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Transport Research and Innovation Grants 2024
Proof-of-concept funding for the development of new transport research products, processes, or services.
The Heritage Crafts Awards 2024
Nominations are now open for this year's Awards, celebrating traditional UK crafts with 12 prizes across seven categories.
Business mentoring
How a business mentor can offer you guidance and support to help your business succeed, and how to become a business mentor.
Six tips for successful primary market research
When you carry out field research to gather market information – ask the right questions, talk to the right people, interpret carefully and be impartial.
Customer research: what you need to know
The key things to find out about your customers and the factors that influence their buying decisions including loyalty, satisfaction and service.
Should I use a market research agency?
How to choose between alternative methods of completing field research and how to find professional researchers if you decide to outsource your field research.
Market trends and competitor intelligence
Key things to find out about your market to remain competitive including the demand for your product or service, market trends and competitors’ plans.
Three market research pitfalls to avoid
Points to bear in mind while utilising the published market data you've gathered: be cautious about out-of-date information and misleading averages.
Five tips for effective market research
Tips to improve the quality of your market research – from using field research and market reports to interpreting the data.
What is business mentoring?
Business mentoring is a supportive and guiding relationship that can be as informal or formal as you need it to be.
Plan your field research
How to plan your field research for gathering market information including surveys, interviews, observation research and experiments such as blind taste tests.
Consultation on registration threshold for Northern Ireland charities
Have your say on the £20,000 registration threshold that applies to Northern Ireland based charity organisations.
Measure and monitor your Facebook activity
How to track the success of your business’ Facebook activity using Insights, and use this information to post better content and improve audience engagement
Operational Excellence Workshop Series - Armagh
Series of events in Armagh to help businesses improve their competitive advantage by increasing productivity and profitability.
Free workshops for aspiring healthcare innovators
Join free events to learn key skills in healthcare innovation and prepare for the next round of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.
Belfast Connectivity Conference
Major conference which will focus on future connectivity and multi-modal transport for Belfast.
Set up and run a Facebook business page
How Facebook works, how to set up a page and how you can use it as part of your marketing plan to reach your audience and engage wit customers online
Flexible AI Upskilling Fund pilot
Apply to the Flexible AI Upskilling Fund pilot scheme that will fund up to 50% of AI skills training costs.
Developing your sales forecast
How to improve the accuracy of your forecast by breaking down your sales figures into smaller categories such as by product, market, region or customer.
Sales forecast assumptions
How to build expected changes in your business relating to factors such as your products and your market into a sales forecast.