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Skills required by growing businesses
How the complexity and variety of skills your business needs to access increase as your business grows.
Leadership skills for business owners and directors
Skills that directors and business owners need to develop to be effective leaders.
Strategy skills for business owners and directors
How strategy can help your business, and how to use SWOT and gap analyses to determine business strategy.
Skills and training for directors and owners
The key skills needed by business owners and directors and how these skills can be developed.
Building a management team
Key considerations when building an effective management team for your business.
Review your suppliers' performance
How to manage supplier performance, and what evaluation criteria to use when conducting supplier performance reviews.
Supplier service level agreements
Importance of service level agreements in supply chain management, key clauses and best practices.
Ending supplier contracts
Possible penalties, operational barriers and other points to consider when ending a contract with a supplier.
Best practices in supplier quality management
Understand the importance of supplier quality management and learn best practices for monitoring and improving the quality of your supply chain.
Essential Skills: developing literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
Essential Skills is a training programme that assists employees aged 16 and over in the development of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills up to level 2.
Starting a tourist accommodation business - Kribben Cottages (video)
Kribben Cottages explain how they started a four star self-catering accommodation business at the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
What is the EU Construction Products Regulation?
Background to the new Northern Ireland CPR rules looking at the EU Construction Products Regulation.
Construction products and the UK(NI) indication
Information on the new UK(NI) marking and when your business needs to use it for construction products.
Placing construction products on the Northern Ireland market
Guidance for businesses placing construction products on the Northern Ireland market and the correct markings to use.
Changes for Northern Ireland economic operators
Changes which businesses making construction products available on the market in Northern Ireland need to be aware of.
Accepted markings on construction products for different markets
A breakdown for your business of the accepted markings on construction products for different markets.
Construction Products Regulation in Northern Ireland
Practical information for placing construction products on the Northern Ireland market and unfettered access provisions.
International business travel: employment contracts and policies
Make sure your employment contracts and policies are correct before sending employees overseas.
International business travel: employer responsibilities
How employers can limit risk by meeting their legal obligations to staff travelling for business to a different country.
International business travel: bringing goods or cash on your journey
Restrictions and declarations that may be required when bringing goods and currency on business trips.