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Selling overseas
Preparing to export. Exporting - an overview. Entering overseas markets. Intellectual property protection overseas. Ethical trading. Manage the risks of exporting. CE marking.
Financing growth
Explore different options for financing growth in your business - from bank finance and equity to grants and crowdfunding
How to grow your business
Guidance to help you explore the different ways of growing your business, such as franchising or buying another business, increasing your sales and market share, achieving efficiencies to boost profits or using IP to grow
Leading staff through growth
Guidance to help you manage change, including change of your organisational structure, recruit staff and directors, and lead and motivate your staff
Selling online
Accepting online payments. Create an online shop. Search engine optimisation. Pay per click advertising. Distance selling and online trading. Fulfilling online orders. Planning for e-commerce.
Manage business risks
Discover best practices in managing your business assets, monitoring and minimising risks to your business, and creating effective business continuity and crisis management plans
Growth through international trade
Key considerations to help you import, export and purse growth internationally
Growth through strategic partnering
Guidance on different partnering options for your business, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and how to work collaboratively with another business or institution
Growth through strategic sourcing
Understand the importance of strategic sourcing, how to outsource, and choose and work with reliable suppliers to ensure the success of your business
Assessing current performance
How to measure your business performance, set the right targets and assess whether you should grow your business
Planning business growth
Guidance to help you prepare and plan for business growth, avoid common pitfalls, manage change and projects successfully, meet relevant standards and follow organisational best practice
Growth through product and service development
How to grow your business by developing new products or services
Growth through technology
Understand the key role technology can play in the development of your business
Food and drink
Guidance for food and drink businesses in Northern Ireland on relevant regulation, best practice and food safety responsibilities
Manufacturing
Advice and support for manufacturing businesses in Northern Ireland
Manufacturing advice and support
Guides to help improve and grow your manufacturing business
Tax allowances and grants
Guides to help you manufacturing business apply for available grants and benefit from tax allowances
Grow your manufacturing business
Advice and guidance to help you grow your manufacturing business
Health and safety practices in manufacturing
Guides on best practice and legal requirements for health and safety within your manufacturing business
Chemical manufacturing
Guides on regulations for businesses in the chemical manufacturing sector