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Skills required by growing businesses
How the complexity and variety of skills your business needs to access increase as your business grows.
Mobile web design best practice
Find out how to create a mobile-friendly website, and choose between mobile-dedicated, responsive or adaptive design.
Core skills all businesses require
Core skills your business needs to function successfully in areas including leadership, finance, and personnel.
Strategy skills for business owners and directors
How strategy can help your business, and how to use SWOT and gap analyses to determine business strategy.
Sample privacy notice
How to create a UK GDPR compliant privacy notice, what information you must include, and an example document you can use to create your own UK GDPR privacy notice.
IT risk management checklist
Use our practical IT risk management checklist to help you understand, manage and reduce IT risks to your business.
IT risk management process
How to identify risks and assets as part of the IT risk management process, and create risk management plans procedures.
Manage workplace absence and sickness
An overview of the basic principles of managing absence and sickness effectively.
Buying commercial property: using a solicitor
A solicitor can offer valuable legal advice and support to negotiate a suitable deal when purchasing business property.
Leading your staff through change
Using communication skills to reduce disruption during periods of change
Buying commercial property: using a surveyor
A surveyor can help you negotiate insurance and contracts and give you advice on any alterations that may be required.
Make an offer to buy a business property
Understand conditional offers, lockout agreements, building survey results and raising finance for the purchase.
Employee absence as a conduct issue
How to manage an absence problem as a conduct issue where you may need to take disciplinary action.
Consistency in web design
Understand how visual elements of website design, including branding and design continuity, can affect the success of your website.
Pros and cons of using ISP for hosting
How to use an internet service provider to host your website, and assess the benefits of shared vs dedicated hosting.
Website hosting and management
Customer support, content maintenance, server security and other features you may want to factor into choosing a web host.
Buying commercial property: concluding the sale
Completing the sale of a business property including exchanging contracts, deposits, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry fees.
Best practices for accessible websites
Find out how to comply with accessibility legislation and make your website accessible to users with a wide range of abilities.
Characteristics of a user-friendly website
Understand why usability matters in web design and how to design your website to meet user requirements.
Main technical issues in web design
Find out how browsers, screen resolutions and download speeds affect website design.