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.
Royston Guest, CEO of Pti Worldwide, discusses how technology's capability to overturn businesses or even industries is both a warning and an opportunity for businesses looking to grow.
Business Technology
Employing & managing staff
Xero has implemented wellbeing leave for its employees, but a policy like this may be unattainable for small businesses.
Office & home working
An alarming number of workers regularly think about changing jobs. We explore what role your workspace plays in employee retention.
Business management
Great public speakers communicate with their audience using a combination of words, verbal delivery, and body language. But reaching that level of effectiveness isn’t easy, especially for the naturally shy and introverted.
Business management
We take a look at how to keep your seasonal business chugging along, even during off-peak times of the year.
Buying and selling a company
An impressive 75 per cent of entrepreneurs are dedicated to their business, wishing to stay on after they sell it off.
Marketing
Here, Simran Ghata-Aura of Journolink shares five tips to help you plan your PR strategy in December.
Office & home working
In this piece, we look at the rise of co-working, the sharing of a work environment between groups of people of different goals.
Marketing
Here, Simran Ghata-Aura of Journolink shares five tips to help you plan your PR strategy in December.
Office & home working
In this piece, we look at the rise of co-working, the sharing of a work environment between groups of people of different goals.
Export & Import
Paul Galpin gives delivery advice to help small business retailers cash in rather than crash out this Christmas.
Office & home working
Retaining staff and making a profit are key objectives for most businesses. Craig Joseph, chief executive officer at intY, the cloud distributor explains how he goes about keeping staff happy and improving the bottom line.
Office & home working
Here, we talk to a tech start up that improved a key room and saved thousands of pounds in the process.
Business management
Approximately 99.3 percent of private sector businesses in the UK are small businesses according to the National Federation of Self Employed & Small Businesses Limited.
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