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What is franchising?
The different types of franchises and sales relationships such as distribution and dealership, agencies and licensing.
Family succession: clarify your future involvement
Stepping down from the business and getting the financial independence needed to give your successor a free hand.
Paying workers holiday pay
Employees' entitlement to paid annual leave.
Employee representatives during collective redundancy situations
Consulting employee representatives when you are planning to make 20 or more employees redundant.
Employee representatives during business transfers
Consulting employee representatives when employees are transferring from one employer to another.
Pension representatives
Consulting employee representatives on pension matters.
Recruiting people from outside the UK
Guidance for employers on what you need to do when hiring workers from outside the UK including sponsor licences.
Employment-protection rights for employee representatives
What employee representatives are entitled to do and have, and what may happen if you deny them these entitlements.
Ongoing consultation on health and safety matters
Representatives of employee safety and their employment rights.
Ongoing information and consultation arrangements
Representatives for negotiating and running national and transnational information and consultation arrangements.
Working effectively with employee representatives
Working with employee representatives to improve business performance and avoid disputes.
Representation for workforce agreements
Negotiating with employees on working hours, parental leave, and the use of successive fixed-term contracts.
Arts Council NI funding opportunities
Arts Council NI funding programmes that are currently open for applications.
Turn your business into a franchise - eight top tips
Our top tips outline how you can successfully franchise your business.
The franchise agreement for a franchisor
A clear contract sets out what rights and obligations you and the franchisee have.
Arts Council NI Organisations Digital Evolution Awards
This programme aims to upskill arts organisations in the use of new, emerging and immersive technology.
Pregnant workers, dismissal and discrimination
How employers can ensure they stay on the right side of sex discrimination law and appropriately support pregnant workers.
Preparing for a grievance hearing
What you must do before you hold a grievance hearing to ensure that it runs as smoothly as possible.
Funding for innovative solutions to challenges faced by the public sector
Several SBRI opportunities are currently open, seeking solutions in diverse areas including healthcare, agriculture, biosecurity and circular economy.
Transform Your Business Programme 2023
Open to micro, small and medium sized enterprises across all business sectors including social economy enterprises