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Buy a franchise
What franchising is, how to find and assess franchise opportunities and how to buy a franchise.
Advantages and disadvantages of buying an existing business
An overview of the advantages and disadvantages of buying an existing business.
Buy an existing business
Advantages and disadvantages of buying an existing business including how to assess and value it.
Existing employees when buying a business
Your legal obligations towards staff already working for the new company.
How to calculate the value of a business
How to find out whether the business you want to buy will be profitable and value for money.
Make sure a business is worth buying: due diligence
Research the new business to ensure it is right for you, use solicitors and accountants to help you.
Where to find a business to buy
Newspapers, trade journals, adverts, magazines, websites and word of mouth will help you find businesses for sale.
What type of business should I buy?
How to choose the right business for you.
Business transfer agents and business brokers
A business transfer agent or business broker could also help you to find the right business to buy.
Advantages and disadvantages of franchising
Franchises have benefits, proven ideas and brand names but the franchisor may restrict how you run the business.
Directories and local media in Northern Ireland
Sources of information, business directories, media and promotional channels for businesses in Northern Ireland
Create a more innovative business: top tips
Simple tips to help you make your business more innovative and develop an innovation strategy for success
Six tips for Industry 4.0 adoption
Simple tips to help every business embrace digital technologies to drive innovation, efficiencies, improved customer service and cost savings
Support for manufacturing innovation
Where to find financial, technological and advisory support for manufacturing innovation in Northern Ireland
Products that need CE marking
What products need to be CE marked before you can trade them freely in the EU, which European product directives apply, and when is CE marking required
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.
Different types of content management systems
An overview of the different types of CMS, including examples of the most popular open source and proprietary CMS software.
Reporting serious breaches of personal data
Serious breaches of personal data that puts people's rights and freedoms at risk must be reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Cloud security risks and solutions
How to evaluate the security of your cloud services, and mitigate cloud security risks to your business.
ISP tiers, connectivity and speed capacity
Understand the key factors affecting the speed of your business' internet connection, including the ISP tier, contention ratios and service usage restrictions.