Boosting your Retail Business
Running an independent retail business is great, but it comes with challenges — especially now, with many of us feeling the effects of a...
Superscript
Jul 284 min read
How Small Retailers Can Thrive in 2025: Adapting to an Evolving High Street
The UK’s high streets have faced significant challenges in recent years, with 2024 seeing over 13,000 stores closing their doors for...
Retail Champion
Jul 214 min read
Opening a Shop: Six Startup Costs to Consider
The costs involved in setting up a business depend on a huge variety of factors, from your location, to the originality of your product...
Superscript
Jul 186 min read
Time Management Tips for Small Business Owners
For many of us, especially those running our own ventures, it might feel as though we’ve been speeding along since January. So I want to...
Emma Mills-Sheffield
Jul 162 min read
How to Write an Invoice
Get your invoices right from day one with our guide to how to write an invoice for sole traders and limited companies. From one-off...
Federation of Small Businesses
Jul 145 min read
Marketing Made Easy: Digital Marketing for Florists
Promoting your floral business online will benefit you in the long run. Take some time and get to grips with digital marketing.
Lisa Harrison
Jul 114 min read
Boost Sales in the Quiet Times
Summer can be a tricky time; business can be slow, but there are some things you can do to keep business going strong over the summer months
Jackie Whittaker
Jul 112 min read
Nine Cyber and Data Security Documents your Business Needs
Protect your data, your business, and your bottom line with these key documents, templates and guides for cyber security and data...
Federation of Small Businesses
Jul 94 min read
Getting the Most from AI: How to Ask the Best Questions
AI can do incredible things, but it's only as good as the information you feed into it. This is what's known as 'AI prompting'. Learning...
Federation of Small Businesses
Jul 85 min read
Inspection Woes Causing Chaos
There can’t be many of us that haven’t had delayed deliveries since the extra border checks came into being in April 2024. These checks...
Viv Bradford
Jul 83 min read
The Top Five Issues Small Business Owners Face
In my work, I’m lucky to work with some really diverse companies as well as many small business owners. I have to say, small business...
Emma Mills-Sheffield
Jul 74 min read
Creating the Perfect Wedding Consultation
Every bride wants to feel special and a wedding flower consultation is your opportunity to do this,
Jackie Whittaker
Jul 17 min read
15 Wedding Flower Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them
Invaluable advise from floristry industry consultant and wedding expert Karen Barnes.
Karen Barnes
Jul 15 min read
Start Here: AI for Small Businesses
AI usage has exploded in recent years, and with good reason. Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google...
Federation of Small Businesses
Jun 265 min read
Making Your Wedding Business Work in a Recession
Viv Bradford shares her expertise on how to hang on to those wedding orders in a recession.
Viv Bradford
Jun 263 min read
