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Payment terms for overseas customers
Learn about the main transaction types for overseas customers.
Legal responsibilities as an exporter
The HM Revenue & Customs rules that apply to exporters.
Dealing in Fairtrade products
Use or sell Fairtrade products in business to promote sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
Benefits of ethical trading
How considering social, environmental and economic objectives can make you more competitive.
Protecting the environment
Implement sustainable development policies to minimise your business' negative impact on the world around it.
Getting paid when exporting
Guidance on reducing risks associated with receiving payments from selling goods or services internationally.
Basics of exporting
What's involved in selling goods or services to another country.
Enforcement of civil court orders in Northern Ireland
How to seek a court order to recover debts if you win your claim and the customer still fails to pay.
Winding up and bankruptcy petitions
How to issue a petition to close the business or enforce a judgment if your customer does not pay you.
How bankruptcy petitions work
How to issue a bankruptcy petition.
Non-bank finance
Non-bank finance options for businesses and how to choose between them.
What counts as pay?
Understand what actually counts as pay when paying a worker.
Paying the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
You must ensure you pay your workers at least the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage depending on their eligibility.
Guarantee pay: employee entitlement
What guarantee pay is and who is eligible for it.
Issuing pay statements to employees
Itemised pay statements and penalties for not giving notice of variations in fixed deductions in staff pay.
How to calculate guarantee pay
How to work out the amount of guarantee pay you must pay your staff and what the exceptions are.
Statutory payments
Employee entitlement to statutory payments.
Employment and skills - find a case study
Our case studies give an insight into how real businesses deal with employment and skills issues on a practical level
Raise long-term funding through debt capital markets
Long-term funding options available for larger businesses by issuing and selling bonds through debt capital markets.
Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance through asset securitisation
How securitisation allows you to use your income-generating assets as security for bonds.