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The essential IT tools for small businesses
SmallBusiness.co.uk sorts out the must-haves from the nice-to-haves in technology.
Starting up your online business
Smallbusiness.co.uk offers some top tips for entrepreneurs looking to set up their online venture.
Reinventing recruitment
Yale graduate Virginia Raemy launched online recruitment marketplace TalentPuzzle in July 2009 and aims to transform the industry for employers and agents.
Do you have what it takes to run your own business?
Here, SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to owner-managers about the qualities that go towards making a successful entrepreneur.
Top 10 Recession Busting Companies
Despite the economic gloom, many small businesses are posting stellar profits. Read our selection of the top 50 fast growing UK companies from SmallBusiness.co.uk's sister title Business XL magazine.
Richard Branson for prime minister
Owner-managers say Richard Branson would be their entrepreneur of choice for the position of prime minister.
Andy McNab gets down to business
Ex-SAS man and famed author Andy McNab underwent a covert operation in Iraq, did a stint in an Iraqi gaol and is wanted by terrorist organisations. Here he speaks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about his new recruitment company for ex-servicemen ForceSelect.
The right idea
Some of the best innovations were born during economic downturns. So if you’ve got a great idea for an invention, now could be the ideal time to take the plunge. Read our guide on how to become the next Bill Gates or James Dyson.
Start a business in 2010
As the economy improves, this could be the perfect year to start your own company. Read part one of our guide on how to make your dream business come true.
Start-ups defy recession
Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and General Electric were all founded during slumps – proving the tenacity of great business ideas. Now the latest figures show that UK entrepreneurship is thriving even in these hard times.
How to succeed as a sole trader
Setting up as a sole trader can be the easiest, and most cost-effective route for going into business. But you will need more than a spare room and internet connection to make your idea a success
Wake up and smell the coffee
Ever since hit TV sitcom Friends reached our shores, lounging in coffee shops has become a national pastime – as seen by Costa’s plans to double its stores over the next five years. So here are some things to consider if you want to start your own coffee shop
Starting your own salon: the highlights
Hairdressing tops other professions for happiness levels – and as an industry that attracts 340 million client visits a year, you can see why. So get chopping with our guide and start making waves as a salon owner.
Start a business in seven days
God supposedly built the world in seven days, so why not do the same with a business? Naturally, you would have to do some serious planning in advance and know your business idea inside and out
