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Packaging and labelling for export
What packaging and labelling considerations businesses should consider when exporting goods including local rules and language.
Product packaging design
How the design of your packaging can help you sell your goods and build your brand.
Packaging - environmental considerations
Environmental regulations and considerations when designing packaging including reducing the weight and volume and your duty of care for waste.
Workstation health and safety: desks, chairs and posture
What standards your furniture must meet for a safe computer workstation and what your employees need to be aware of to work safely including posture
Computer health and safety: task design and rest breaks
You have a duty to ensure that employees working on computers have a mix of activities and regular rest breaks to prevent health problems and injuries
Computer workstation risk assessment
Assess health risks associated with computer workstations - physical layout, posture, special needs, rest breaks to ensure a healthy working environment
Ensure healthy computer use at work: six top tips
Follow these simple tips in your business to prevent health issues like upper limb injuries and eye strain for workers who use a computer for long periods
Free eye tests for employees who use computers
You have a responsibility to provide eyesight tests for employees who use display screen equipment and you may have to pay for glasses needed for work
Working conditions for computer users
Monitor office conditions such as humidity, temperature, lighting and noise levels to ensure a healthy working environment for employees who use computers
Consult your employees on health and safety
Your responsibilities for involving and consulting employees in your health and safety policy, the benefits of doing so, the law, and how to consult with them
Support and guidance for home heating oil suppliers
How home heating oil suppliers can comply with Trading Standards legislation and avoid consumer disputes.
Moving goods out of Northern Ireland through common transit countries
Find out what to do when you move goods out of Northern Ireland using transit
Check how to pay duties and VAT on imports
If you’re a business importing goods from outside the UK, you can pay Customs Duty, excise duties and VAT in a number of ways
Entering overseas markets
Considerations when choosing how to enter an overseas market.
Create your marketing strategy
Decide how to market your product or service to potential customers by developing a marketing strategy that positions your product to particular customers
Branding and design
Creating a successful brand and using design throughout your business
Traditional marketing
The basics of traditional and offline marketing tactics such as advertising, PR and direct marketing
Start a sales forecasts
How to use last year's sales as a starting point for your forecast of next year's sales to help manage your business more effectively.
Price comparison rules: competitors
Complying with the law when you compare your selling prices to the prices that other traders charge and avoiding giving misleading pricing information.
Price comparison rules
How to stay within the law when you make price comparisons for your products or services and avoid giving misleading pricing information.