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Prepare a price list
How to put together a price list and the legal obligations you must adhere to.
Win contracts at the right price
Discover what clients look for when weighing up different tenders including the lifetime cost of products and services.
Branding for different sectors
The similarities and differences between branding in different market sectors including start-up businesses, business-to-business and service businesses.
What do businesses need to do when making environmental claims?
Responsibilities when making environmental claims and what can happen if you don’t comply with consumer protection law.
Green Claims Code checklist
Thirteen statements which businesses can use to understand how to implement and use green claims responsibly.
Crowdsourcing on social media
Benefit from using your social media presence to contribute innovative ideas and solutions to your company's problems through crowdsourcing and open innovation.
Search engine optimisation friendly web design
Learn how to optimise your website design to both work well with search engines and create a good experience for the user through content and accessibility
The challenges of sourcing overseas
Understand the challenges of sourcing overseas, such as varying trade restrictions, language, cultural and legal differences, and business practices.
Grow your business through franchising
Find out how to grow your business through a franchise operation, and use franchise agreements to prevent common problems.
Intellectual property health check
Find out how you can use the IPO's free IP Health Check tool to help protect your intellectual property assets.
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.
Advantages of sourcing overseas
Understand the benefits of sourcing your products and materials overseas, and the issues that can arise when purchasing internationally.
Licensing your intellectual property
How to license out your intellectual property, and choose the right type of license, to fuel the growth of your business.
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.
Substantiate your environmental claims
Businesses should provide evidence, which can be verified, to support their objective or factual environmental claims.