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• How to Start a Small Business

  Every successful entrepreneur has to start somewhere. Our business advice section, Starting Up, is packed full of free information on how to start up a business.

• Creating a Valuable Small Business

  Creating a valuable business generally requires a medium or long-term strategy. In our guide you will learn how growth and security contribute to a valuable business, the major opportunities for creating and increasing value and how to protect the value of your business.

• Key Issues in Running a Business

  This business advice briefing helps the ultra-busy entrepreneur stand back for a moment from immediate problems and opportunities, identifiying the key issues that can determine the success or failure of their SME.

• Succession Planning - FAQs

  Less than half of private family businesses are thought to have a succession plan in place, yet preparing for the owner’s eventual exit demands careful consideration...

• Selling a Business

  Selling a business is often the culmination of years of work. It can be a difficult, emotional and time-consuming task. It is not something that many managers or owners do more than once. You have to get it right first time...

• Increase Sales

  In order to make a small business grow you need to increase sales. Here you'll find a wealth of business advice articles with the sole purpose of helping you to increase those sales figures.

• Reduce Costs

  Keeping costs to a minimum is an effective and efficient way to run a small business. Read our small business advice articles on cutting costs and watch the savings add to your bottom line.

• Increase Profit

  Few people are in a position to sit back and watch the profits roll in. Creating and increasing profitability depends on doing many little things better than the competition.

• Generate more business from your website today!

  Company website not living up to expectations? The time has come to call in the experts to help you really make your small busines website work for you by leveraging all the power at your disposal.

• Fire Safety Regulations

  Fire kills and fire costs Britain's small businesses money. Keep abreast of your safety obligations and read the Fire Safety Regulations guide.

• 15 Tips for Writing the Perfect Press Release

  Writing the Perfect Press Release can be a daunting prospect but we demistify the process with 15 top tips...

• Directors' Responsibilities

  The duties of company directors have, until recently, been defined by case law. Under the Companies Act 2006 they have now been set out in a single statement.

• Small Business Planning

  Strategic business planning is not just about taking a business plan to the bank manager and asking for money. You need to map out your long-term strategies, present your realistic financial forecasts and make sure that your planning works for you.

• Credit Control

  Every small business needs to understand credit control as it is a vital part of running any firm. Deciding upon credit levels, chasing debts and how to deal with other companies' bad credit habits are all covered in our credit control guide.

• Government Grants

  Getting a governent grant to help your small business can be a daunting task. With our guide to government grants and the accompanying small business grants search service you can get a better understanding of how grants work and get professional grant search help for a small fee.

• Working Time Directive

  The Working Time Directive is a collection of employment regulations that cover hours of work and is designed to protect the health & safety of workers. In the UK there is an “opt out” clause that allows some workers to work beyond the 48 hour working week.