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.
Working from home is growing fast across Europe and North America, but how should employees be managed that cannot be seen at their desks from 9 to 5? Can they be trusted to work just as hard as their colleagues at the office? These are among the dilemmas facing both workers and managers.
Office & home working
Finding and selling to customers
Here are some best practices for providing excellent customer support to your e-commerce customers.
Business Technology
SMEs and start-ups will play a significant role in helping artificial intelligence fulfil its potential, argues Marko Balabanovic.
Business management
In this article, Reuben Singh reveals why Brexit is poised to create huge opportunities for small businesses.
Getting Online
Employing & managing staff
Being nice in the workplace can be an undervalued quality, however a recent study from Monarch reveals that employing nice staff makes for both a happier and more productive workforce.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, David Grimes reveals his secrets to managing the recruitment process and how small company owners can make hiring easier for themselves.
Productivity Zone
Food doesn't have to only make a difference to business culture, work and productivity levels – it can be the lynchpin, argues Chris Sheppardson.
Employing & managing staff
In this piece, David Grimes reveals his secrets to managing the recruitment process and how small company owners can make hiring easier for themselves.
Productivity Zone
Food doesn't have to only make a difference to business culture, work and productivity levels – it can be the lynchpin, argues Chris Sheppardson.
Productivity Zone
Here, Carlo Gualandri discusses how every small business should prepare to raise their game for what could be a challenging future post Brexit.
Office & home working
Here, we look at how co-working spaces mean that competitors can now be seen as collaborators rather than rivals.
Getting Online
Your website is the one online presence that you actually own and can control. Here, we look at how to maximise its build and design.
Buying and selling a company
Here, we turn the spotlight on the hospitality industry; from entering, running and expanding, to selling your business in this exciting sector.
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