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Paying your suppliers on time
Understand the importance of paying supplier invoices on time, the impact of late payment to suppliers, and how to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code.
Build strong supplier relationships
Practical tips to help you establish and maintain a good relationship with your suppliers.
Carry out supplier due diligence
What due diligence checks should you run on prospective suppliers before you enter into contract negotiations with them.
Managing supplier relationships
Key considerations around working with suppliers, including building and managing a successful relationship based on mutual gain.
Developing supplier relationships
Best practices to help you manage supplier quality and performance, create strong service level agreements, and end supplier relationships.
Franchising options
Business format franchising, licensing, and agency and distribution agreements.
Business exit strategy: selling your business
How to develop key business characteristics that will make selling your business to another business more likely.
Business exit strategy: float your business on the stock market
Characteristics your business will need to attract venture capital investment or for a stock-market flotation.
Exit strategy: key considerations when starting a business
Overview of the key start-up decisions that could affect your ability to successfully exit your business.
Business exit strategy: close your business
Overview of the circumstances in which you may close your business and the practicalities of how to go about it.
Develop your franchise format
The franchise operations manual, and protecting your brand.
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.
Running the business after an employee buyout
Training for employees, managers and trustees for their new roles.
Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and the Northern Ireland Protocol
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards
Trade marks and geographical indications
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs)
Using robotics to improve our business operations - Irwin's Bakery (video)
In this case study, Aaron Harrigan from Irwin's Bakery discusses the business benefits of introducing automation and robotics into their manufacturing process
EU trade mark protection and comparable UK trade marks
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period
Using digital innovation to benefit our business - GRAHAM Group (video)
Shervin Yousefzadeh and Victoria Allen from GRAHAM Group talk about the company's digital transformation
Using robotics to increase efficiency in our business - NC Engineering (video)
Robert Nicholl from NC Engineering describes how the company has introduced automation and robotics in their manufacturing process to increase their efficiency and competitiveness