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.

Schools not preparing children for modern collaborative working

UC EXPO study finds 55 per cent of Brits see education system as one of the major blockades in enabling collaboration in the workplace.

Employing & managing staff

Business Technology

Four GDPR risk areas for payroll and HR

With the GDPR coming into play in a couple of months, John Spooner, Moorepay talks about the top GDPR risk areas for the HR and payroll industry.

Business management

What are the main issues for women in the workplace?

Here, Emma O'Leary, employment law consultant for the ELAS Group, takes a look for International Women's Day and how women are impacted in today's offices.

Business Technology

Confused consumers go backwards to the future of technology

More than seven out of ten people feel technology such as smartphones and tablets have become far too complicated over the past five years, with users admitting they neglect basic IT security as a result.

Legal advice

Big or small, all businesses can be affected by the equal pay claim

In the wake of the equal pay dispute by Tesco employees, Russell Brown of Glaisyers Solicitors discusses how smaller employers can benefit from reviewing their workplace culture and practices.

Employing & managing staff

The measures I put in place to attract and retain new talent

Here, Mike Preston discusses the investment his business ProtectMyPeople has made to retain and attract new staff, and what he believes SMEs can do to attract more young employees.

Marketing

Best practice website marketing tips for a small business

Lynn Morrison, Marketing Director at Opus Energy, discusses some best website marketing practices that should be considered by any ambitious small business.

Buying and selling a company

Buying and selling a retail business: Top tips

In this piece, in association with BusinessesForSale.com, we offer some key tips on buying and selling a business in the retail sector.

Marketing

Best practice website marketing tips for a small business

Lynn Morrison, Marketing Director at Opus Energy, discusses some best website marketing practices that should be considered by any ambitious small business.

Buying and selling a company

Buying and selling a retail business: Top tips

In this piece, in association with BusinessesForSale.com, we offer some key tips on buying and selling a business in the retail sector.

Business management

Is it time for your company to ditch ‘dirty diesel’?

In this piece, we examine the reputation of diesel cars today and assess the factors that influence which vehicle to equip your staff with next.

Business Technology

How to become a GDPR genius

According to research by the Federation of Small Businesses, less than one in ten small businesses are fully prepared for new GDPR rules, even though the changes are less than three months away. To help SME’s, the experts at Brighter Business have complied an easy to follow guide on how to become a GDPR genius.

Office & home working

Abolish the clean desk policy in your office to increase creativity

Research carried out by the Association for Psychological Science says a clean desk can actually stifle creativity, and a little bit of mess would probably do us good.

Business management