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Leadership skills for business owners and directors
Skills that directors and business owners need to develop to be effective leaders.
Strategy skills for business owners and directors
How strategy can help your business, and how to use SWOT and gap analyses to determine business strategy.
Employers' Handbook: section-by-section
Download individual sections of the Invest Northern Ireland Employers' Handbook.
Skills and training for directors and owners
The key skills needed by business owners and directors and how these skills can be developed.
Building a management team
Key considerations when building an effective management team for your business.
Review your suppliers' performance
How to manage supplier performance, and what evaluation criteria to use when conducting supplier performance reviews.
Supplier service level agreements
Importance of service level agreements in supply chain management, key clauses and best practices.
Ending supplier contracts
Possible penalties, operational barriers and other points to consider when ending a contract with a supplier.
Best practices in supplier quality management
Understand the importance of supplier quality management and learn best practices for monitoring and improving the quality of your supply chain.
Essential Skills: developing literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
Essential Skills is a training programme that assists employees aged 16 and over in the development of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills up to level 2.
Setting net zero targets for our business - Kainos
Stephan Sakowicz explains what sustainability means to Kainos and how they plan to deliver on ambitious climate pledges.
Introduction to waste management
Waste management obligations when running a business and where to find support for waste management issues.
How to generate income from renewable energy
How to generate income from renewable energy, including export and feed-in tariffs and green energy certificates.
Is renewable energy right for my business?
How to assess the energy use in your business and consider your options for switching to renewable energy.
Benefits of using renewable energy
The business benefits of using renewable energy such as government incentives and saving on energy costs.
What is the waste management hierarchy?
Using the waste management hierarchy to choose how to deal with waste and make your business more efficient.
Find professional waste management bodies and trade associations
Waste disposal, recycling or waste trading business can find it useful to join a professional body or trade association.
Find a waste management training provider
Guidance on how you can find a suitable waste management training provider or course to train your staff.
Waste management training for your staff
How to identify staff training requirements to help your business meet its waste management responsibilities.
How to switch to renewable energy
The benefits of generating wind, biomass, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric energy and switching to renewables.