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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.
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
Business networks in Northern Ireland
Use business clubs and forums to make contacts and promote your business in Northern Ireland
Types of outsourcing services
Common types and examples of outsourcing services, including disruptive outsourcing solutions.
Stock control administration
An administrator or stock controllers' duties, typical paperwork and auditing or checking stock
Paying overseas suppliers
How to pay international invoices and overseas suppliers - common payment methods, their pros and cons, and foreign currency issues.
Advantages of reducing your vehicle emissions
How reducing vehicle emissions can benefit your business by reducing costs and improving your environmental performance.
Service level agreements
Service level agreements define the service that outsourcing partners are expected to provide.
Online outsourcing
The advantages of using electronic outsourcing instead of conventional outsourcing.
Types of stock
The four main types of stock - raw materials and components, work in progress, finished goods and consumables
Project management templates and tools
Find project management sample documents and templates, including project scope, project plan and risk register templates.
Advantages of project management
Discover how project management methods and strategies can help you reduce risk, cut costs and improve success rates.
Advantages of having a project manager
How to choose and work with a great project manager, or develop project management skills in-house.
Project management checklist
Use our checklist to help you improve project planning and execution, and manage your project successfully.
Outsourcing considerations
Prepare for outsourcing and be aware of pitfalls in areas of costs, productivity, communication and culture.
Outsourcing: seven top tips
Find best practice tips for successful outsourcing to help you make outsourcing work for your business.