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Business mentoring and other types of business support
Building on your business mentoring support through coaching, networking, peer mentoring and learning alliances.
Face-to-face business mentoring
How to choose the business mentoring format that works for you if you prefer face-to-face meetings to online mentorship.
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.
600 small business ideas
Detailed guides on over 600 small business trades and sectors for start-up research, market trends and sector regulations
How to become a business mentor
Skills and experience you'll need to become a business mentor, including the ability to listen and empathise.
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.
Ards and North Down business support
How to make a success of doing business in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area
Business growth support in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Council and local organisation support and opportunities to grow your business in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Advantages of doing business in Ards and North Down
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Ards and North Down area
Business growth support in Ards and North Down
Council and local organisation support and opportunities to grow your business in the Ards and North Down area.
Antrim and Newtownabbey business support
Guidance to help you start and grow business in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area.
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon business support
How to make a success of doing business in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area