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Build your own business network
Create and make the most of an informal business network in Northern Ireland
What networks are available to Northern Ireland businesses?
Business networking events hosted by business support organisations across Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland business networks
Invest Northern Ireland provides business support programmes, business growth help and business networking events
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.
Start-up business ideas
Guides and tools to help you find and develop ideas for ways to start up your own business in Northern Ireland
Business insurance: the basics
Details of the different types of insurance for businesses and finding a broker.
File your company accounts early this December to avoid a penalty
All limited companies, whether they trade or not, must deliver accounts to Companies House each year.
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.
File your Companies House accounts early and online to avoid penalties
If you’re due to file accounts with Companies House by the end of September 2023, allow plenty of time before your deadline.
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.
Strategy skills for business owners and directors
How strategy can help your business, and how to use SWOT and gap analyses to determine business strategy.
Cost of living: Support and advice for small businesses
Sources of support and funding to help Northern Ireland businesses.
Types of director, their duties and employment status
Detailing the different types of company directors, their duties and employment status
Choosing a director
Check that directors you plan to appoint have the right skills and expertise
Appointing and paying company directors
Dealing with company directorial appointments and deciding on how to pay them
How to recruit directors
How to find and recruit company directors
Effectively manage your company directors
Ensuring your directors perform to the best of their ability by using inductions, appraisals and training courses