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Plan your business IT systems
How to evaluate your technology needs, devise an IT strategy and choose the right IT solutions to create business value.
Choose an IT supplier for your business
How to choose an IT supplier for your business, understand IT maintenance and support contracts, and make the most of your IT investment.
Factors to consider when choosing a web hosting provider
Key considerations when choosing a web hosting plan include your website's functionality, performance and reliability.
Pros and cons of in-house hosting
Advantages and disadvantages of hosting your business website in-house, and resources needed to maintain your own web servers.
What is website hosting?
How does web hosting work and what's involved in getting your small business website online.
Pros and cons of using ISP for hosting
How to use an internet service provider to host your website, and assess the benefits of shared vs dedicated hosting.
Difference between a domain and web hosting
Understand the difference between a domain name and web hosting, and how they make your website accessible to your customers.
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
When you might need to provide protective kit for employees - from headgear and eye protection to footwear - to minimise the risk of workplace injury.
Website hosting options
Understand the different types of web hosting, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to find the right hosting solution for your business.
The health and safety inspector's rights and powers
Lists rights to carry out investigations, take possessions and statements and to copy documents on your premises any time.
Preparing for the health and safety inspector's visit
Getting your records of risk assessments, safety inspections and training ready for inspection from a HSENI or local council environmental health inspector.
Advice and informal warnings from the health and safety inspector
The difference between best practice and legal duties, following verbal advice and improvement notices issued by the health and safety inspector after a visit.
Health and safety improvement notices
What an inspector will specify you will need to do, your right to appeal and who to contact for advice when you are issued an improvement notice after a visit.
Health and safety prohibition notices
What a prohibition notice is and why they are issued by a health and safety inspector after a visit, what you will need to do and who to contact for advice.
Appeals against health and safety enforcement notices
When you might want to appeal a health and safety enforcement notice, what will happen if you do and the possible verdicts from a tribunal hearing.
How to complain about a health and safety inspector
The complaints procedure if you're unhappy about an inspector's recommendations after the health and safety visit or think they are unreasonable.
What to expect from a health and safety visit
What to expect from a health and safety inspector, and the implications of improvement or prohibition notices.
IT training and learning needs analysis
Find out how to carry out a training and learning needs analysis to work out what IT skills your business needs.
Different types of IT skills
Overview of the various IT skills required in business, including those for operating computer systems and IT infrastructure.
Review the effectiveness of your IT training
How to carry out a training review to evaluate the effectiveness of training and its impact on staff capabilities.