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Paying VAT
How to pay your VAT bill
How to improve your suppliers' environmental performance
Make sure that all your suppliers are managing and improving their environmental performance
Environmental review staff interviews
How to talk to key people in order to understand the environmental performance of your business
Setting environmental targets
Setting targets so that you can measure your business' improvements from the environmental baseline
Acting on your environmental review
An action plan provides the method through which environmental improvements are achieved
Being a supplier with good environmental credentials
Maintain a competitive edge by meeting the environmental standards that are increasingly set by major customers
Benefits of a supply chain that reduces environmental impacts
Reducing the environmental impact of your supply chain can cut costs, reduce waste and improve efficiency
Work together to reduce environmental impacts of the supply chain
How you can work together with customers and suppliers to improve your environmental performance
What is internal environmental auditing?
What an internal environmental audit of your business involves, its key aims, and what areas it should focus on
Selecting an environmental auditor
The skills to look for when choosing staff to carry out internal environmental management system audits
How to conduct an environmental audit
How to carry out internal environmental audits in your business and how to deal with non-conformances and observations
External environmental audits
The role of external auditors in the environmental management system process and the benefits for your business
Carry out an EMS management review
What the management review stage of an environmental management system is and what you should aim to cover
Expert financial advice
Guides which can help your business to find the right financial advice for different common and specific issues.
Resource efficiency and managing waste in food businesses
Guidance on resource, waste and water efficiency in food and drink businesses, and dealing with fat, oil and grease correctly
Selling food and drink
Guidance on the sale of goods by weight or other measures such as volume or length, and selling your food or drink product in supermarkets
Finance
Guidance on raising finance, finance options, managing finance, financial planning and accounts, managing cashflow, improving business performance and managing a business when economic conditions are tough
Food safety and hygiene
Guidance on food law, hygiene for food businesses, food safety inspections, novel foods and chemicals in food
Food packaging and labelling
Guidance on food and drink labelling and packaging requirements
Selling or closing your business
Guidance on how to go about selling or closing your business including company strike-off and dissolving a company