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Is your business ready for a joint venture?
How to carry out a SWOT analysis for a potential strategic partnership and assess if you are ready to enter a joint venture.
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 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.
Grow your business successfully
How to identify and overcome the challenges and the pitfalls that you may encounter while growing your business
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 maintain heating systems effectively
What a professional should check when maintaining heating and hot water systems and regular checks you can carry out.
Demonstrate good environmental compliance
Show your environmental credentials to become a more attractive business to contractors in Northern Ireland when preparing your business for tender
Compliance and regulatory risk
How to identify and manage compliance and regulatory risks in your business
Using business angel investment to grow our business - Pitchbooking
How Pitchbooking has successfully grown through business angel investment.
Risk management
Introduction to the risk management process and the steps to help you identify, manage and minimise risk in your business
Manage asbestos in rented business property
Responsibilities for managing asbestos in commercial premises, and who exercise them.
Fire safety in rented business property
Key responsibilities for tenants and landlords under fire regulations for commercial property.
Electrical safety in rented business property
How responsibility for electrical safety in commercial premises is determined.
Tax breaks to encourage energy efficiency
Understand the tax breaks available for using cleaner energy and energy-efficient vehicles, plant and machinery.
Gas safety in rented business property
Division of responsibilities between landlords and tenants for gas safety checks and maintenance.
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.
How to use heating equipment efficiently
Tips on getting the most out of your heating system to cut energy costs and improve overall heating system efficiency.