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Increase Sales

In order to make your small business grow you need to increase your 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 your 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.
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 Your Business

This special 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 your SME.
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.
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.
National Minimum Wage

The National Minimum Wage was introduced 10 years ago to ensure that low-paid workers are treated fairly and living standards for thousands have increased because of the introduction of the minimum wage rate.
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.
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