small businesses balk at firing staff with ‘protected characteristics’ such as religion, sexual orientation or disability. Sue Morrison offers a step-by-step guide to sensitive staff dismissal
Employing & managing staff
Marketing
Take on these nine tips to maximise the readership, revenue and visibility of your small business blog posts.
Business management
Rob Baker of Turquoise PR shares his advice on completing your Queen's Award for Enterprise application form.
Legal advice
Making T&Cs prominently available and easily understood is important if you want to avoid costly legal action, says Amanda Hamilton
Productivity Zone
Experts agree that Britain faces a productivity challenge. Keeping on top of IT will be increasingly important as we move into the age of the attention economy.
Business Technology
5G will stimulate the emergence of start-ups and small businesses, opening the door to create products and services unimaginable before
Productivity Zone
The concept of flexible working can be traced back to the 1960s – and one of its pioneers should surprise you. Businesses shouldn’t be afraid to flex, says Tom Carroll
Marketing
BBC Apprentice winner Mark Wright offers small businesses six ways to get results from their digital marketing.
Productivity Zone
The concept of flexible working can be traced back to the 1960s – and one of its pioneers should surprise you. Businesses shouldn’t be afraid to flex, says Tom Carroll
Marketing
BBC Apprentice winner Mark Wright offers small businesses six ways to get results from their digital marketing.
Getting Online
Entrepreneurs who have made the most of their online business offering can enter the UK Domain Leaders programme – we show you how.
Business management
Master these two pillars of running a small business with webinars from SAP Concur. Here's what you need to know and how to register.
Legal advice
With GDPR came an update to the subject access request policy. What should you do if a customer or an employee sends you one?
Getting Online
In partnership with the UK Domain, we give you some handy tips to help you design and build a website for your small business.
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