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Advantages of water efficiency in business
Some of the financial and non-financial benefits of taking a sustainable approach to water use in your business
How to analyse water use in your business
How you can assess the cost of your business water use by analysing how much water you use across all operations
Top tips for saving water in your business
Tips on how to engage your business in saving water and practical tips for minimising water use
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Packaging and labelling for export
What packaging and labelling considerations businesses should consider when exporting goods including local rules and language.
Product packaging design
How the design of your packaging can help you sell your goods and build your brand.
Packaging - environmental considerations
Environmental regulations and considerations when designing packaging including reducing the weight and volume and your duty of care for waste.
What is the Plastic Packaging Tax?
How your business can comply with the Plastic Packaging Tax which came into force in the UK on 1 April 2022
Support and guidance for home heating oil suppliers
How home heating oil suppliers can comply with Trading Standards legislation and avoid consumer disputes.
Create your marketing strategy
Decide how to market your product or service to potential customers by developing a marketing strategy that positions your product to particular customers
Branding and design
Creating a successful brand and using design throughout your business
Traditional marketing
The basics of traditional and offline marketing tactics such as advertising, PR and direct marketing
Start a sales forecasts
How to use last year's sales as a starting point for your forecast of next year's sales to help manage your business more effectively.
Price comparison rules: competitors
Complying with the law when you compare your selling prices to the prices that other traders charge and avoiding giving misleading pricing information.
Price comparison rules
How to stay within the law when you make price comparisons for your products or services and avoid giving misleading pricing information.
Price comparison rules: previous prices
Complying with the law when you compare your new selling prices to prices you charged previously and prevent giving out misleading information.
Pricing inspections
What to expect when a trading standards officer visits your premises.
Pricing information
Guidance for traders on the regulations covering selling price information they provide to consumers to prevent misleading them.
Implementing e-commerce
The different technology-related decisions to consider prior to introducing an e-commerce service including specification, domain name and web hosting.
Disabled access and facilities in business premises
Information on what adjustments you can make to ensure your business is accessible to disabled people.