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Purchase ledger
What to record in a purchase ledger to keep track of how much money you owe.
Sales ledger
The basics of using a sales ledger to monitor the money coming into your business.
Wages book
The value of maintaining a wages book and how to manage it if you employ staff.
Tender for public sector contracts in Great Britain and Ireland
How you can find and compete for public sector contracts, and understand the procurement processes used in Great Britain and Ireland.
Tender opportunities in Great Britain and Ireland
What opportunities may be available for businesses in Great Britain and Ireland and how public procurement works.
The procurement process
Learn about the typical procurement processes involved in bidding for a public sector contract.
Find out about public sector contracts in Northern Ireland
Find Northern Ireland public sector tenders and more contracts across the EU.
The tender process in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland public sector tendering process and Construction & Procurement Delivery (CPD).
What is research, design and development?
Stay ahead of competitors by carrying out quality research, design and development in your business
Manage your research, design and development
How to manage your design, research and development projects to adapt to customers' changing requirements
Research and development - investment and risks
How to weigh up the possible risks of research and development against the potential benefits
Strategy for research and development
How research and development should fit into your overall business plan
Internal research and development
How to carry out internal research and development and leverage the benefits of keeping research in-house
Northern Ireland public sector contract rules
How EU rules govern how Northern Ireland public sector contracts are advertised and processed.
Understanding social value in public procurement
What social value is in public sector procurement, how you demonstrate it in a tender submission and what resources are available to assist your business.
Competing fairly
How to ensure your business complies with competition law.
Report a business cartel
How to notify the Competition and Markets Authority of cartel activity such as price fixing, bid-rigging, output restrictions or sharing markets
What is a cartel?
An overview of how a cartel is defined by law and the penalties you and your business could face if it trades in one
Price-fixing and other anti-competitive agreements
The law relating to price fixing and other agreements between businesses to restrict competition
Competition law
Understand how the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 affect your business