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Make yourself bankrupt
The bankruptcy process and your duties if you make yourself bankrupt.
Choose an insurance adviser for your business
How to create a clear report of your health and safety risks in order to find the right insurance broker.
Wind up a limited company that owes you money
How creditors can use compulsory winding-up orders to attempt to recover monies owed by an insolvent company.
Does my business need a consumer credit licence?
If you sell on credit, lend money, issue credit cards, collect debts or give debt advice, you may need a consumer credit licence to operate.
How to apply for a consumer credit licence
You can apply for consumer credit licensing from the Financial Conduct Authority who will assess your fitness on factors such as competence and past offences.
Cyber security for business
Introduction to small business cyber security, risks to your business, and tools and techniques to help you manage it.
Demonstrate good environmental compliance
Show your environmental credentials to become a more attractive business to contractors in Northern Ireland when preparing your business for tender
Using business angel investment to grow our business - Pitchbooking
How Pitchbooking has successfully grown through business angel investment.
Find contracts and tender successfully
Put your business in the best position to find and win tender competitions in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and the EU
Skills required by growing businesses
How the complexity and variety of skills your business needs to access increase as your business grows.
Building a management team
Key considerations when building an effective management team for your business.
Funding for design projects
Find funding support for your design project to help improve processes, products or services
Managing financial difficulty
Guides which can help your business through financial problems to find resolutions to suit different circumstances.
Protect your business from ransomware
Understand what ransomware is, how it works, what impact it may have on your business and how you can prevent it.
Use innovation in your business
Guidance on using innovation in manufacturing and business operations, and the benefits of using artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0 technologies and open data in business
Business insurance: the basics
Details of the different types of insurance for businesses and finding a broker.
Delegation skills for business owners and directors
Why effective delegating of business tasks can be efficient time management and how to best go about it.
Managing your team
Discover the skills that make for successful team management.
Skills and training for company directors
Extra training that may be needed to fulfil the duties of a company director.
Leadership skills for business owners and directors
Skills that directors and business owners need to develop to be effective leaders.