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How to set up a business collaboration
Step-by-step guidance on setting up a collaborative network, the information you might need to share and the tasks you might need to carry out.
Benefits of business collaboration
Benefits of working collaboratively with other business, academia and trade bodies.
Successful business collaboration
Different stages of business collaboration and the key elements that make them successful.
Types of business collaboration
Overview of the different types of business networks and common collaboration networking models.
Assess your options for business growth
How to grow a business through market penetration, market/product development, diversification and partnerships.
Country guides: Exporting to the EU
Find out about individual EU markets and the opportunities for doing export business there.
Set up a staff records system
How and where to store information on your workers and who should have access to the data.
Should I grow my business?
Understand the different types of business growth and common pitfalls, and find advice to help you decide when and how to grow your business.
Prepare a business plan for growth
How to plan for business growth, what to include in your business growth plan and why you should regularly review it.
Grow your business successfully
How to identify and overcome the challenges and the pitfalls that you may encounter while growing your business
Top tips to prepare your business for growth
Practical suggestions to help you maximise your business potential and plan an effective and sustainable growth strategy.
Advantages of business continuity planning
Benefits of business continuity planning and its role in helping your business cope with possible disasters.
Minimise the potential impact of crises
How to reduce potential threats to your business by taking preventive measures and purchasing insurance.
Test your business continuity plan
How to test a business continuity plan to find out if it will work to protect your business when disaster strikes.
Create a business continuity plan
How to write a business continuity plan, what to include and why should you carry out business continuity planning.
Business impact analysis
Understand the importance of analysing the likelihood and the effects of a crisis on your business.
Staff records
Legal obligations for employers when gathering, keeping and using information on workers.
The staff records you must and should keep
What staff records you must keep to comply with the Data Protection Act.
Advantages of keeping staff records
How keeping staff records can benefit your business.
Business learning hub - search for online training
Find courses to help your staff develop their skills across a wide range of areas.