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Ten tips for choosing a business name
A list to help you choose the right name for your new business, from legal issues to standing out from local competitors.
Finance options for new businesses
Discover diverse finance options for new businesses: personal savings, loans, grants, and more. Explore funding strategies tailored to your start-up needs.
Grow your retail business
Find out how to improve your retail business, attract more customers and grow your sales through tactics like visual merchandising and online retail.
How to market your retail business
How to successfully market your retail business in a changing world, looking at traditional advertising, sponsorships, partnerships and digital marketing.
Retail business networking
Get your retail business known in the local community and across Northern Ireland and beyond by engaging in local networking events and activities like CSR.
Advantages and disadvantages of online retailing
Online retail has advantages and disadvantages for businesses with huge growth potential balanced against initial costs and security and legal issues.
Support for growing a retail business
Starting or improving a retail business can attract certain financial, training and advisory support in Northern Ireland, find out which organisations can help.
Explore new retail opportunities
Growing your retail business takes a good business plan as well as spotting and exploiting the right opportunities, discover the options for expanding.
Business mistakes: unrealistic goals
Being over-optimistic about your market size and potential overtrading can be problematic for new businesses.
Business mistakes: taking your eye off the competition
Analyse and monitor your business competition to stay ahead by understanding their strategies, anticipating market trends and adapting your plans accordingly.
Business mistakes: poor stock control
Guidance on how you can avoid poor stock and asset management on in the early days of running your new business
Common mistakes to avoid when starting a business
Learn about the most frequent mistakes made by new business owners so you can avoid them in your start-up journey
Business mistakes: poor or inadequate market research
Conduct thorough market research and get to know your clients when you start-up in business.
Business mistakes: weak financial planning
Lack of capital, contingency plans and a reluctance to seek professional advice are all potential start-up problems
Six tips to avoid common business start-up mistakes
A quick list of common start-up business mistakes which new businesses owners can make and how to avoid them.
Business mistakes: hiring the wrong people
Making unwise staff hiring choices can seriously undermine the success of your start-up business.
Advice and support for young entrepreneurs
A list of support organisations, funding and advice available to young entrepreneurs
How to start your business in Derry City and Strabane
Start-up support for entrepreneurs in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
Company name and trade mark checker
Check that your planned company name or trade mark is not already registered or similar to one already existing
Advice and support for diversifying your farm
Find local organisations which provide advice and support for the expansion or diversification of your farm business.