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Write a business plan: step-by-step
A guide on the essential role that creating and using a business plan plays in starting your new business.
Advice and support for young entrepreneurs
A list of support organisations, funding and advice available to young entrepreneurs
Ten steps to a successful start-up
Thinking of starting a business but don’t know where to begin? Follow our ten step guide to a successful start-up
Business support in Northern Ireland
Business support, advice and professional services available for new businesses and those expanding in Northern Ireland
Growing a retail business - Cunningham Butchers & Food Hall (video)
James Cunningham, Managing Director of Cunningham Butchers & Food Hall, explains how they successfully grew their retail business.
Set up a charity
Key steps to setting up a charity, including choosing the right charity structure, finding trustees and registering your charity.
Visual merchandising for your retail business
How to use visual merchandising to promote your retail business and products, attract customers and drive sales.
Visual merchandising: point-of-sale displays and price promotions
Customers can be encouraged to make impulse purchases by using point-of-sale displays and price promotions.
Visual merchandising: advantages of retail window displays
Effectively using window displays can have many benefits for your business.
How to improve and measure the impact of visual merchandising
Monitoring your visual merchandising can help you to decide whether to continue or change what you’re doing.
End dates for non-zero emission vehicle sales
Pathway for decarbonisation of cars, vans and HGVs in the UK with key dates for ending petrol and diesel vehicle sales.
Workplace transport safety
It's your responsibility to minimise risks from any kind of transport, from manual handling to heavy vehicles.
Manage vehicle movements to ensure safety in the workplace
Reduce the risks posed by vehicle movements through planning, separation, safety policies and procedures.
Safety when vehicles are used in the workplace
Minimising health and safety risks when making or receiving deliveries and moving items within your premises.
Vehicle exhaust dangers in the workplace
How to prevent exposure to vehicle exhaust fumes in the workplace and control the potential danger to staff.
Loading, unloading and tipping safety
Safety issues when loading and unloading, tipping, sheeting and unsheeting and how to assess the risks.
Lifting and manual handling safety
How to minimise the risks caused by moving items by hand or when using lifting equipment in your business.
Avoid falls from vehicles
Avoiding falls from vehicles by using access equipment such as walkways with guard rails and loading platforms.
Parking and reversing safety
Eliminate unnecessary reversing and use training, procedures and equipment to minimise the major risks.
Avoid vehicle overturns
Safe vehicles and procedures minimise the risks of vehicles overturning and the extent of any injuries.