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Support for home-based businesses
Support organisations, online resources and networking events can provide support for home-based businesses
Start a business from home
Guidance and practical tips on starting a home-based business and local support to help establish your home business
Support for entrepreneurs on low incomes
Support available for people on low incomes who set up a business, including business advice and financial support.
Starting a business when unemployed
Information and advice on starting a business when unemployed and the support available to help you get started.
Start-up support for female entrepreneurs
A guide specifically for women entrepreneurs with information and support developed to help women in business
Starting a business: advice for people with a disability
Information and advice about starting a business for disabled people and the specialist advice and support available
Get help to develop a business plan through your local council
How your local council provides one-to-one support from expert advisers to help you to develop your business plan
Prepare a financial plan for your start-up business
How to draw up a robust business financial plan to help to project and control budgets, cashflow, sales and overheads
Write a business plan: step-by-step
A guide on the essential role that creating and using a business plan plays in starting your new business.
Ten steps to a successful start-up
Thinking of starting a business but don’t know where to begin? Follow our ten step guide to a successful start-up
Business support in Northern Ireland
Business support, advice and professional services available for new businesses and those expanding in Northern Ireland
Set up a charity
Key steps to setting up a charity, including choosing the right charity structure, finding trustees and registering your charity.
How to improve construction procurement practices
How to reduce waste on your site by forecasting material needs accurately and pre-qualifying subcontractors.
Reducing construction waste by being involved in the design process
How the input of construction contractors into the project design phase can help to reduce construction waste.
Forecast, measure and report waste in your construction projects
How construction clients can work to forecast, measure and report waste from their construction projects.
Embedding a culture of waste reduction in your construction business
How to ensure that construction contractors' waste management initiatives are efficiently implemented.
Reduce waste in your construction procurement processes
How clients can reduce overall waste in construction projects through better processes in procurement.
Using improved construction logistics to reduce waste
How construction contractors can use a logistics plan to efficiently manage on-site construction waste.
Reduce waste in your construction supply chain
How more effective design and planning can help clients to reduce construction waste in the supply chain.
Cut waste from smaller construction projects
Identifying and reducing waste in small construction projects can be challenging but also cost-productive.