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Business budgeting
The importance of managing a budget as part of your business planning and how to create one.
What should be included in a business budget?
Projected costs, revenues, cashflow and profit are some of the elements to include in a budget.
Creating a business budget: key steps
Managing the financial side of your business, including advice on how to create a budget.
Creating a budget for your business
How to create, review and manage a budget for your business, and what elements to include in it.
Budgets and business planning
Definition of a budget and the advantages of using one, including clear allocation of resources.
Using your budget to measure business performance
Benchmark your business using your budget projections and key performance indicators.
Reviewing your business budget regularly
When and why to review your budget and the main steps involved.
Email marketing
Best practice advice to improve open and click rates and boost sales through email marketing campaigns.
What is email marketing?
Definition of email marketing, its importance for your business, the types of email marketing and options for sending email marketing messages.
How to ensure your online sales promotions are compliant
How you can make sure your online sales promotions are compliant and do not mislead consumers.
Sales laws
Laws regarding the sale of goods, including age-restriction, Sunday trading and labelling
Advantages and disadvantages of business angel funding
Investment from a business angel could help your business but it’s also important to consider any disadvantages of using an angel investor.
International trade fairs
Advice on visiting or exhibiting at trade fairs overseas and finding the right fair for your business.
Advantages and disadvantages of accepting payment cards for sales
Card payments can increase sales, broaden your customer base and cut admin - but watch costs and the risk of fraud.
Choosing a payment card provider
Key factors to consider when choosing business debit, charge or credit cards and where to find providers.
Bona vacantia assets
What happens to a company's assets when it is dissolved.
What happens to company assets when a company is dissolved
What happens to a company and its assets after it has been dissolved, including property, shares and cash.
Payments to former shareholders/liquidators of dissolved companies
How the Crown Solicitor makes discretionary payments to former shareholders/liquidators of a dissolved company.
Recovering assets of a dissolved company
Basics of recovering dissolved company assets and the role of the Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.
Recognition for good design
How to get recognition for your design success and capitalise on the opportunities it can generate.