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Energy Performance Certificates when renting business premises
Landlords must provide Energy Performance Certificates for buildings that they let – an overview of responsibilities.
Payment card security measures
Fraud prevention techniques and your obligation to protect cardholder data that your business stores or transmits.
Advantages and disadvantages of accepting payment cards for sales
Card payments can increase sales, broaden your customer base and cut admin - but watch costs and the risk of fraud.
Make an offer to buy a business property
Understand conditional offers, lockout agreements, building survey results and raising finance for the purchase.
Significance of intangible assets to innovation
How to identify the different assets of your innovation start-up and use intangible assets, such as patents, designs and trade marks, to raise funds for your business
Exit strategies for innovation start-ups
Common exit strategies for innovation start-ups, including acquisition and IPO, and how to plan for exit
Enforcement of Energy Performance Certificates
How to comply with Energy Performance Certificate regulations and avoid any penalties for your business.
Energy Performance Certificates when selling business premises
Sellers of business premises must provide a free Energy Performance Certificate to all genuine prospective buyers.
Buying business property
What to consider when buying your own business premises, financial and legal aspects, and when to use a solicitor or surveyor.
Choosing business property
Key issues to consider when choosing the right commercial property for your business needs.
Attract funding for your invention
Explore funding options for development of new products and ideas, including equity finance, government grants, loans, crowdfunding and more
What is an Energy Performance Certificate?
What Energy Performance Certificates are, what they contain and what recommendation reports mean for your business.
Who produces Energy Performance Certificates?
Types of energy assessor you can commission to produce Energy Performance Certificates for your business property.
Do I need an Energy Performance Certificate?
When you need to have an Energy Performance Certificate during the sale or lease of business premises.
Advantages and disadvantages of buying business property
You should weigh up both pros and cons when considering buying a business property.
Protecting intellectual property
How to conduct an audit of your business' intellectual property rights and take steps to protect and secure your IP
Get patent protection for your business
Find out how to patent a product, and protect your ideas or inventions by applying for a patent and securing your patent rights
Trade marks
Introduction to trade marking – how to choose, search for, register and protect trade marks in the UK or abroad
Renting commercial property
Key factors to consider when choosing to rent property to meet your business demands.
Intellectual property: the basics
How to recognise and use different types of intellectual property rights to protect your business' inventions and ideas