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Start-up business ideas
Guides and tools to help you find and develop ideas for ways to start up your own business in Northern Ireland
Business insurance: the basics
Details of the different types of insurance for businesses and finding a broker.
Top tips for saving water in your business
Tips on how to engage your business in saving water and practical tips for minimising water use
Cost of living: Support and advice for small businesses
Sources of support and funding to help Northern Ireland businesses.
Using a sales agent
Advice on using an outside agency to sell your products and services, and the legal issues this can raise.
Business networks in Northern Ireland
Use business clubs and forums to make contacts and promote your business in Northern Ireland
Types of outsourcing services
Common types and examples of outsourcing services, including disruptive outsourcing solutions.
Create your sales plan
How a sales plan will help you to sell your product or service
Environmental review staff interviews
How to talk to key people in order to understand the environmental performance of your business
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Stock control administration
An administrator or stock controllers' duties, typical paperwork and auditing or checking stock
Paying overseas suppliers
How to pay international invoices and overseas suppliers - common payment methods, their pros and cons, and foreign currency issues.
Advantages of doing business in Causeway Coast and Glens
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Causeway Coast and Glens area
Advantages of doing business in Derry City and Strabane
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Derry City and Strabane area
Advantages of doing business in Newry, Mourne and Down
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Newry, Mourne and Down area
Advantages of doing business in Fermanagh and Omagh
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Fermanagh and Omagh area
Advantages of doing business in Mid Ulster
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Mid Ulster District Council area
Advantages of doing business in Lisburn and Castlereagh
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Lisburn City and Castlereagh area
WEEE user responsibilities
What your business must do when you are disposing of your waste electrical and electronic equipment
Water use authorisations
When you need an authorisation or licence for taking or storing water from a surface or groundwater source