In Business

Let’s be honest, bookkeeping is a massive pain for all start-ups and small businesses, but admittedly, it’s a necessary evil.

To rise above the ranks of companies that fail to provide distinguished service, you’ll need to implement a series of key processes and a culture of responsibility.

The media tells us on a regular basis that we’re coming out of the recession, but with inflation down last week and unemployment rates up, the hard times are still upon us.

John Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer at Ellipse discusses why your business brand is so important to its growth and success and poses some important questions to get your thinking about your brand and how you want your business to be perceived.

This time last year, the Federation for Small Businesses published research showing that there were an estimated 4.9 million businesses in the UK. During straitened times, it is the innovators and inventors who come to the fore with new and exciting ideas.

Smartphones aren’t the only reason to abandon those paper cards in your wallet. Try this better networking technique.

Do you know what you want to accomplish today? This week? Within the next year? I do a lot of couching with entrepreneurs and executives who have different degrees of acknowledgement of their goals. Some people prefer to take opportunities as they present themselves, while others would rather have a detailed plan of what they want and when they want it.

If the thought of going it alone by setting up your own company has crossed your mind, you might wonder what you need to do once you think you’ve had that ‘eureka moment’.

How to ensure that brainstorms don’t turn into braindrizzles.

Why should retailers sit up and see the potential of mobile marketing? A sheer number of people are now equipped with smartphones and tablets.

There are around 4.5 million small businesses in the UK — with more and more launching every week.

As we have seen since over the last few months, flood conditions can cause widespread disruption to homes and businesses, roads and public transport.

A new survey reveals the best practices of SMBs on the professional networking site.

Capital allowances – in layman’s terms, tax relief on commercial property – are comparatively new to the UK.

The raft of rules and regulations that a small business needs to keep up to date with can seem rather daunting and never ending. Health and Safety can often take second place in the priority lists for the busy business owner, but failing to ensure you have the right systems in place could prove a costly mistake.