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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.

How to use your personal brand to boost your business

The way that businesses interact with customers has changed, with more focus on the people behind the brand. BusinessofBrand's Linzi Boyd explains how your company can adapt.

Marketing

Business Technology

How to protect your business against cryptojacking

In this piece, we give advice on what cryptojacking is and how your business can fight back.

Business Technology

‘SMEs will become the norm’: how the business landscape is changing

We chat to Christal Bemont and Dafydd Llewellyn of SAP Concur about growing access to technology and how SMEs are shaping the business world.

Business Technology

Three ways to make the most of social media within your PR strategy

Here, Simran Ghata-Aura of JournoLink explains why good use of social media is essential for your PR strategy.

Legal advice

What does GDPR mean to me and my business?

Here, we look at the new regulations regarding the secure collection, storage and usage of personal information for your small business.

Employing & managing staff

Invisible illnesses: how you can help your employees

Sophie Ainsworth, founder of RAiISE, explains how employers can help staff with invisible illnesses to feel more supported in the workplace.

Office & home working

Small Business Q&A with Sanj Mahal, CEO and Founder of AndCo

There's now another option for freelancers when working away from home. Here, we talk to AndCo's founder and try out the platform ourselves.

Office & home working

Will the gig economy replace the job for life?

Are the days of a ‘job for life’ long gone? Here, we examine the recent rise of the gig economy and its impact on modern working practices.

Office & home working

Small Business Q&A with Sanj Mahal, CEO and Founder of AndCo

There's now another option for freelancers when working away from home. Here, we talk to AndCo's founder and try out the platform ourselves.

Office & home working

Will the gig economy replace the job for life?

Are the days of a ‘job for life’ long gone? Here, we examine the recent rise of the gig economy and its impact on modern working practices.

Finding and selling to customers

The essential guide to customer churn: what is it and how do I reduce it?

We explore the causes of customer churn and speak to three entrepreneurs about their experiences of losing customers and how they dealt with it.

Business management

Customer databases: how to deal with the effects of GDPR

We take a look at how SME customer databases have been affected by GDPR and a few ways to help you adapt to the new rules.

Employing & managing staff

Work-life balance: the pros and cons of mixing business and family

Do you run a company with your spouse, siblings or children? We explore how to maintain a balance between business and family.

Employing & managing staff

Can I insist on staff having their photo taken?

With the help of Jane Crosby, Peter Done answers a reader questioning whether they can insist that an employee has their photo taken for a new HR system. If not, can they go down the disciplinary route?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

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

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Business Technology

Friendly guide – top tips for small businesses switching to VoIP

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

Avoid delays with exports and imports

Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world