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Your retail premises
Guides to help you find and effectively manage retail premises to ensure access for all and a safe retail environment.
Retail businesses and the environment
Guides to help your retail business lessen its impact on the environment and make a real difference on climate change.
Retailing and the law
Guides which summarise common legal issues which retail businesses must be aware of and comply with.
Employing people in your retail business
Guides which can help your retail business to understand employment issues, rights and how to comply with the law.
Starting a business - find a case study
A range of case studies from local entrepreneurs who have started successful businesses
Starting my business from home - Angels and Butterflies Jewellery Designs (video)
Debbie Todd, owner of Angels and Butterflies Jewellery Designs, discusses how she started her business from home
Types of stock
The four main types of stock - raw materials and components, work in progress, finished goods and consumables
How much stock should you keep?
Advantages and disadvantages of keeping either plenty of stock or very little
Stock control methods
How to control stock through reviews, minimum levels, using batch control and first in first out systems
Advantages of water efficiency in business
Some of the financial and non-financial benefits of taking a sustainable approach to water use in your business
How to analyse water use in your business
How you can assess the cost of your business water use by analysing how much water you use across all operations
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
What is the Plastic Packaging Tax?
How your business can comply with the Plastic Packaging Tax which came into force in the UK on 1 April 2022
Small-scale chemical storage - cabinets, shelves and vehicles
How to correctly store chemicals in cabinets, cupboards, shelves or vehicles to prevent contamination or pollution.
How to market your recycling services
Marketing activities your recycling business could use to reach new customers and how to follow up to close a sale.
Maximising your income from recycled materials
How to maximise income streams for your recycling business and avoid contamination of saleable materials.
Recycling electrical products
Some of the rules and methods for recycling electrical products and how to get advice on innovative ways to recycle.
Recycling plasterboard
Examples of uses for recycled plasterboard in your business and standards for recycled plasterboard material.
Recycling aggregates
How the recycling industry can find uses for recycled aggregates and standards for recycled aggregate materials.
Motor energy use, efficiency and loading
How electric motors work and the energy savings that can be made during start-up and by correct loading.