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Saving water and cutting costs
Guides on different ways to reduce water use through efficiency measures to help save your business money
Process and resource efficiency
Business efficiency best practice guides to help your business operate with lower operational and environmental costs
Reuse and recycle business waste
Guides on how best to recycle or reuse your business waste to benefit the environment and your bottom line
Environmental obligations and support
Guides detailing the legal responsibilities which your business has to reduce its impact on the environment
Preventing pollution
Guides summarising your legal responsibilities for preventing pollution and best practice methods to achieve compliance
Hazardous substances and waste
Guides which detail your legal responsibilities for hazardous substances and hazardous waste in your business
Waste and recycling industry
Guides on legal frameworks for waste businesses and the ways to reduce the overall impact of waste on the environment
Metal production and processing
Guides which help you to understand your environmental responsibilities when manufacturing metal
Paper and cardboard manufacturing
Guides on how paper and cardboard manufacturing businesses can improve their environmental performance and compliance
Manage business finances
Guides on why managing finance is an important part of starting and running your business
Family business
Understand the benefits and issues that affect family-run businesses, employing family members or financing from friends and family
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
Hire professional services
Guides on how and why to hire professional service providers to help your business in the startup phase
Business planning
Guides on how to create a business plan for your startup and how business plans can be useful at different stages of your business
Patents, trade marks, copyright and design
How to protect and register different types of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade marks, design and copyright
Orphan works licensing scheme
Overview of the UK's orphan works licensing scheme run by the Intellectual Property Office
Types of orphan works licences: commercial and non-commercial
Orphan works licence can be for non-commercial use or for commercial purposes - both types can last for up to seven years
Apply for a licence to use orphan works in the UK
How to apply for a licence to reproduce orphan works lawfully under the UK Intellectual Property Office's licensing scheme
Carry out a diligent search for the right holders
How to complete a diligent search for right holder(s) of orphaned works before applying for an orphan works licence
Orphan works complaints and appeals
Advice for orphan works right holders or licence applicants on appealing against a decision by the IPO