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Types of retail business
The various types of retail business, including convenience store, speciality store, supermarket, discount store, department store, warehouse, direct retailer and online store
Assess your business plan to improve your business
The areas of your business that you should assess in order to uncover any problems or potential problems.
Review your import readiness
Import planning and strategy, product, skills and finance checklist.
External research and development
How to outsource your research and development and the benefits of commissioning it externally
Managing the design process
Understand the steps you should take when trying to turn an idea into a product
Eliminating ideas that are not viable
Understanding when a product will not be viable is important to prevent wasting time and money
Exploring your ideas
How to innovate and develop your business ideas
Employee share schemes: an overview
Tailoring employee share schemes to your needs, schemes approved by HM Revenue & Customs and employee benefit trusts
Ten top tips for starting a retail business
Ten top tips to starting a retail business successfully and staying afloat in the early days of trading
Make sure you have the cash to grow (video)
Guidance and useful tips on financial planning to help grow your business
How to close down your business
What you need to do if your business fails and has to close down or be sold.
Employee share schemes: advantages and disadvantages for employers
The effect of employee share ownership on your staff; tax advantages for schemes approved by HM Revenue & Customs
Assess your skills and resources for importing
Finances, personnel and other resources for importing.
Northern Ireland business support finder
A searchable database of advisory and financial assistance - find advice, expertise, equity, grants, loans, and recognition awards.
Tips to improve business cashflow
What you can do to free up cashflow in order to improve your business.
Renting commercial property: practicalities
The costs, considerations and obligations of renting business property.
Financial advice for seasonal businesses
How seasonal businesses can plan their cashflow, staff and stock levels and other activities.
Higher education funding
Financial considerations when getting involved in higher education
Where to set up your retail business
Find the right place to set up your retail business in Northern Ireland by weighing the important options
Individual voluntary arrangements
Overview of individual voluntary arrangements, including advantages and disadvantages