Search results
How to use the EU Ecolabel Scheme
Find out if your product or service is eligible for an EU Ecolabel, where they are valid, and how to apply for one
Renewable and low carbon energy options
Guides detailing options for your business to switch to renewable sources of energy
Carbon emissions and climate change
Guides to help your business understand its impact on climate change and steps you can take to reduce your emissions
How to get approval for pesticides and biocides
The types of pesticides and biocides which require regulatory approval, and who you should apply to for this approval.
When to charge interest on late payments
You have a statutory right to charge interest on any money owed to your business.
Factoring and invoice discounting
How to improve cashflow by selling your invoices to a third party.
The cost of factoring and invoice discounting
Credit management fees and interest.
Invoice discounting
Invoice discounters offer an advance on the total amount owed to you by customers.
Initiative to help the tourism and hospitality sector attract and retain staff
Make It Here campaign to help employers encourage more people to make a career in tourism and hospitality.
Preparing to sell your business
Options for selling your business, making it attractive to purchasers and finding advisers.
Streamline your business operations when selling your business
Steps that reduce the risk for potential buyers of your business and can increase the price they are willing to pay.
Is selling my business the right exit strategy?
How your objectives as the owner and manager, and for the business itself can help determine the best exit route.
Advantages and disadvantages of selling your business
There can be benefits to selling your business but you should also be aware of potential disadvantages.
Choosing advisers when selling your business
The role of accountants, solicitors and corporate finance advisers in the sale of your business and how they charge.
Ways to sell your business
Options for selling your business - partial sale, selling in instalments, sale of assets, sale to an equity buyer.
Upcoming events for Belfast businesses
Get involved with upskilling and start-up events for Belfast based businesses.
Get ready to sell your business
Negotiating the sale of your business, assessing offers and understanding the legal and tax implications.
Access to Finance: Growth Finance Fund
Apply now for loans between £500,000 and £2million to boost business growth.
Climate Change Levy: register, calculate and report
How to register, keep records, calculate what you owe and report Climate Change Levy.
Turning my business into a franchise - the Zip Yard (video)
Brian Kielt, director and co-founder of the Zip Yard, explains in this video how he turned his business into a franchise.