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Staff and business development through higher education
Higher education training opportunities can help develop your employees and grow your business
Increase efficiency to maximise your profit
How to increase your business efficiency through lean thinking, technology use and better working practices.
Vocational qualifications
How vocational qualifications can help you develop the skills your employees need to perform particular jobs or roles
Setting up an innovation start-up
How to build an innovative start-up, develop a business plan for innovation and find the right finance and exit options for your business
Innovate UK funding and support
Details of Innovate UK's support and funding for innovation and technology projects from across the UK
Managing your design projects
Find out how to manage your design projects, either in-house or by working with external designers
Design for technology businesses
How small businesses in the technology sector can use design to improve their products' commercial viability
Protecting digital intellectual property
Understand the importance of digital assets - what they are, how to protect them and how to maximise their value to your business
Trade secrets and other IP protection
An overview of trade secrets, confidentiality agreements and other less common methods of protecting intellectual property
Protect your registered designs
How to protect your registered designs, manage your design rights and defend your designs against infringement
How to manage your patents
How to use and manage your patents, protect your inventions and commercialise your patented work
Manage your registered trade mark
How to renew, amend and manage registered trade marks, add new classes of goods and services and deal with trade mark infringement
Managing your copyright
How to use your copyright, license or assign your rights, and protect and benefit from your copyrighted work
User-centred design
Introduction to user-centred design, its benefits to your business and its role in product or service development
Designing a successful brand
How to use design to create a successful brand and build brand identity for your business
Communicate your business strategy and gain employee buy in
Build and communicate a business story to explain your background and business strategy, and how to get your employees to champion it
Lead and motivate your staff
Inspire and motivate your staff to improve your chances of business success
Price lists, estimates, quotations and tenders
Find out how to present prices to your customers, including how to draw up price lists, estimates and quotations and prices for tenders.
Drink
Guidance on selling alcohol in Northern Ireland and producing and distributing wine, craft beer and cider
How to enter and win business awards
Entering and winning business awards is a good public relations opportunity that can raise the profile of your business.