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Evaluate your ecodesign products
How to use feedback from production and sales departments to ensure the manufacture of profitable ecodesign products
Open data opportunities for business
What is open data, where to find open data in Northern Ireland, and how to make the most of its business opportunities.
Trade mark tips for beginners
12 things that small business owners need to know in order to protect and manage their valuable trade marks
Passing off: definition, remedies and defences
Understand the common law of passing off, possible remedies for trade mark misrepresentation and passing off defences
Post-grant opposition of patents
How to challenge the validity of a granted patent or file an opposition in court to try to invalidate or revoke a patent
Types of events
Examples of national, international and local tourism events in Northern Ireland such as concerts, exhibitions and sporting competitions
Register a trade mark outside the UK
How to register a trade mark in Europe and internationally by applying for EU trade mark registration or applying under the WIPO's Madrid protocol
Growing our tourism business - Galgorm Resort and Spa (video)
How Galgorm Resort and Spa their tourism business from a small country hotel to large resort through market research, customer feedback and staff recruitment and training
Bringing a new product to market - Reynolds Hurling (video)
Reynolds Hurling share their experience of bringing an innovative product to market
What is Industry 4.0?
Introduction into the key concepts, principles and components of Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution
Business benefits of Industry 4.0
Discover the advantages of using digital technologies to help you reduce costs, increase efficiency and revenue, and improve customer experience
Business banking
How to choose and manage a business bank account. Debit and credit cards for your business. Using payment cards to buy and sell goods or services. Accepting online payments. Foreign currency and exchange risks. ...
Research and development
Understand the importance of research and development for the success of new products, services and ideas
Selling
Preparing to sell. The sales process. Choose and manage a commercial agent. Forecast and plan your sales. Spotting market opportunities. Increase your market share. Identify potential sales channels. Overview on selling to government. ...
Pricing
Competing fairly. Price indications. Price lists, estimates, quotations and tenders. Price your product or service.
Taking advantage of craft tourism opportunities - The Steensons
Getting a product to market - Babocush (video)
Kerry Nevins, the creator of Babocush baby comfort cushion, shares her thoughts on new product design and development
What is screen tourism?
Definition of screen and film tourism, including examples in Austria, New Zealand and Northern Ireland
IP rights: copyright
What is copyright, when does it apply, and how you can use it to protect your intellectual property
IP rights: trade marks
What are trade marks, and how to register trade marks to protect your brand, products or business