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Working with banks and other lenders
How to use your bank and bank account to improve your cashflow and avoid problems.
Keep business finance forecasts up to date
Why and how you should assess and maintain your budgets and business plans on a regular basis.
Equity finance
Overview of what equity finance is and how to find it.
Equity finance: the equity gap
What the equity gap is, how you could avoid it, and guidance on Enterprise Capital Funds.
Six sources of equity finance
Outline of the various sources of equity finance available to businesses.
Biomedical Catalyst 2023 Round 2: Industry-led R&D
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £20 million to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges.
Ensure customers pay you on time
Actions you can take if a payment you are due is late.
Protecting consumers' economic and legal interests in the EU
Consumer rights protection in the European Union for transactions involving holidays, credit, toys, chemicals, financial services, energy and online purchases.
Checklist: starting a social enterprise
A checklist of key questions you should consider to help you succeed when setting up a social enterprise
Product labelling and packaging in the EU
EU rules and regulations relating to product labelling and packaging including product origin and production, genetic modification, food, nutrition and plastics.
Providing consumer information in the EU
How to find and provide product information to your customers while complying with European Union regulations that aim to protect consumers from being mislead
Consumer safety in the EU
Rules and regulations in the European Union to ensure products are not dangerous to consumers, for instance cosmetics, foodstuffs, toys and explosives.
When does a payment become late?
The point at which a payment becomes late depends on whether you have agreed a credit period with the customer.
Tips to ensure customers pay you on time
Ways to actively reduce or eliminate bad debt among your customers.
Female Leadership Programme for Ards and North Down
This programme offers the opportunity for women business owners or employees to boost business skills and gain a management qualification.
Americas Showcase 2023
Discover the latest opportunities in the various markets in the American continent.
When to charge interest on late payments
You have a statutory right to charge interest on any money owed to your business.
Everyday Engineering competition
Apply for a chance to develop your engineering ideas and innovations with experts and high-profile entrepreneurs.
Funding for children's health innovations
Two new Small Business Research Initiative competitions open to find innovative solutions for monitoring of jaundiced newborns at home, and management and prediction of asthma attacks in young people.
Factoring and invoice discounting
How to improve cashflow by selling your invoices to a third party.