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Visual merchandising: retail branding and signage
Your brand should be clear, concise and visible throughout your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of visual merchandising
There are advantages of using visual merchandising in your business but you should also be aware of some possible drawbacks.
Help and support to prevent retail crime
Find organisations and initiatives that offer advice and support to help protect your retail business from crime, such as the PSNI and Retailers Against Crime.
Retail business security measures
Ways to protect your retail business from the risk of crime, including securing your premises, avoiding fraudulent payments and reducing shoplifting and theft.
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.
Reasons for changing your organisational structure
Understand what triggers organisational change in business, the common causes and early signs of change.
Organisational structure by geographical area
Pros and cons of geographical organisational structure for businesses that have offices or units in different geographical locations.
Decentralised organisational structure
Understand the features, advantages and disadvantages of a decentralised organisational structure, and when to decentralise decision-making.
Organisational structure by function
Pros and cons of functional organisational structure and dividing your business into specialised departments such as IT, marketing or operations.
Organisational structure by product
Pros and cons of product organisational structure or organising your business in separate divisions based around specific products or services.
Matrix organisational structure
Definition and types of matrix organisational structure, its advantages and disadvantages, and use of matrix management in business.
Commercial mortgage fees and costs
Commercial mortgages and the different fees and penalties you may have to pay.
Repaying a commercial mortgage
Commercial mortgages, fixed and variable interest rates and different ways of repaying.
Financial and management accounts
How to use financial and management accounts, analytical accounting tools and reduce the risk of fraud.
The importance of maintaining accurate accounts
How and why you must keep and review accurate records for annual accounts and tax returns.
Uses of management accounting
Management accounts should be used for planning and control, record keeping and decision making.
Filing financial accounts
How to file accounts at Companies House - the different requirements for small, medium and limited companies.
Financial accounts
Companies must file accounts at Companies House, unincorporated businesses must use accounts to support tax returns.
Management accounts
Analyse costs, records, sales volumes and projected forecasts to evaluate the financial implications.