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What is a standard?
Find out what a standard is, the types of standards that exist, and whether your business needs one
Business benefits of standards
Find out how using standards can boost your business' efficiency, access to markets, compliance and competitiveness
Reselling goods expenses
Details of some allowable business expenses self-employed persons can claim for when reselling goods.
Understanding your business IT needs (video)
This short video tutorial explains some key considerations when assessing the IT needs of your business.
Paper manufacturing and water and sewer discharge
Preventing water pollution from paper and cardboard production, and authorisations needed for discharges to water.
Business growth and premises
As your business grows and takes in more staff, you may need to assess your options for larger business premises
Select a commercial agent
Sources of information on commercial agents and the qualities you should look for in an agent including their history, financial security and reputation.
Export or move composite food products
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products.
Generating biomass energy and anaerobic digestion
How biomass energy and anaerobic digestion work, and their advantages and disadvantages for your business.
Life cycle assessment
How to assess the life cycle of your products and services to calculate the possible impact on the environment
Corporate ecosystem services assessment
How to assess how your business depends and impacts on natural resources and services
Setting environmental targets
Setting targets so that you can measure your business' improvements from the environmental baseline
What is an environmental review?
An environmental review is a three-stage process of assessing environmental performance and making improvements.
Paper manufacturing and air pollution
Types of air pollution from paper and cardboard production, and what you must do to reduce or prevent it.
Paper manufacturing and noise pollution
What your business must do to reduce or prevent noise pollution from your paper and cardboard production.
Tenancy Deposit Scheme
Landlords are required to protect the tenant's deposit in a scheme.
NI Retail Movement Scheme phase 2: Products that need individual product labels from 1 October 2024
From 1 October 2024, in addition to the phase 1 products, all milk and dairy products moving to Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme will need to be individually labelled.
How can copyright help my business?
Copyright can provide an important source of income for your business – here’s how to profit from your copyright
The design audit
What is a design audit, how to conduct one, and what are the related advantages to your business
Design management process
Key steps involved in managing the design process - from setting the goals to evaluating results and feedback