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Register your business partnership
How to register a business partnership online, via post or by appointing someone else to deal with HMRC on your behalf
How to register as a sole trader
What you need to do to register as a sole trader, including information on Self Assessment, Income Tax and VAT
Work experience opportunities for students still at school
Employer guidance on arranging work experience placements for students still at school.
Recruiting freelancers and outside contractors
Consider whether your business would benefit from the use of freelancers and outside contractors.
Get an EORI number
UK businesses trading with the EU and non-EU countries will need a UK EORI number.
Register for the National Export System to make an export declaration
Find out what you need to register for the National Export System (NES) to make an export declaration.
Skill Up programme: Retrain and upskill your staff
Find free training opportunities to help develop the skills of your staff through the fully funded Skill Up programme.
Equal pay for work of equal value
The Equal Pay Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (as amended) provides for equal pay between women and men in the same employment.
Trade with Japan
How to import from and export to Japan.
Export controls: dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
How to import goods to Northern Ireland: step-by-step
How to move goods to Northern Ireland from a country outside the UK and the EU.
Making an import supplementary declaration
Find out how and when to make a supplementary declaration when using simplified declarations to bring goods into the UK.
Making an import declaration in your records
Find out how to declare imported goods to customs by entering them in your own records.
Making an export supplementary declaration
Find out how and when to make a supplementary declaration when taking goods out of the UK using simplified declarations.
Further education: skills development programmes
List of further education skills development programmes in Northern Ireland.
Considering requests to change working hours
Points to think about when workers ask to work part-time or any other flexible working pattern.
Apply to use simplified declarations for exports
Find out about the different simplified declarations for exports and what you need for authorisation to use them.
Support for black, Asian and minority ethnic start-ups
Support available for ethnic minority people who set up a business, including advice and specialist organisations.
Business growth support in Lisburn and Castlereagh City
Council and local organisation support and opportunities to grow your business in the Lisburn City and Castlereagh area
Popular home-based business ideas
How to find the right home business idea which can work for you and inspire your entrepreneurial dreams