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Donut – the essential newsletter for small and growing businesses

Donut is our monthly e-newsletter for new and more established small businesses. A lively and colourful e-newsletter, it's packed with advice, opinions, news and offers for businesses like yours. We also produce a handy weekly round-up of news and information relevant to small businesses.

Browse through previous monthly editions below, then signup to receive both Donut e-newsletters.

Past issues of Donut

June 2016

In this month's Donut:

• The business owner's guide to flexible working laws
• No more fears - face-to-face selling made easy
• Are you losing customers before they check out?
• Ten ways cloud computing can help you
• Confessions of a direct mail junkie
• Sage One Start - free 60-day trial

Read the June issue

May 2016

In this month's Donut:

• How to hire an apprentice
• Could you franchise your business?
• Email policies for your employees
• Why you're never too small to have a brand
• What on earth is the 'Internet of Things'?
• 50% off Sage One Start

Read the May issue

April 2016

In this month's Donut:

• Countdown to auto-enrolment
• Competing on price - the road to ruin?
• How I built my wedding photography business
• How to stay on top of your taxes
• Five business benefits of a smartwatch
• Get free market research

Read the April issue

March 2016

In this month's Donut:

• How to turn website visits into sales
• Working with family without falling out
• How I built my video marketing consultancy
• Practice makes for perfect communication
• Why it pays to be your own VAT inspector
• Help setting up a US subsidiary

Read the March issue

February 2016

In this month's Donut:

• How to stay sane when running your own business
• Exposing seven myths about email subject lines
• How we turned a passion into a business
• Seven ways to find, and win over, new prospects
• 11 steps to a winning presentation
• Two-month free trial of Sage One Accounts

Read the February issue

January 2016

In this month's Donut:

• Your business growth plan for 2016
• Nine top tips for finding new customers
• Get ready for self-assessment: claiming expenses
• What can a Katy Perry lyric teach you about communication?
• How to manage your workflow
• 20% off Donut voucher packages

Read the January issue

December 2015

In this month's Donut:

• Ten ways to get more out of your working day
• Keywords: a beginner's guide
• What we learnt when our business was hacked
• Four ways to improve your presentations
• Five ways to pay less Capital Gains Tax
• Two-month free trial of Sage One Accounts

Read the December issue

November 2015

In this month's Donut:

• Eight top tips for selling online
• Get started with Instagram
• Take the angst out of auto-enrolment
• What's native video and what has a meerkat got to do with it?
• Four reasons to move more of your business to the cloud
• Find ideal business premises with Propertylink

Read the November issue

October 2015

In this month's Donut:

• Which social media site is right for your business?
• Ten ways to win public sector contracts
• How we started our luxury spa bath business
• Can I use an image I've found online?
• How I run a business from my iPad
• Save money – business office technology from £5

Read the October issue

September 2015

In this month's Donut:

• What's your type? Ten customer personalities revealed
• How to have difficult conversations with staff
• Your options for getting out of a lease
• Weighing up the risks of alternative finance
• How to turn around a struggling company
• Claim your free business listing with Scoot

Read the September issue

August 2015

In this month's Donut:

• Ten apps that let you take a holiday from business
• How to hold on to more customers
• The secrets to using accounting software
• Top social media sins?
• Avoid being ripped off
• Great advice for less. Get £30 off FSB membership

Read the August issue

July 2015

In this month's Donut:

• Help! What to do when employees clash
• Ten ways to boost your exporting strategy
• How to find an SEO expert you can trust
• The biggest threats to your business
• Try CRM software for free

Read the July issue

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