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Skill Up programme: Retrain and upskill your staff
Find free training opportunities to help develop the skills of your staff through the fully funded Skill Up programme.
Importing and exporting wine
Rules for wine importers, exporters, producers, retailers and distributors
Claim a waiver for duty on goods that you bring to Northern Ireland from Great Britain or countries outside the UK and EU
Find out how to claim a Customs Duty waiver if you are bringing goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain or countries outside the UK and EU which might otherwise be charged ‘at risk’ tariffs.
What to do if you are served with a statutory demand
Your options if you receive a statutory demand, and the grounds for a demand to be dismissed
Private litigation in competition law cases
How to bring private actions against businesses for losses incurred by breaches of competition law
Alternatives to equity finance
Loans and government support are possible alternatives to equity finance.
Buying commercial property: concluding the sale
Completing the sale of a business property including exchanging contracts, deposits, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry fees.
Sample acceptable internet use policy
Find sample wording for an internet use policy, which sets out your employees' responsibilities when using the internet.
Sample acceptable email use policy
Use our email policy template to set out your employees' responsibilities when using email in your business.
Creating a new product development team
Build teams that can bring different skills into your product or service development and work together effectively
Screening new product or service ideas
How to evaluate if your business idea is viable, and what criteria to use to screen new product or service ideas
New product development process
Understand the key stages of new product development process (NPD process), from generating ideas and concepts, to product launch
Pricing strategy for a new product or service
Establishing a pricing strategy for a development project to determine how much to invest in it
How to protect new product ideas
Different ways in which you can protect your new product or service ideas and concepts
Test the market
How to develop ideas through the process of prototyping, market testing, brand building and pricing
Generating ideas for new products and services
How to generate ideas for new products and services, and evaluate those that are worth investing in
Researching new product and service ideas
How to research your new product or service ideas to make sure they can succeed in the market and meet customer needs
Enforcing your trade mark
How to enforce a trade mark to ensure that it remains protected, including when to use TM and ® symbol
Trade with Mexico
How you import from and export to Mexico
Find out when to make an exit summary declaration
If you're moving goods outside the UK, you'll need to make an exit summary declaration if you've not fulfilled safety and security requirements with a customs export declaration.