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Returning to work from paternity leave
An employee returning to work at the end of statutory paternity leave is entitled to return to the same job.
Statutory paternity pay
Who qualifies for SPP, how to recover SPP payments, and offering SPP enhancements.
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.
Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance through private placements
How you can use private placement of shares or bonds to raise finance for your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance by issuing corporate bonds
How corporate bonds can be used to raise large amounts of business finance through selling debt of the company.
Financial planning and accounts
Business budgeting. Financial and management accounts: the basics. Set up a simple profit and loss account for your business. Balance sheets: the basics. Set up a basic record-keeping system. Investment appraisal techniques. ...
How bond finance works
How debt capital markets can give you access to public funding from a variety of investors.
Raising finance for our business - See.Sense. (video)
See.Sense co-founders Philip and Irene McAleese talk about how they used a successful crowdfunding campaign to bring their product to the marketplace.