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How to move goods by air
How to comply with requirements for customs and the key documents you'll need to transport goods by air.
Insurance for international road transport
How to insure your goods against loss, damage and delay for international trade when using road transport.
Different road haulage vehicles
An overview of the key characteristics of the main vehicles used for road haulage in international trade.
Airfreight documentation
An overview of some of the common paperwork required when you're sending airfreight consignments.
Airfreight insurance
How to protect your airfreight consignments with insurance cover in the event of loss or damage.
Airfreight rates
An overview of the basic costs of airfreight, your VAT obligations and other additional expenses.
Direct Earnings Attachments (DEA): making deductions from an employee's salary
The Department for Communities will write to you if you need to make DEA deductions for an employee.
Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) payment schedule
The supporting payment schedule for a DEA that must be completed and issued in order to ensure that the correct payment is allocated to the correct debtor account.
Tips for creating an LGBTQIA+ inclusive workplace
Practical steps to help employers make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff feel included and respected in the workplace.
What is sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace?
How to identify different types of workplace sexual orientation discrimination and some examples of these.
LGBT staff: employer legal duties
The legal responsibilities to ensure that employers do not discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans staff.
Supporting trans staff
How employers can support trans employees by ensuring the unique challenges they face are minimised.
Employing and supporting older workers
How employers can embrace the benefits of employing older workers and meet their legal obligations and challenges of an ageing workforce.
How to make online recruitment work for your business
How to ensure virtual recruitment processes fit with your business strategy and deliver the best possible candidates.
Advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment
The many business benefits that virtual recruitment processes can bring for employers hiring new staff and some potential drawbacks.
What is online recruitment?
Recruiting staff using online processes and how this differs from more traditional face-to-face recruitment practices.
Tax help
Where Northern Ireland businesses can get help with specific tax issues or queries.
VAT
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on their VAT requirements including VAT rates and thresholds, registering for VAT, charging for VAT and submitting VAT returns.
Preventing communication breakdowns with family employees
How communicating with family employees may differ from communicating with non-family ones.
The difference between contractors and subcontractors
Understand the differences between contractors, and subcontractors and what this means for your business.