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Factoring and invoice discounting
How to improve cashflow by selling your invoices to a third party.
Information a statutory demand should contain
The required contents of a statutory demand, and the forms you need to use
What to do if you are served with a statutory demand
Your options if you receive a statutory demand, and the grounds for a demand to be dismissed
IP rights: copyright
What is copyright, when does it apply, and how you can use it to protect your intellectual property
IP rights: trade marks
What are trade marks, and how to register trade marks to protect your brand, products or business
IP rights: designs
An overview of design as an intellectual property asset and advice on how to use unregistered and registered designs to secure your IP
IP rights: patents
What is a patent, how to apply for one, and how to use and enforce it to protect your business' intellectual property
What higher education is
Types of higher education qualifications that are available to your employees
Benefits of higher education and work-based learning
Types of higher education qualifications and how they can improve motivation and reduce staff turnover
Recruiting higher education students
Ways to incorporate higher education skills into your business
Improve your cashflow and business performance
Assess your business' performance. Assess and improve your business cashflow. Ensuring customers pay you on time. Recover your debts. Avoid insolvency. How to turn your business around.
Open data opportunities for business
What is open data, where to find open data in Northern Ireland, and how to make the most of its business opportunities.
Expert financial advice
Guides which can help your business to find the right financial advice for different common and specific issues.
Checklist: developing a product or service
Step-by-step list on how to develop new products or services, with a checklist of key things to consider before and during development
Grants and government support
Find and secure grants and government support to help start up and develop your business
Get help with intellectual property protection
Advice, guidance and support with intellectual property issues for Northern Ireland businesses
Avoid infringing other people's intellectual property
How to check that you are not infringing other people's intellectual property
The importance of protecting intellectual property
Understand the significance of intellectual property rights and why it is important to protect IP such as trade marks, patents, designs and copyright
Intellectual property audit
How to conduct an intellectual property audit and assess the ownership of IP rights in your business
Types of legal protection for intellectual property rights
How to choose the right type of legal protection for your patents, trade marks, design and copyright