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Retail start-up support
How to find the right financial and advisory support to start your retail business in Northern Ireland
Ten top tips for starting a retail business
Ten top tips to starting a retail business successfully and staying afloat in the early days of trading
Where to set up your retail business
Find the right place to set up your retail business in Northern Ireland by weighing the important options
Rules for selling fireworks legally
Once you are registered as a firework retailer in Northern Ireland, there are rules you must follow including age restrictions and packaging.
Fireworks categories and your business
Fireworks categories F1, F2, F3 and F4, what they mean and your responsibilities as a fireworks retailer for safe storage and sale of fireworks in each category.
Storing fireworks safely at your premises
How to store fireworks safely at your business premises and your responsibilities as a retailer under manufacture and storage of explosives legislation.
Starting a business as an entrepreneur with a disability - Little Grooming pet studio (video)
Claire Hamilton discusses the challenges and rewards of starting a business as an entrepreneur with a disability
Running a business as an entrepreneur with a disability - Omagh Music Academy (video)
Claire Bowes discusses some of the support and advice available for disabled entrepreneurs to start and run a business
Starting a social enterprise - SlackPress (video)
How SlackPress developed into a self-sufficient social enterprise that engages with the local community
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