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Control the quality of your stock
Stock and batch tracking, checking goods and the British Standards Institute scheme for quality management
Stock control methods
How to control stock through reviews, minimum levels, using batch control and first in first out systems
Stock control systems - keeping track manually
Using inventory listing, stock codes, stock books and a simple re-order system to manage your stock
Project management checklist
Use our checklist to help you improve project planning and execution, and manage your project successfully.
Standards for best business practice
Overview of the most popular technical and management standards, and how they show best business practice for business
Customer focused performance measurement
How to gather and manage information to help your business attract, retain and sell to customers
Set business performance targets
How to move from performance measurement to target-setting in order to help your business improve and grow
Project management templates and tools
Find project management sample documents and templates, including project scope, project plan and risk register templates.
Advantages of project management
Discover how project management methods and strategies can help you reduce risk, cut costs and improve success rates.
SWOT, PESTLE and other models for strategic analysis
Introduction to the common business analysis models, including SWOT and PESTLE analysis, scenario planning and Porter's Five Forces framework
Measure your financial performance
Use common financial performance measures, such as profit margins and accounting ratios, to review your business finances
Benchmark your business performance
Use benchmarking to measure your business performance against that of your competitors as a focus for your growth strategy
Competitor analysis
Performance metrics you can use to analyse your competitors, and how to use this information to inform your business decisions
Financial risk
Understand the main types of financial risks to your business and find ways to mitigate and reduce them
Strategies to help you manage business risk
Common strategies for treating the risks to your business are avoidance, acceptance, sharing, reduction and elimination
Problems with growth: overtrading
Overtrading and lack of finance are common problems in a fast-growing business - here's how to overcome them
Advantages and disadvantages of family businesses
Some of the business benefits and common problems which you can encounter when running a family business.
What is a standard?
Find out what a standard is, the types of standards that exist, and whether your business needs one
Business benefits of standards
Find out how using standards can boost your business' efficiency, access to markets, compliance and competitiveness
Reselling goods expenses
Details of some allowable business expenses self-employed persons can claim for when reselling goods.