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Top tips to reduce shoplifting
Ways to protect your business from shoplifting - including store design, staff training and CCTV.
Types of retail crime
The types of crime that retail businesses may face include shoplifting, money fraud, checkout fraud and burglary.
Visual merchandising for your retail business
How to use visual merchandising to promote your retail business and products, attract customers and drive sales.
Visual merchandising: point-of-sale displays and price promotions
Customers can be encouraged to make impulse purchases by using point-of-sale displays and price promotions.
Visual merchandising: advantages of retail window displays
Effectively using window displays can have many benefits for your business.
How to improve and measure the impact of visual merchandising
Monitoring your visual merchandising can help you to decide whether to continue or change what you’re doing.
Registering as a fireworks retailer
How to register with the Department of Justice as a firework retailer in Northern Ireland and why it is important to ensure you have an up-to-date licence.
Selling fireworks
Fireworks retailing rules and responsibilities for businesses in Northern Ireland including how to apply for a licence to sell fireworks legally and safe storage.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
Understand how the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works in Northern Ireland, what the ratings mean and how to display them.
Food hygiene rating: what the ratings mean
Understand food hygiene ratings for your business, what the ratings cover, how they're given, and how often your business might be inspected.
Food safety and animal feed incidents
What to do in the event of a food or animal feed-related incident, and how to reduce the risk of one happening.
Hygiene for food businesses
Understand your legal responsibilities for hygiene as a food business, and follow best practices to maintain top hygiene standards.
Re-using food packaging - safety guidelines
When it's not advisable to re-use food packaging, and guidance on how to re-use food packaging safely.
How to prevent and manage food risks and incidents
Put measures in place to prevent food and feed incidents, and minimise food safety risks.
How to report a food or animal feed incident
Process of reporting a food or animal feed related incident and which relevant authorities to contact.
What is a food incident?
Overview of food and feed incidents, and definitions of health and safety in food and feed.
Food withdrawals and recalls
How to plan and prepare for carrying out food withdrawal and recalls in case you experience a food incident.
Food safety alerts
Overview of the different types of food alerts, how to deal with them and where to get help.
Meat safety and hygiene
Food hygiene overview for the meat production industry, including wild game and livestock policy.
Cleaning, disinfection and preventing food cross-contamination
Follow good cleaning practices to help prevent food poisoning from occurring through cross-contamination.