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Planning your website
How to set clear objectives for your website, plan its purpose and work out its structure, design and content.
Website hosting and management
Customer support, content maintenance, server security and other features you may want to factor into choosing a web host.
Cloud hosting
What is cloud hosting, what are the advantages of hosting your website on cloud servers, and the risks involved.
Best practice in web design
Make sure that your business' website makes an impact - follow these web design and development standards and best practices.
Set up a health and safety management system
Using management systems to reduce health and safety risks and continually improve health and safety management in your business.
Safe storage methods for waste, timber, glass and textiles
Storage advice for specific materials - waste, timber, glass and textiles – in order to reduce the risks of potential health and safety hazards.
Safe storage of dangerous or hazardous materials
Key steps to reducing the risks of storing dangerous materials, and rules on the storage of oil and risks of fire and explosion.
Assess the risks of goods storage
Identifying possible hazards caused by storing goods and materials and analysing the likelihood of them occurring in order to reduce potential risks.
Safe use of shelves, racks and pallets
Installing and using shelving and racking units safely by following appropriate guidelines, installation instructions and spacing.
Off-site storage safety
Key issues and risks when storing goods and materials away from your premises and steps to take in order to reduce health and safety risks.
Storing goods and materials safely
Assessing and controlling the risks of storing products and materials, including hazardous materials, food and specific materials like glass, wood and textiles.
Types of accounting software
Understand the different types of accounting software, from free software and small business packages, to cloud accounting and enterprise-level software.
Choosing the right accounting package
How to choose the right accounting package for your business and assess your needs and requirements for accounting software.
Accounting requirements checklist
A checklist to help you work out your business' basic accounting needs before selecting an accounts package.
Key features of accounting packages
Understand the key features of accounting software, and how they could meet your business' specific needs and requirements.
Specialised requirements for your accounting package
Tailored accounts packages can include specialised features, such as VAT schemes, stock control and electronic payment features.
The arrangements section of your health and safety policy
What you should include in the arrangements section of your health and safety policy including information on hazards and risk assessment.
Implementing your health and safety policy
How to check your health and safety policy helps manage risks and prevents accidents through regular monitoring and consulting staff.
What should be in your health and safety policy?
The information you need to set out in your health and safety policy including the statement of general policy, responsibilities and arrangement sections.
The responsibilities section of your health and safety policy
Deciding who will carry out risk assessments, inspections and ensure health and safety – this could be you, an employee or someone external.