If you can offer something different, at the right price, and with excellent customer service, your start-up can thrive. How to find your niche.

No-one gets it right first time. This podcast series is packed with useful lessons from successful businesspeople - and some funny stories too.

Starting a business is not easy; nine in ten new firms fail. Danielle Haley explains how to make your start-up one of the successful ones.

UK entrepreneurs, including innocent drinks founder Richard Reed, call on start ups to build businesses that make the world a better place

Is bookkeeping giving you headaches? Try these four simple tips to take the stress out of business accounting and help you stay in control.

Understanding VAT can be a challenge for small businesses - and the rules are particularly complex for trades. Benjamin Dyer looks at the issues.

Whether transport strikes, or weather disruption, planning ahead can keep your business running when staff can’t get to work.

Dealing with big changes such as shifting customer behaviour is not easy but small firms can have the edge over bigger rivals says Jean Gamester.

Email marketing can significantly boost start-up revenues – here are six tried and tested ways to get better results from your email strategy.

How to find the perfect premises for your start-up. Dave Peebles considers all the options, from leased offices to enterprise zones.

Managing shifts for your team can be time-consuming and complicated. Here are four ways to improve the scheduling process and make staff happier.

Rory Hope on the five technology must-haves for every start-up business, including accounting software, social media and digital filing.

The UK has a thriving enterprise economy. Now it needs to focus on turning start-ups into scale-ups, says Mark Brownridge of the EIS Association.