Search results
Register your business partnership
How to register a business partnership online, via post or by appointing someone else to deal with HMRC on your behalf
How to register as a sole trader
What you need to do to register as a sole trader, including information on Self Assessment, Income Tax and VAT
Get an EORI number
UK businesses trading with the EU and non-EU countries will need a UK EORI number.
Register for the National Export System to make an export declaration
Find out what you need to register for the National Export System (NES) to make an export declaration.
Trade with Japan
How to import from and export to Japan.
Export controls: dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
How to import goods to Northern Ireland: step-by-step
How to move goods to Northern Ireland from a country outside the UK and the EU.
Find out about franchise opportunities
How and where to find out about franchise opportunities.
Cost of living: Support and advice for small businesses
Sources of support and funding to help Northern Ireland businesses.
Help and advice for employee buyouts
Sources of information, advice and specialist financing for employee buyout.
Key stages in an employee buyout
Assessing feasibility, planning, negotiating and completing an employee buyout.
Forms of employee ownership
Employee trusts, direct share ownership, co-operatives and other employee ownership options.
Financing an employee buyout
Borrowing options, deferred payment and employee financing for buyouts.
What do business angels do?
How business angels operate and how they choose the businesses they invest in.
Making an import supplementary declaration
Find out how and when to make a supplementary declaration when using simplified declarations to bring goods into the UK.
Making an import declaration in your records
Find out how to declare imported goods to customs by entering them in your own records.
Making an export supplementary declaration
Find out how and when to make a supplementary declaration when taking goods out of the UK using simplified declarations.
Apply to use simplified declarations for exports
Find out about the different simplified declarations for exports and what you need for authorisation to use them.
Support for black, Asian and minority ethnic start-ups
Support available for ethnic minority people who set up a business, including advice and specialist organisations.
Business growth support in Lisburn and Castlereagh City
Council and local organisation support and opportunities to grow your business in the Lisburn City and Castlereagh area