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Develop a remuneration strategy for your family business
How to apply fair, consistent and open principles when devising a remuneration strategy in a family business.
Succession planning in family businesses
How to balance family relationships and business needs to draw up a fair, effective and tax-efficient exit strategy.
Sector-specific skills and training in Northern Ireland
Where to find staff training and skills development specifically tailored to your business sector.
Find training courses in Northern Ireland
What to consider when choosing a suitable training provider and where you can find training courses in Northern Ireland.
Advantages of vocational qualifications
How vocational qualifications can develop staff skills leading to many benefits for your business
Create a successful family-business constitution
Using a written document to state principles and serve as a practical guide for conflict management and prevention
Financial forecasts for your business plan
What to include in your business sales, cashflow and profit and loss forecasts, including financial forecast examples.
Effective communication in family businesses
How to prevent misunderstanding and conflict arising by providing feedback mechanisms and involving advisers.
Tips for presenting your business plan
Tips for business plan presentation, such as appendices, proofreading and further advice and support.
Managing conflict in family businesses
Using family constitutions and encouraging good communication to manage conflict and channel it as a driver for change.
Download a business plan template
Free downloadable business plan template with tips and guidance to help you write a successful business plan.
Business plan: your operations
Information to include about how you will source, procure, create and deliver the goods or services you will be selling.
Identify how much money your start-up business will make
Concentrate on cashflow estimates in the first year, not expected profit, to help ensure your business stays afloat
Forecast your personal financial needs when starting a business
How to make a realistic assessment of your personal financial needs for the first year of your new business
Cut business costs to increase start-up cashflow
Some simple, common-sense steps to consider when trying to make significant start-up business cost savings
Alternative income sources for start-ups
How you can find other sources of income during the critical early days of running your start-up business
Develop a staff training plan
How to put staff training into practice once you have identified priority areas for your employees and your business.
Promote healthy work-life balance in your business
How employers can promote healthy work-life balance and the benefits it can bring to your business and staff.
Gain training recognition
How to get recognition and reward for your training efforts through Investors in People and various business awards.
Skills for Life and Work: Providing work experience for young people
Helping employers in Northern Ireland provide work experience for school leavers aged 16/17 years (and up to age 22 and 24 for those with extended eligibility).