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Storing and using solvents
How to minimise the risk of solvent leaks and spills by storing and handling solvents safely in your business.
How to manage solvents efficiently
How to develop an effective solvent management plan for your business and purchase solvents efficiently.
Advantages and disadvantages of solvent emissions monitoring techniques
How to decide which solvent emission monitoring techniques and equipment are best for your business activities.
Using your solvent emissions data
How to interpret and analyse your solvent emissions data when you put a solvent monitoring programme into practice.
Reusing and recovering solvents
How to recover solvents and reuse solvents in your business, minimising waste to save disposal costs.
Why you should monitor your solvent use and emissions
The reasons for monitoring your solvent use and emissions, and the benefits of doing so for your business.
Solvent limits in vehicle refinishing products
Check that vehicle refinishing products you manufacture, import, distribute or sell meet relevant solvent limits.
Security for lone workers
Your security procedures must cover the extra risks lone workers face from accidents or violence at work to help you carry out a loner worker risk assessment
Safety and lone workers who deal with the public
Look for risks lone workers might present to members of the public - and risks the public might present to them, assess these risks and take action where needed
Benefits of health and safety management systems
Management systems help control risk, reduce costs and improve your reputation, other benefits include increased morale and possible lower insurance premiums.
Selling through retailers, wholesalers and other distributors
The benefits of selling to intermediaries and the key points to consider including how to manage your distributors.
Using a sales agent
Advice on using an outside agency to sell your products and services, and the legal issues this can raise.
Making your sales channels work together
How to manage your sales channels to increase sales including reviewing each channel and supporting them with advertising.
Reaching customers overseas
Reaching customers in overseas markets and the challenges you should consider such as resources, research and local laws.
What is a search engine and how do they work?
Learn what a search engine is and how the main search engines (such as Google, Yahoo and Bing) work, including how each search engine will analyse your site.
Types of search engine
Understand popular and niche search engines and how you can rank well in search engine results.
Develop a social media strategy
Social media can help your business reach customers, sell products and manage customer enquiries, to make the most of it you should take a strategic approach.
Social media business opportunities and challenges
Some of the opportunities and challenges you should consider when using social media for business in order to make the most of it and avoid common pitfalls.
Crowdsourcing on social media
Benefit from using your social media presence to contribute innovative ideas and solutions to your company's problems through crowdsourcing and open innovation.
Managing social media in our business - The MAC (video)
Find out how arts venue The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) manages their social media – Media and Communications Officer Ciaran Corr shares his experiences