About

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.

PR and Marketing Strategy

Keys to creating an attractive brand to seduce your customers

One of the most important aspects of creating a successful business is making sure you build the right brand. We take a look at the steps you need to make your brand attractive to customers.

Technology

Top five technology trends in business in 2018

Technology has become such a big part of everyday business life. All aspects of running a business are maintained by more advanced tech. Here, we give our top five technology trends for 2018.

Entrepreneurs

How much of a threat does Brexit pose to UK entrepreneurs?

Financial services see two years of falling optimism, but activity holds up moderately, as Brexit poses the biggest threat to UK entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs

Top tips for achieving career success in UK business

Here, Matt Weston, director, Robert Half UK, gives his top tips to enable you to find career success in your business.

Entrepreneurs

Our top tips on navigating business etiquette abroad

For international businesses, interacting with all the different cultures on and outside the continent can be a nightmare. We take a look

Technology

Four essential features of an effective business IT system in 2018

Managing your businesses IT system successfully can be the difference between failure and success. Amanda Williams, marketing manager, Pescado, gives her top four essential features to ensure success.

Growth Planning

Three New Year’s resolutions retailers should be making

Georgia Leybourne, international director of marketing, Manhattan Associates, gives her top New Year's resolutions for retailers to take advantage of.

PR and Marketing Strategy

The ten secrets to offline marketing success

Offline marketing is psychological advertising that works. There are whole institutes and modules for degree courses that tackle the issue of outdoor marketing. So what are the rules?

Entrepreneurs

Just one change to your retirement planning and you could retire earlier

Here, Hannah Goldsmith DipPFS, Goldsmith Financial Solutions, explores how business leaders could retire earlier with a few minor retirement plan changes.

Entrepreneurs

Ten inspirational entrepreneurs share quotes from their biggest doubters

Meet ten of the most influential celebrities and entrepreneurs who chose to believe in themselves and proved their critics wrong by excelling in their chosen fields. We take a look at the quotes that beat them back and how they responded.

Entrepreneurs

Eight ways to crush your career blues

Some top tips on how to boost motivation at work throughout the year and crush the career blues.

Entrepreneurs

5 exercise tips to help you become a better entrepreneur

It can often be hard to maintain a fitness regime as a business entrepreneur trying to keep the business successful. Here are five exercises to help make you a better entrepreneur.