Search results
Selling your intellectual property
How to value and sell your business' intellectual property and use your IP to support your growth strategy.
Shortlisting potential suppliers
How to shortlist reliable suppliers and choose the right ones that could meet the needs of your business.
How to find an overseas supplier
Carry out due diligence to research suitable countries and individual overseas suppliers before agreeing a deal.
Working with overseas suppliers
Importance of building a strong relationship with your overseas suppliers, managing quality and carrying out performance reviews.
Paying overseas suppliers
How to pay international invoices and overseas suppliers - common payment methods, their pros and cons, and foreign currency issues.
Your export packaging options
The ways you can choose to ship your goods, from loose and unpacked to palletised and containerised.
Where to buy export packaging and labels
How your business can find reliable suppliers of export packaging and sources of knowledge and expertise in the sector.
Advantages and disadvantages of researching export markets
The benefits and potential drawbacks of researching export markets before selling to them.
What to mark on your package for export
How to ensure safe transportation of your goods by using visible, durable and standardised handling instructions.
Checklist for getting your export packaging right
Issues your business should consider before packaging your goods, from packaging waste rules to insurance implications.
Top tips for conducting export market research
Five top tips to help you conduct your export market research.
Conducting in-market export research
Ways of conducting in-market research on export markets.
Develop your franchise format
The franchise operations manual, and protecting your brand.
Researching customers and markets abroad
Research overseas markets, consumers and countries to make informed decisions about your business.
Researching export markets online
Ways of conducting online research on export markets.
Franchising options
Business format franchising, licensing, and agency and distribution agreements.
Is franchising right for your business?
Offering franchisees a successful business model, and having the right resources and skills.
Managing your franchisees
Supporting and motivating your franchisees to grow sales and increase franchising fees.