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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.

Working from home? Self-regulation is the key to success

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

Six tips for small businesses to master e-commerce

Here are some best practices for providing excellent customer support to your e-commerce customers.

Business Technology

How small businesses can make the UK a leader in artificial intelligence

SMEs and start-ups will play a significant role in helping artificial intelligence fulfil its potential, argues Marko Balabanovic.

Business management

The Brexit opportunity: How small businesses can thrive in a post-Brexit landscape

In this article, Reuben Singh reveals why Brexit is poised to create huge opportunities for small businesses.

Getting Online

Gardening website: Exploring a gap in the market

Employing & managing staff

The power of being nice in the workplace

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

How to hire effectively as a small business

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

Why food sits at the heart of business culture and productivity

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

How to hire effectively as a small business

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

Why food sits at the heart of business culture and productivity

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

Productivity post Brexit: Preparing to raise your game

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

Are co-working spaces the future?

Here, we look at how co-working spaces mean that competitors can now be seen as collaborators rather than rivals.

Getting Online

Five tips on investing in the build and design of your website

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

Buying and selling a hospitality business

Here, we turn the spotlight on the hospitality industry; from entering, running and expanding, to selling your business in this exciting sector.

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