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How to find a business mentor
Experienced business mentors can be found through local business networks and dedicated support organisations.
Online business mentoring
Online business mentoring lets mentors and mentees work together wherever they are located at times which suit.
Business mentoring in Northern Ireland
Information on organisations that provide mentoring opportunities for local businesses in Northern Ireland.
Manufacturing explosives
Explosives manufacturing is a hazardous business activity with specific regulations and licence requirements.
Printing business waste reduction
How printing businesses can reduce their waste and ways to deal effectively with the waste they do produce.
Explosives manufacturing and storage site safety and security
Guidance on separation distances, disposal rules and how to limit access to explosives to only authorised persons.
Do I need a licence to manufacture explosives?
The types of explosives manufacturing activities which require a licence and those activities which don’t.
Safety requirements when manufacturing explosives
A detailed overview of your health and safety responsibilities when manufacturing and storing explosives.
How to get an explosives licence or registration
Different types of explosives manufacturing and storage licences and registration and where to obtain them.
Do I need a licence to store explosives?
If your manufacturing business also stores explosives during the manufacturing process you will need a licence.
Types of explosives and explosive substances
The different types of explosives which you need a licence to manufacture and types of substances which are exempt.
Reduce waste during production and finishing in your printing business
How printing businesses can work to reduce unnecessary waste during the production and finishing processes.
Planning, buying and stocking substrate for your printing business
Buying and stocking procedures can help printing businesses to reduce waste substrate and cut costs.
Paper and substrate choices for your printing business
How choosing the right substrate can affect the costs and environmental impacts of printing businesses.
Printing business packaging waste reduction
How printing businesses can reduce waste from packaging coming onto their site and going out to clients.
Printing business marketing waste reduction
Businesses producing direct mail material should follow the Direct Marketing Association code of practice.
Substrate waste in your printing business
The main causes of wasted substrate and how printing businesses can assess how much waste substrate is costing.
Printing business common types of waste
The different options that printing businesses should consider when dealing with common types of waste.
Designing products for end-of-life treatment
Making products so that they can be reused, recycled or remanufactured when they are no longer fit for use.
Using secondary markets for remanufactured products
An overview of what secondary markets are and what remanufactured products they can be suitable for.