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.
In the run-up to GDPR, new research from the DMA and Acxiom shows that people are increasing happy about the data sharing, but transparency is the key to taking this to the next level.
Business Technology
Employing & managing staff
Finance, local and national government, healthcare, education and hospitality rated the top five most stressful industries in the UK.
Business management
Here, Paul Casement is director of sales and account management at Clarity, explores what businesses can do to make business travel successful.
Marketing
In this piece, Jess Hawkes of Impression looks at how small businesses can make the most out of the digital marketing channels available.
Business Technology
According to the 2017 collocation report, the UK is becoming the go-to location for data centres in Europe, with London leading as the most popular data centre hotspot in the country. We go through the top ten hotspot locations.
Legal advice
Research found that three quarters of law firms see a data breach or cyberattack as the biggest threat- effecting revenue loss and inaccessible or lost data, as well as a reputational impact.
Business management
Standing meetings, regular breaks and experimenting with different noise levels should maximise productivity in the workplace say LondonOffices.com. They have compiled a list of fifteen new tips to encourage workers to ditch their bad habits and up their work game.
Business Technology
In this piece, we talk about how businesses can improve the way they go about innovation and R&D to improve success rates and returns on investment.
Business management
Standing meetings, regular breaks and experimenting with different noise levels should maximise productivity in the workplace say LondonOffices.com. They have compiled a list of fifteen new tips to encourage workers to ditch their bad habits and up their work game.
Business Technology
In this piece, we talk about how businesses can improve the way they go about innovation and R&D to improve success rates and returns on investment.
Business Technology
More than half of companies with a ready stock of Bitcoin have sold off some of their supply to profit from soaring valuations in the cryptocurrency market.
Business management
Needless to say, there is a stiff competition among the forex brokers right now. While many of the newbie traders are often looking to start forex trading, very few are ready to risk their money.
Business Technology
Here, Ultimaker chief technology officer and co-founder, Siert Wijnia, outlines exactly how businesses can improve their innovation performance.
Business Technology
Here, Ryan Weeks of Datto explores the five most common social engineering scams and what SMEs can do to minimise the risk of employees falling victim.
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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