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Crowdfunding websites
Overview and examples of crowdfunding websites that can be used to fund your business, project or venture.
Types of crowdfunding
An overview of the different crowdfunding options and the benefits of each.
Recruiting people from outside the UK
Guidance for employers on what you need to do when hiring workers from outside the UK including sponsor licences.
Employment-protection rights for employee representatives
What employee representatives are entitled to do and have, and what may happen if you deny them these entitlements.
Ongoing consultation on health and safety matters
Representatives of employee safety and their employment rights.
Ongoing information and consultation arrangements
Representatives for negotiating and running national and transnational information and consultation arrangements.
Working effectively with employee representatives
Working with employee representatives to improve business performance and avoid disputes.
Representation for workforce agreements
Negotiating with employees on working hours, parental leave, and the use of successive fixed-term contracts.
Food packaging
How food packaging materials are regulated and monitored, and how to use packaging materials safely.
Food packaging safety regulations
An overview of the rules that apply to packaging materials that come into contact with food.
Cling film in food packaging
When cling film must and must not be used with food, and how its use is regulated.
Aluminium in food packaging
How to use aluminium safely in food packaging and cookware, and how its use is regulated.
Phthalates in food packaging
What phthalates are, how they can be used and how safe levels of phthalates in food are set and monitored.
Plastics in food packaging
The controls on the use of plastics in food contact material and the use of food additives in plastics.
Adhesives in food packaging
Guidance on the safe use of adhesives that come into contact with food and how their use is monitored.
BPA in food packaging
What bisphenol-A (BPA) is, what it is used for and how it is regulated in food packaging.
Turn your business into a franchise - eight top tips
Our top tips outline how you can successfully franchise your business.
The franchise agreement for a franchisor
A clear contract sets out what rights and obligations you and the franchisee have.
Pregnant workers, dismissal and discrimination
How employers can ensure they stay on the right side of sex discrimination law and appropriately support pregnant workers.
Preparing for a grievance hearing
What you must do before you hold a grievance hearing to ensure that it runs as smoothly as possible.