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Develop a staff training plan
How to put staff training into practice once you have identified priority areas for your employees and your business.
Choose insurance to suit your business structure
You may require certain types of business insurance depending on the structure of your business.
Promote healthy work-life balance in your business
How employers can promote healthy work-life balance and the benefits it can bring to your business and staff.
Gain training recognition
How to get recognition and reward for your training efforts through Investors in People and various business awards.
Skills for Life and Work: Providing work experience for young people
Helping employers in Northern Ireland provide work experience for school leavers aged 16/17 years (and up to age 22 and 24 for those with extended eligibility).
Advantages of improved work-life balance
List of benefits that promoting a healthy work-life balance brings to your business and your staff.
Identify work-life balance problems
Signs that can tell employers that their staff are suffering from a poor work-life balance.
Choose an accountant for your business
How to choose the best accountant for your business' accounting, financial and taxation requirements.
Am I legally classed as self-employed?
Determine if you are legally defined as self-employed and how this affects your business.
Workers and employees: the differences
Understand the terms 'employee' and 'worker' and what they mean for your business.
Employment status of company directors
The legal status of company directors, their responsibilities, and tax requirements.
Recruiting new staff and the alternatives
Consider if you need more staff and what alternatives there are.
IR35 and other special rules
Understand the employment status of your contractors and the off-payroll working through an intermediary (IR35) rules.
What questions should I ask an accountant?
A checklist of things that you should know about any prospective accountants.
Managing the relationship with your accountant
How to manage the relationship with your accountant and how to spot problems with the relationship.
Recruiting staff
Consider why you need more staff and how you can recruit the ones that best meet your needs.
Benefits of using an accountant
An accountant can help you with business records, tax returns and auditing requirements.
Recruiting full-time or part-time employees
Your responsibilities for full-time and part-time employees.
Recruiting staff on fixed-term contracts
Advantages and disadvantages of using fixed-term contracts to employ staff.
Recruiting staff: your options
Consider your options for recruiting staff for your business.