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6 Steps to Help Improve Your Packaging and Distribution | TNT Direct   Whether you’re a start-up operating out of your garage or a medium-sized enterprise with its own warehouse, it can be challenging to make sure your packaging and distribution is fit for purpose. Inefficient systems and processes can create bottlenecks that make it […]

6 Hidden SME Business Costs: Expecting the Unexpected   Even the most robust business plan can unravel if you don’t think about the hidden costs of running a company. While there are ways to reduce what you spend on things you can predict, small business costs that come out of the blue can have a […]

Selling on eBay and Amazon: How Your Business Can Benefit With one in every five pounds spent with UK retailers now paid online, could selling on eBay, Amazon or other online marketplaces be the next step for your business? From a home start-up to an established high street shop, such platforms can be a great […]

  春节快乐 – Happy Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Pig – an animal that, in Chinese culture, is a symbol of wealth and good fortune. And this Year of the Pig has every chance of bringing prosperity to businesses who export to China. An expanding middle class and fast-growing […]

Exporting to the USA and Canada: A Hassle-Free Guide     Exporting goods across the Atlantic is big business. In the 12 months up to November 2018, exports to the United States of America generated £55bn for UK companies; for Canada, that figure is more than £6bn. For SMEs, our hassle-free guide to exporting to […]

Planning for Q1: How to Prepare your SME The New Year and first quarter can bring new opportunities for your SME and give you a chance of a fresh start. However, now is the time to get planning for this, to help make Q1 a success and set you up for the rest of the […]

The Importance of Managing your Christmas Deliveries and Returns December is one of the most important months for SMEs, as Christmas and New Year can provide many opportunities to make more sales and ultimately more profits. The amount spent by consumers over the Christmas and New Year sales periods has been rising steadily year on […]

The Black Friday 2018 Small Business Survival Guide   Black Friday 2018 is just around the corner and now is the time to get your business ready for what can be a huge opportunity for more sales and additional revenue. This busy period can bring a number of challenges though, particularly if you’re not properly […]

What are the UK’s Biggest Imports? Each and every day businesses in the UK import various different goods from all over the world. These can be anything from the materials needed for manufacturing, to company supplies and even just the goods they sell. Whatever the reason might be, what’s clear is that importing is vital […]

Top Tips for Consolidating your Supply Chain   A business’ supply chain can be one of the most important parts of its operations, as this article from MSG explains. This piece details how supply chains are the ‘backbone’ of many firms, and also stresses the importance of effective supply chain management by explaining that ‘any […]