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Run a business featured articles:
- Selling a family business
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- Business broker Steve Rebbettes discusses how to sell a family business and what exit strategies to consider in this podcast.
- The pitfalls of rebranding
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- Rebranding should be undertaken with care - and often shouldn't even be done at all.
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Sales / Marketing
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- Benefits of custom logo design
- The benefits of a professionally designed logo to small businesses, by Ben Johnson of Logoinn.
- Online brand development
- How capitalising on people's brand awareness can see a casual online search result in a sale.
- How to do PR effectively
- Most businesses don't have big budgets to promote their products and services. PR can be a highly cost-effective way for them to promote their brand.
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Business Tax / Business Law
- (38 articles)
- Employment law: redundancy
- Alan Massenhove of Sykes Anderson LLP discusses redundancy law.
- Setting up a limited company
- It sounded so easy but now I'm bombarded with letters and fines" – a common complaint, according to chartered accountant Elaine Clarke.
- Chasing bad debt: credit control tips
- Don't be afraid to go after money owed to you - you've every right to, and you can't afford not to.
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Misc Business
- (52 articles)
- Selling a family business
- Business broker Steve Rebbettes discusses how to sell a family business and what exit strategies to consider in this podcast.
- Small business advice: Learn from Obama
- President Barack Obama's election campaign captivated the world and can teach business a lot.
- How to survive the credit crunch
- Strategies for small businesses to survive an uncertain future where banks remain inflexible.
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Business IT
- (40 articles)
- Business cost cutting: the virtual office
- Start-ups can cut costs considerably through cloud computing, virtual PAs and receptionists, virtual offices and VoIP.
- Why you need an online shop front
- Many niche retailers are eschewing the internet, even though they, more than anyone, can benefit from having a website.
- The web analytics guide
- Andrew Hood, MD of Lynchpin Analytics looks at the practical issues involved in getting web analytics to work.
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HR
- (19 articles)
- Happy employees will make your business fly
- Dotcom entrepreneur Marcus Markou makes the distinction between the employees who won’t shy away from identifying flaws, and those who can only see the flaws
- Four in 10 prefer being flexible to flush
- Flexibility is almost as important to workers than money, according to a small-business survey.
- The inclusive workplace
- Running a small business is hard if you're haemorrhaging staff, and pivotal to retaining your workforce is a creating a great workplace.
All Run a business Articles
- Benefits of outsourcing
- Outsourcing advantages from Gillian Henry of MSK Global.
- See more in: outsourcing, guide, benefits
- Selling a family business
- Business broker Steve Rebbettes discusses how to sell a family business and what exit strategies to consider in this podcast.
- See more in: sell a business, family business, guide, interview, podcast
- Starting a business that needs a van?
- Don’t forget to get some van insurance.
- See more in: van insurance, insurance, small business advice, start in business
- Small business valuation
- Build an empire over a period of years and one day you may be tempted to sell.
- See more in: business valuation, minority interest, control interest, interview
- Reputation management
- Xbridge Insurance guides you through the blogosphere and how to defend yourself against criticism on the web.
- See more in: reputation management, blogging, social networking, tips, guide
- DIY marketing on the rise
- The recession has accelerated a trend towards cost-effective do-it-yourself email marketing.
- See more in: MailerMailer, email marketing, internet marketing, internet, advertorial, small business news
- One in 10 businesses unaffected by recession
- Not all SMEs are suffering in the recession, according to uSwitchforbusiness.com.
- See more in: recession, small business news, hotels, manufacturing, restaurants, fast food
- Reclaiming goods from insolvent customers
- Ensure the terms and conditions in your contracts with customers allow you to retrieve goods when customers run into trouble.
- See more in: law, insolvency, terms, conditions, retention of title
- Small business money-saving tips
- A top accountant gives five top tips on how to save money when doing your accounts.
- See more in: accounting, tips, tax, bad debt, credit control, cashflow, company registration, expenses
- Five top tax tips
- Finance broker Henry Edjelbaum doesn't want you to pay any more tax than you have to.
- See more in: tax, VAT, VAT deregistration, VAT Bad Debt Relief, VAT Cash Accounting Scheme, income tax, tips
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