Developing Products

Development and diversification can be key to your business success. Here we see how one toy manufacturer develops new products and how that benefits his business.

Grow Your Business

How can you grow your business? Colin Crooks of Green Works describes how he grew his business through innovation, franchising and putting the right finance in place.

Strategic Narrative

Developing a strong strategic narrative delivers results - "Everyone understanding where we are going and why we want to get there, meant energy levels grew and we discovered productivity just shot up."

1 Best Job-Hunting Tips

Advice on hunting for jobs.

2 Fine-Tune Your Job Search

How to improve your job searching.

3 Frustrated in Your Job Search?

Advice on hunting for jobs.

4 Facing Redundancy

Advice on redundancy.

Body Language Tips

If you want to be a good job-hunter, you've got to nail your interviews. Watch body language expert Geoff Beattie tell us how.

Coping with Knockbacks

When you’re job-hunting, its easy to get your confidence knocked. Big Brother psychologist Geoff Beattie talks us out of it.

Finding a Career in Fashion

It's tough to get your job-hunting right first time. Fashion guru Caryn Franklyn talks us through how she got it right second time.

How to Use Technology as Your Friend

Martha Lane-Fox set up lastminute.com and Lucky Voice karaoke, now she talks about making technology really work for job-hunters.

Interview Fashion Advice

Check out some top tips from fashion guru Caryn Franklyn on how to dress for an interview.

Standing Out from the Crowd

Sometimes job-hunting is about being bold. Apprentice and business star Saira Khan talks about how to make your own luck!

Stay Positive in the Face of Setbacks

Job-hunting isn't just about job-searching. Its about being mentally tough. Olympic champ Dame Kelly Holmes runs us through it.

What's Good About You and How to Use it

When you step out of the job interview, how will they remember you? Buzzcocks star Scott Capurro talks about how to be the best you.

Build Relationships

It's important to manage and build strong and productive relationships. Tim Miller, Director of Standard Chartered Bank, says "It is the managers that bring alive the corporation's strategy and the business plan - through them we derive the level of engagement"

Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR can be a great way to motivate staff and engage with your local community. A business tells how through their practices and role within community, they aim to support local causes, foundations, charities, schools, initiatives and less fortunate people.

Employee Engagement

Business leaders give their views on why they think employee engagement is vital for organisations at all levels and across all sectors.

Employee Voices

Hear one business describe how it ensures employees at all levels have a voice in the organisation. "We seek participation from everyone and we're keen that everyone understands the part they need to play in the business.

Keeping Promises

Hillingdon Council talks about how it has built trust and commitment amongst employees by making sure it as an organisation does what it says it will do, everyday.

Safety for Lone Workers

"Here's how we ensured the safety of a lone worker" - As an employer, it's your duty to ensure the safety of your workers while they're doing their jobs. Here one company, a revenue recovery agency, discuss how they make sure their lone workers are safe.

Workplace Disputes

Knowing how to deal with issues arrising in the workplace is key to keeping your employees happy and your business running smoothly. Hear how one business in Norwich uses mediation techniques to resolve workplace issues.

Attract Investors

Preparing to Attract Investors - Attracting investors and securing finance to start or grow your business can be tricky. Here's some simple guidance on how you can attract investors for your business.

Finance Options

Find out about what finance options are available to your business - whether you're just starting up or planning to grow.

Help with Tax Bill

"Here's how a business advisor helped me with my tax bill." - Find out how Will Duff, who set-up a driving school, manages his taxes by using an accountant and keeping tabs on his tax records.

Pitch to Investors

Knowing how to pitch to potential investors can be key to financing the growth of your business, or even securing funding to start a new business. Find out some key skills for presenting to investors.

Taking Out a Loan

Loans and grants are possible sources of finance for your business. Here an eyeglasses company explains how they financed their growth.

Creating a Brand

Simon Woodroffe, the man behind the YO! Company brand, talks about the importance of developing your brand, branding, logos and the impact of market research.

Profitable Exports

"Here's how I kept my business profitable by exporting products abroad" - Toy production business, RC2 have expanded their business through exporting into Europe and introducing new products.

Protecting Ideas

Colin Reeves explains how he went about registering his company trade mark and the protection and benefits that a trade mark offers his business.

Choosing Premises

Getting the right premises, in the right location, is vital for most businesses. See how one business, a daily food delivery service, chose its location based on transport connections and proximity to materials and its target market.

Starting in a Slump

How I started a Business During an Economic Downturn - Startups can find it hard in times of recession. Here one business, which started in the last recession, describes how they survived through the economic downturn.

Farm Smart and Efficient

See how one arable farmer has introduced ways to make his farm more efficient and profitable, saving on inputs like fertiliser and fuel costs, and reducing the carbon footprint on his farm.

Farming Carbon Emissions Reduction

See how one cattle farmer uses the CLA's CALM carbon calculator to measure the amount of carbon being produced and locked up, and how he reduced the carbon footprint of his farm.

Farming Energy

Hear how one farmer uses renewable energy to cut down his carbon emissions and to increase his profits.

How to Reduce Waste

Reducing the environmental impact of a business is a great, green way to save money. Here, James Gerard talks us through how his organic farm shop has reduced its business waste.

Make Savings on Waste

Could your business start waste reduction or recycling programmes to keep business waste to a minimum and save money? Steve Cousins explains how Yorkshire Window Company Ltd has reduced the amount of waste it produces.

Resource Efficiency

"Here's how our retail business cut costs by using resources efficiently" - sustainable development managers Ian Barnes and Andrew Jenkins from Boots UK Ltd talk about how they have reduced waste and used resources more efficiently to help boost profitability.

Waste Management

Staff from DENSO Manufacturing UK Ltd describe how the business has implemented practices to ensure that their waste is managed more effectively.

Making Web 2.0 Work

Lucy Jewson explains how Frugi use Web 2.0 profitably in their e-commerce business.