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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
Retail start-up support
How to find the right financial and advisory support to start your retail business in Northern Ireland
Social enterprises as registered charities
Charitable purposes, features of charities, governing documents and registration
Objecting to and challenging trade marks
How to oppose trade mark registration, on what grounds, and how to object to trade marks before or after registration
Completion of bankruptcy and company liquidation cases
How the official receiver or insolvency practitioner is released from the case and your right to object
Plant passports
Find out what a plant passport is and how to get one
Staff incentive schemes: the options
Weigh up your options for introducing staff incentive schemes in your workplace
Rules on credit agreements
Understand the rules that govern credit agreements between businesses and consumers such as the consumer credit act and consumer contract regulations.
Common legal structures for businesses
An overview of the most common legal structures for businesses
Get patent protection for your business
Find out how to patent a product, and protect your ideas or inventions by applying for a patent and securing your patent rights
How the Freedom of Information Act affects businesses
Find out how the Freedom of Information Act may affect your business if you provide goods and services to public bodies.
Charging your business electric vehicles
Public and private charging networks and the process and incentives for installing charge points at your business.
Entrepreneurship for tourist accommodation providers
Accommodation providers can benefit from strategic planning and taking an entrepreneurial approach to running the business.
Quality assessment and star ratings for new accommodation businesses
Tourism NI runs a voluntary quality grading scheme for accommodation businesses – find out how to get your new business graded to boost your reputation.
The tourist economy in Northern Ireland
Key facts and figures about the tourism industry in Northern Ireland.
Certifying a new accommodation business
If you are starting up a new tourist accommodation business such as a hotel or bed and breakfast, you must apply to get certification from Tourism NI.
Creative businesses and employment in Northern Ireland
Key statistics on creative industries employment, number of businesses and economic impact in Northern Ireland.
Design a successful travel plan
Tips on how to create, embed and measure a good workplace travel plan to give it the best chance of long term success.