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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.

Build a bold team if you want a bold business

Here, Stephen Newton, founder and managing partner for Elixirr, explores how your small business can be bold in 2018.

Business management

Business Technology

Four ways HR tech can help small businesses stay compliant in 2018

Here, we explore how HR tech can help small businesses stay at the cutting edge of compliance in 2018?

Buying and selling a company

What company owners can learn from previous businesses sold

Past experiences of selling a business can be invaluable for the next sale. In this piece, Jo Thornley of BusinessesForSale.com gives some do’s and don'ts to keep in mind.

Legal advice

Business legal requirements: Considerations for 2018

Here, Caroline Lavis, associate at Michelmores, looks at a few of the legal issues that UK SMEs should be considering in 2018.

Business management

Regaining control in 2018 – Top tips from organisational experts to revealed

Storage expert, Space Station has teamed up with a number of organisational experts to help people get more organised and regain control in 2018.

Employing & managing staff

The Great British pay rise: What do Brits think?

New research results from MoneyGuru show how the public really judge the issue of their pay rises.

Business management

Seven things small businesses can learn from the Carillion crisis

The collapse of the construction giant holds some useful lessons for SMEs, says Matt Dunham of Dunham Dean Advisory.

Finding and selling to customers

Ghosting: Lack of communication could lose your business customers

UK consumers are four times less likely to repeat-purchase from retailers ghosting them after a sale, research uncovers.

Business management

Seven things small businesses can learn from the Carillion crisis

The collapse of the construction giant holds some useful lessons for SMEs, says Matt Dunham of Dunham Dean Advisory.

Finding and selling to customers

Ghosting: Lack of communication could lose your business customers

UK consumers are four times less likely to repeat-purchase from retailers ghosting them after a sale, research uncovers.

Legal advice

Is regulation a friend or foe?

Here, Bruce Penson, managing director at Pro Drive IT, explores how big data and GDPR presents both challenges and opportunities.

Finding and selling to customers

How to enhance sales productivity in your organisation

Sales managers can take several steps to ensure their teams remain focused and productive, as we discuss here.

Business Technology

What manufacturing can learn from agile software techniques

What if there were a way to speed up the manufacturing and hardware design process? Here, we find out.

Business Technology

Are we really ready to trust in AI?

Peter Ruffley, chairman at Zizo, considers the importance of Digital Transformation (DX) and creating a data-driven culture to prepare businesses for an AI enabled world.

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