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• The 10 steps to buying a business
• A step-by-step breakdown, including choosing, targeting and valuing businesses.
• See more in: buy a business, buying a business, due dilligence, valuing, valuation, heads of agreement, sale and purchase, guides

• The value of business values
• How adherence to your business's principles will see you through the tough times. By Eric Garner, MD of online management training company Manage Train Learn.
• See more in: Values, core values, things that matter, live the values, preserve the values, John Wooden, John Maxwell, things that count

• Maximising the value of your business
• Running a small business in the current climate, it's even more important to focus on strategy - so says Jamie Hope of Catalyst Finance.
• See more in: planning, strategy, sell a business, selling, strategic reviews, guides

• VAT registration
• When VAT was introduced to the UK in 1973 the Chancellor said it was a simple tax. But if it was true then, it certainly isn't true that VAT registration is simple now...
• See more in: VAT, registration, tax, regressive, prices, goods, services, guides

• Exit strategy: planning the future sale of your franchise
• The biggest challenge of any business is establishing it. But what might not have occurred to you is to plan for selling it - and that, too, is important.
• See more in: buy a franchise, franchises, franchisees, exit strategy, selling, guides

• Call for content-management standardisation
• A lack of standardisation in enterprise content management is fundamentally compromising the value of ECM investments, insists Ben Richmond, CEO and Founder of The Content Group.
• See more in: business, standards, ECM, standardisation, Vendors, technology, enterprise content management, strategies, implementation, the content group, ben richmond

• Perception and reality: the brand-building guide
• A small-business guide to how various businesses establish - or fail to establish - a reputation in line with customer experience.
• See more in: brand, branding, advertising, marketing, Body Shop, Nike, Stella Artois, analysis

• 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.
• See more in: recruitment, offices, interior design, decor, workplaces, employment, employees, HR, guides

• Divorce: the implications for your business
• A guide to protecting your assets in the event of divorce, by Sonny Patel of RFB Solicitors.
• See more in: divorce, protecting assets, assets, legal, guides

• Don’t outsource your customers
• Be careful about which parts of your business you outsource, says Joe Venkataraman, cultural differences can make things difficult.
• See more in: outsourcing, outsource, offshoring, offshore, India, BPO, business process outsourcing, IT, customer services, customers, cutting costs, guides

• Online retailing: retail versus e-tail
• Retail or e-tail? It is becoming more and more popular to shop online as confidence grows, but is it wise to set up a virtual business?
• See more in: online retail, online, internet, retail, ebusiness, work from home, guides

• Property development
• Though increasingly competitive and expensive to get into, property remains one of the most lucrative and reliable areas of investment around.
• See more in: property development, property, offices, premises, work from home, guides

• Farms
• People who are now in their thirties and forties can blame watching the ‘Good Life’ in the 70s for their current urge to start a farm. Felicity Kendall not included.
• See more in: farms, agriculture, food, farming, organic, guides

• Buy a franchise: children's sports coaching
• Whether you have a background in sport but not in starting up a business, or vice-versa, you can be a successful Premier Sport franchisee with the right guidance and attitude.
• See more in: buy a franchise, franchises, franchisors, sports coaching, children, children's entertainment, interviews, sport, coaching

• Keeping customers in a downturn
• Retaining your existing customers is especially vital in a recession. Here are some strategies for keeping them happy, and keeping them spending on your products and services.
• See more in: customer service, customers, guides

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