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Business processes

Tips for more effective business processes.

This section contains tips and ideas for more effective business processes...

Benchmarking best practice

Ways to monitor your progress and efficiency.

Designing for profit

Good product design is at the heart of business profitability.

Does your business pass the risk test?

A business risk assessment checklist.

Get better deals from suppliers

How to negotiate with suppliers while keeping good relations.

Is outsourcing the best strategy?

Which functions are best outsourced?

Making the most of your company meetings

Don’t waste time in board or company meetings.

Should you buy in or manufacture materials?

Checklist for the pros and cons of in-house manufacturing.

Stock answers

Inefficient stock management can be one of the biggest drains on profitability.

Ten reasons to benchmark your business

The benefits of benchmarking.

When cutting costs is counterproductive

Improving profits without just cutting costs.

The latest news

23 Apr 2019

Business believes UK tax system is 'fundamentally unfair', research suggests

According to research published by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), businesses believe that the UK tax system is 'fundamentally unfair'.

18 Apr 2019

UK SMEs 'exploring new sources of finance', research finds

Research carried out by American Express has found that, as access to finance becomes 'increasingly difficult to secure', UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are 'exploring new sources of finance' instead.

17 Apr 2019

Study suggests UK employees 'work longest hours in EU'

A study carried out by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has suggested that UK employees 'work the longest hours in the EU'.