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.
On a tight budget, it's essential to make sure you have the right technology for your business needs, at the right price point. In this piece, we talk to business owners about the tech they brought in and how it helped their company’s fortunes.
Business Technology
Marketing
Guerrilla marketing can be a cost-efficient way of getting exposure for your company. Here, we look at three companies that employed it successfully.
Finding and selling to customers
Getting your USP right is critical to business success. In this piece, we look at three tests businesses can use to trial and develop their USP.
Business Technology
Criminals are looking for small businesses' data to sell on the dark web. Here, we look at how to be vigilant.
Legal advice
If your business is owed money, you may be able to use the small claims court to recover what is owed to you. In this piece, we discuss how.
Legal advice
What is the legal number of hours between shifts for workers? Peter Done explains more.
Marketing
Here, we provide some tips on how to build a punchy investor presentation – and how to condense it into a 30-second elevator pitch.
Marketing
Is your business making the most of its employees and customers to spread brand awareness? We delve into the world of advocate marketing.
Marketing
Here, we provide some tips on how to build a punchy investor presentation – and how to condense it into a 30-second elevator pitch.
Marketing
Is your business making the most of its employees and customers to spread brand awareness? We delve into the world of advocate marketing.
Employing & managing staff
Strategic workforce planning (SWP) can help SMEs hire staff more effectively. Kate Parker of Berwick Talent Solutions goes over the basics.
Legal advice
Does an employer have to provide transport for employees from the workplace to home when such public transport is not available, late at night for instance?
Marketing
Thomas Coppen discusses the ins and outs of pay-per-click (PPC) advertising for new business owners. Here's what you need to know.
Office & home working
Alan Price outlines five key social media problems in the workplace and how to avoid them.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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