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Accepting online payments
How online payments work and how to set up a payment facility.
Company liquidation
An overview of company liquidation including advice on both voluntary and compulsory liquidation.
London Stock Exchange: AIM
How AIM can help your business raise funds, and the benefits, and process of joining the market.
Recover debt through Court
Your options when trying to obtain money owed to you and the procedures involved when taking your claim to court.
Avoid the problems of overtrading
How expanding businesses can match production and order cycles using gearing, working capital or quick ratio tests.
Venture capital
How the venture capital investment model applies to small and medium-sized businesses seeking funding.
Bankruptcy
An outline of what bankruptcy is and how it can affect your business, income, assets and bank account.
Financial and management accounts
How to use financial and management accounts, analytical accounting tools and reduce the risk of fraud.
Grants: the basics
How to find a grant that suits your business and what makes a business eligible to receive one.
Using payment cards for your business
Advice on using payment cards for business expenditure and on increasing sales by accepting cards from customers.
Make yourself bankrupt
The bankruptcy process and your duties if you make yourself bankrupt.
Choose an insurance adviser for your business
How to create a clear report of your health and safety risks in order to find the right insurance broker.
Wind up a limited company that owes you money
How creditors can use compulsory winding-up orders to attempt to recover monies owed by an insolvent company.
Grow your business successfully
How to identify and overcome the challenges and the pitfalls that you may encounter while growing your business
How to maintain heating systems effectively
What a professional should check when maintaining heating and hot water systems and regular checks you can carry out.
Risk management
Introduction to the risk management process and the steps to help you identify, manage and minimise risk in your business
Compliance and regulatory risk
How to identify and manage compliance and regulatory risks in your business
Tax breaks to encourage energy efficiency
Understand the tax breaks available for using cleaner energy and energy-efficient vehicles, plant and machinery.
Checking boiler efficiency
Calculating boiler size, checking the boiler efficiency database and information on Energy Performance Certificates.
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems
Information about HVAC systems, running and maintenance costs, and how using zone controls can improve efficiency.