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Global designs

After selling his last company for $135 million, Jerry Kennelly launched web-based design platform Tweak.com this month and expects a million customers in its first year.

The right IT investment can accelerate a company's growth

Hi-tech SMEs

Every business needs to move with the times if it wants to stay competitive.

Six of the best SEO tips for your website

This top six list takes the highest average scoring SEO ranking factors on search engines, with my comments attached. If you want to do the right things to develop a successful website you should take on board this advice.

How to build a website for free

SmallBusiness.co.uk compares two webiste providers that allow you to get your business online for free and speaks to entrepreneurs that use them.

Making a transactional website

There are two considerations to take into account when looking at making a site transactional: how are clients going to place orders and how are you going to receive payments?

Maximise your website’s potential

A website can be the key to business growth and unlock markets across the globe, but the wrong website will be overlooked almost as soon as it’s been visited. Visitors make up their mind about the quality of a website in seconds so if you don’t do it right you’ll miss vital opportunities, giving the edge to your competition.
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The ability to store and find information is vital to keeping the business running efficiently

The benefits of fully integrated business management software

As any business owner knows, both efficiency and effective communication are the Holy Grail of good business management.

An advertising marketplace

Launched in 2009, mobile advertising display marketplace Adfonic has already won contracts such as Tesco, Google, Groupon and Peugeot. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to CEO Victor Malachard.

Funding, cubed

Crowdcube provides a platform for entrepreneurs of startups and growing businesses to connect with potential investors. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to co-founder Luke Lang.

Technology in Business News

Businesses falling short with IT plans

SMEs are failing to set sufficient IT project briefs, research finds.

Businesses falling short with IT plans

SMEs are failing to set sufficient IT project briefs, research finds.

Social media could be holiday risk for businesses

Photos and videos of Christmas parties posted on social networks could do great damage to companies’ reputations, according to an HR expert.

SMEs lax in social media interaction

Only four in ten customer service complaints made on social media ever get a response, research finds.

UK SMEs behind on e-commerce

One in three UK small businesses see e-commerce channels as a threat to their business, according to a new study.

Intolerance of social networks could hurt SMEs

Employers who impose strict policies against the use of social networking tools designed for business are at risk of alienating ‘Generation Facebook’ from joining their organisation, research finds.

Businesses go for shorter leases

Small businesses are increasingly signing shorter lease deals to dodge rent reviews, research suggests.

SME tech investment hampered by finances

A lack of resources is preventing small and medium-sized businesses in the UK from adopting new technologies such as tablets and cloud computing, research finds.

'Seismic shift' predicted for UK business landscape

The next ten years will herald a ‘seismic shift’ in the UK’s business landscape unseen since the original industrial revolution, finds a new report looking at the future of UK firms.

SMEs still not adept in social media

Almost 50 per cent of B2B businesses are not measuring return on investment when using social media, research finds.

SME resistance to social media a 'major barrier'

Resistance from employers to embrace social media and new ways of working could be a major barrier hindering the future potential of UK businesses and their staff, a recruitment company warns.

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FT Guide to Personal Tax

The FT Guide to Personal Tax is published by Pearson Education. Written by Sara Williams, CEO of Vitesse Media Plc and John Bloxham, this unique guide gives step-by-step advice to completing your tax return as well as over 230 tax-saving tips.

Growth Company Investor

Growth Company Investor is widely recognised as the leading magazine for investors interested in AIM and smallcap companies. Published 10 times per year, and brought to you by an award-winning analyst team, it offers subscribers unrivalled insight into high-potential smaller companies. Subscribe today with a 50% discount in your first year.

FT Guide to Business Start Up

The FT Guide to Business Start Up 2012, published by Pearson Education, is written by Sara Williams, CEO of Vitesse Media Plc. This unique guide has sold over two million copies. It offers practical advice about starting and running your own business.

What Investment

What Investment is the leading and longest-established investment magazine in the UK.

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Winners and losers

Ben Lobel 24/01/2012

It seems that despite the government’s assurance that the Olympics will provide a long-lasting economic legacy for the UK, businesses remain unconvinced. Have your say »