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Owen Gough is a reporter for SmallBusiness.co.uk. He has a background in small business marketing strategies and is responsible for writing content on subjects ranging from small business finance to technology and HR.

Venture Capital Funding

VCTs and EIS remain popular and valuable for businesses and investors

An article from Eliot Kaye, Investment Director at Puma Investments, explores why VCT and EIS schemes remain popular for business funding.

Technology

Inspiring future of STEM students today could cut the UK skills deficit

Here, Mary Hunter, managing director of digital business services provider Columbus UK, discusses how can businesses team up with the education system to help develop children on the path towards a STEM career and grow the UK talent pool.

Opinion

Only two in ten UK students consider a career in sales

Sales roles are notoriously hard to fill. Therefore, Inspiring Interns carried out a survey on 2,500 recent graduates on their perception of sales jobs.

Entrepreneurs

Women in tech – How long can we wait?

Here, Zoe Cunningham, managing director, Softwire, discusses how the skills gap and gender imbalance will never be addressed without some radical thinking about women in tech.

Opinion

Popping the question: How to ask for a raise

Women work for free for more than two months of the year because of the gender pay gap. To help women fight for equal pay on International Women’s Day, we help you prepare to ask for a raise.

Entrepreneurs

Top five skills you need to forge a career in project management

Are you setting up a new project in your company? Here, we give five tips to help you with your project management.

News

The nations sleeping habits revealed

Research finds only 15 per cent of people are getting a ‘good’ and healthy night’s sleep, impacting on business decisions and health.

Entrepreneurs

Three easy ways to optimise business travel

Travelling for business often involves some wasted time. Here, we give you three travel strategies for making the most of these trips.

Human Resources

Five perks to boost employee wellness, productivity and your business

A working environment where employees are disengaged, unproductive or absent due to sickness, is detrimental to any business. So, here’s Matt Jones from Oxbridge Home Learning with five perks businesses should incorporate to improve employee wellness, organisational performance and productivity.

Entrepreneurs

Winter commuting: I thawed the law

Hannah Parsons, a solicitor at DAS Law, looks at what you need to know to ensure winter commuting wont impact your business.

Cyber Security

How to stay ahead of cybersecurity at a fast-growing start-up

With technology becoming more and more advanced, businesses need to ensure that their cybersecurity measures are up to scratch. We go through how to make your business secure.

Entrepreneurs

How to be successful: “Morning routines matter!”, warns expert

Everyone has a morning routine which sets them up for the rest of the day, and Bathstore’s research has revealed that early risers that have an organised and productive morning routine are much more likely to be successful in business.