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SMEs

Running a small business can be lonely - it shouldn't be. According to recent government statistics, 99.2 per cent of businesses in the UK are SMEs and employ fewer than 50 people.

Latest articles

  • Capitalising on ecommerce in the downturn
    Over the last decade, ecommerce has changed the face of the retail sector, helping companies to expand into new markets, engage more efficiently with customers, reduce costs and drive revenue growth.
  • Are security policies really nine-tenths of the law?
    Most large organisations maintain a detailed corporate security policy document that spells out the dos and don'ts of information security. Once the policy is in place, the feeling is of having achieved nine-tenths of the law, that is, that the organisation is in effect covered.
  • Doing more for less
    Given that as a country we are now in recession, an inevitable focus for many organisations at the moment is working out how to do more with less, says CSA Waverley's Jon Leary.
  • The road to riches begins at the water cooler
    Innovations lie at the heart of the development of a rich and strong IT sector. BCS would therefore like to support and nurture entrepreneurship, so invited guests to a Thought Leadership Debate, entitled Clusters 2.0, to discuss how to go about it.
 
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Related publications

IT Procurement Handbook for SMEs
Large organisations can suffer badly when IT procurement goes wrong, but for Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs), it can be fatal. David Nickson guides you through the entire procurement process. Whether you are identifying the changing IT requirements of your business, evaluating potential suppliers or managing them once appointed, this handbook means you can avoid the pitfalls which have brought down so many SMEs before.

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