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Staff expenses
The types of allowable business expenses which you can claim for staff, and what you can't claim for.
Office, property and equipment expenses
How to claim business expenses for your office, property and equipment and an overview of eligible items.
Clothing expenses
What clothing items are classed as allowable business expenses that you can claim as expenses for your business.
Grow your retail business
Find out how to improve your retail business, attract more customers and grow your sales through tactics like visual merchandising and online retail.
Does my business need a consumer credit licence?
If you sell on credit, lend money, issue credit cards, collect debts or give debt advice, you may need a consumer credit licence to operate.
How to apply for a consumer credit licence
You can apply for consumer credit licensing from the Financial Conduct Authority who will assess your fitness on factors such as competence and past offences.
How to claim business expenses
How to keep on top of your business records in order to claim your business allowable expenses with HMRC.
Diversify your farm business
How to add new and innovative business ideas to your farming business to raise income, with an overview of local support
Business premises and rates in Northern Ireland
Finding the right property for your business and paying rates in Northern Ireland
Build your own business network
Create and make the most of an informal business network in Northern Ireland
What networks are available to Northern Ireland businesses?
Business networking events hosted by business support organisations across Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland business networks
Invest Northern Ireland provides business support programmes, business growth help and business networking events
Using a sales agent
Advice on using an outside agency to sell your products and services, and the legal issues this can raise.
Resource efficiency support for your hotel
Where you can get help, support and advice to improve resource efficiency in your hotel including Invest NI, the Carbon Trust and Love Food, Hate Waste
Business networks in Northern Ireland
Use business clubs and forums to make contacts and promote your business in Northern Ireland
Create your sales plan
How a sales plan will help you to sell your product or service
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Stock control administration
An administrator or stock controllers' duties, typical paperwork and auditing or checking stock
Recycling waste in your hotel
The benefits of recycling waste in your hotel, and consideration for starting a recycling scheme including which materials are suitable for recycling
Distance selling
The rules and regulations on distance selling (eg phone, mail order, online) and how to do it effectively.