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Identify potential business risks and insure against them
Identify potential business risks and get the right insurance to protect your business.
Insuring your business: loss of a key staff member
Key person insurance and how it can protect your business if a vital employee dies.
Insurance protection for the self-employed
Types of insurance that are particularly important for sole traders and small business owners.
Insurance as an employee benefit
Types of insurance commonly available as an employee benefit.
Life and health insurance
Overview of the types of insurance cover for life and health.
Export groups of products of animal origin: use 30-day support attestations to prove health and traceability
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations
Grants: the basics
How to find a grant that suits your business and what makes a business eligible to receive one.
Why a grant application might be turned down
Prepare your application meticulously to limit the possibility of it being turned down.
What kind of grants are available?
Searching for grant funding using the Northern Ireland business support finder and other channels.
How to apply for a government grant
Advice to ensure your application is effective, including applying before the deadline and researching the grant body.
How to turn around a struggling business
The areas of your business that you should assess in order to uncover any problems or potential problems.
Steps to make your business more efficient
How you can get the most out of your staff, processes and resources to reduce costs and improve your business.
How you can improve your profitability
How to identify and take advantage of the opportunities within your business to enhance your profit margins.
Finding support to develop our business - Shortcross Gin (video)
Fiona and David Boyd-Armstrong talk about finding support for developing their new product - Shortcross Gin
Import composite products from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain
Find out what a composite product is, and what you need to do to import or move composite products.
Sending a package abroad
How to complete a Single Administrative Document when items require a full declaration.
Advantages and disadvantages of venture capital
Potential benefits and drawbacks of venture capital.
How to find the right designer or design agency
How to choose the right designer or design agency to work with, and develop an ongoing relationship with them
Growth through sales
Understand how increasing your sales and improving your sale process (online or offline) can help you grow your business
Design sign off and approval
What is design sign off, the common issues and problems that can come up, and why sign off can be a useful milestone in a design process