Real Business takes a look at the social media platforms that would help UK SMEs and how they can get the most out of each one.

Fifty-nine per cent of Britons would not use a company with poor grammar on its website. Have you checked yours recently?

Business owners can often find themselves in a position where they need to outsource work. When this happens, it’s important to know how to curate a brief that provides the individual or team the ...

Business survival strategies - what are they? | Real Business is the content brand that tells the truth about SME life today.

As most people spend a lot of their time at work, it’s only natural that accidents and injuries will occur in the workplace. The Health and Safety Executive Statistics for 2020-2021 show that 441,000 ...

Charles Denton joined Molton Brown on the brink of collapse, took the cosmetics brand international and sold it for £170m. He reveals how passion played a crucial role in its revival.

Make It Cheaper and the Centre for Economic and Business Research have created a “Business Cost Index”, which identifies the country’s cheapest and most expensive regions to do business. The Index ...

The waterfall methodology is a sequential design process used in project management and software development. It is one of the oldest and most straightforward approaches for moving a project through ...

In today’s business world it’s not enough to have a strong product or service, you also require a strong work ethic. Strong work ethic can transform small projects into successes. Whether you are ...

Many IT experts recommend small and medium sized businesses use open source software as a key part of their IT strategy. So, what is open source software and what are the pros and cons of using it in ...

The standard desk height in the UK is 730mm according to guidelines from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This means the desktop surface should be positio ...

In the UK, a close company is defined as a limited company with five or fewer participants, or a limited company where all the participants are also directors.