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Avoid the problems of overtrading
How expanding businesses can match production and order cycles using gearing, working capital or quick ratio tests.
Complain against an insolvency practitioner or the Insolvency Service
How to make a formal complaint against The Insolvency Service if you are unhappy with the service received.
Financial and management accounts
How to use financial and management accounts, analytical accounting tools and reduce the risk of fraud.
Grants: the basics
How to find a grant that suits your business and what makes a business eligible to receive one.
Using payment cards for your business
Advice on using payment cards for business expenditure and on increasing sales by accepting cards from customers.
Conducting research when buying a business
How to research and analyse information on an existing business you are thinking of buying.
Make yourself bankrupt
The bankruptcy process and your duties if you make yourself bankrupt.
Choose an insurance adviser for your business
How to create a clear report of your health and safety risks in order to find the right insurance broker.
Wind up a limited company that owes you money
How creditors can use compulsory winding-up orders to attempt to recover monies owed by an insolvent company.
Does my business need a consumer credit licence?
If you sell on credit, lend money, issue credit cards, collect debts or give debt advice, you may need a consumer credit licence to operate.
How to apply for a consumer credit licence
You can apply for consumer credit licensing from the Financial Conduct Authority who will assess your fitness on factors such as competence and past offences.
Cyber security for business
Introduction to small business cyber security, risks to your business, and tools and techniques to help you manage it.
Demonstrate good environmental compliance
Show your environmental credentials to become a more attractive business to contractors in Northern Ireland when preparing your business for tender
Using business angel investment to grow our business - Pitchbooking
How Pitchbooking has successfully grown through business angel investment.
Find contracts and tender successfully
Put your business in the best position to find and win tender competitions in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and the EU
Voluntary liquidation
Why voluntary liquidation might be the best way to cease your involvement in your business.
Why succession planning is important
How knowing what succession planning is and knowing what's at stake will help you to make wise decisions.
Managing financial difficulty
Guides which can help your business through financial problems to find resolutions to suit different circumstances.
Protect your business from ransomware
Understand what ransomware is, how it works, what impact it may have on your business and how you can prevent it.
Business insurance: the basics
Details of the different types of insurance for businesses and finding a broker.