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Eight types of non-bank financial support
The main types of non-bank financial support for businesses including non-banking financial institutions and equity finance.
Avoiding loan sharks to fund your business
Advice on how to spot unlicensed lenders and why you shouldn't borrow money from them.
Obtaining non-bank investment
How to secure an investment for your business by preparing for a lender's requirements.
Social and community lenders
Applying for business loans from credit unions, the Prince's Trust and co-operative and community finance.
Recover debt through Court
Your options when trying to obtain money owed to you and the procedures involved when taking your claim to court.
Engineering business solvents and hazardous waste reduction
Guidance on the techniques for reducing solvent use and managing hazardous waste in engineering industries.
Reducing solvent use during surface cleaning
How your manufacturing business can reduce solvent use when cleaning and preparing surfaces of product components.
What happens after your debt claim has been served
Court procedures after your claim has been issued, and what the defendant's and your options are.
Deciding whether to take your debt claim to court
Alternatives to court action to recover payment from customers, and checking whether they can afford to pay you.
Choosing the right legal route for your debt claim
Differences between the small claims track and the high court.
What happens if your debt claim is contested
The procedures if a defence is entered and the case proceeds to a court hearing or trial.
Using solicitors and debt recovery agents
In certain cases when collecting money owed to you it may be sensible to seek professional help.
Recovering interest on unpaid debts
The types of interest you can charge on unpaid debts and whether you are entitled to claim them back in court.
Issuing your debt claim
The forms and evidence you will need to issue a claim for payment.
Manufacturing explosives
Explosives manufacturing is a hazardous business activity with specific regulations and licence requirements.
Printing business waste reduction
How printing businesses can reduce their waste and ways to deal effectively with the waste they do produce.
Explosives manufacturing and storage site safety and security
Guidance on separation distances, disposal rules and how to limit access to explosives to only authorised persons.
Do I need a licence to manufacture explosives?
The types of explosives manufacturing activities which require a licence and those activities which don’t.
Safety requirements when manufacturing explosives
A detailed overview of your health and safety responsibilities when manufacturing and storing explosives.
How to get an explosives licence or registration
Different types of explosives manufacturing and storage licences and registration and where to obtain them.