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ABC HGV Training and Employment Academy
Opportunities for employers to upskill their workforce
New business programmes promoting vibrancy in Belfast
Belfast businesses to benefit from two programmes developed in response to Covid-19 challenges
SBRI competition: Recycling and waste treatment solutions
Up to £300,000 for innovative and scaleable solutions for waste absorbent hygiene products and wastewater inlet screenings
Red Diesel Replacement competition
The Red Diesel Replacement competition aims to accelerate the commercialisation of low carbon red diesel alternatives
Spark Programme for Mid and East Antrim businesses
The Spark Programme will provide specialist mentoring support tailored to individual business needs
Sustainable Smart Factory competition
Up to £20m for digital innovation projects to improve the resource efficiency and energy efficiency of manufacturing processes in factories
Prepare for new bans on F-gases
Details of 2022 bans on certain types of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) in refrigeration equipment
Entering overseas markets
Considerations when choosing how to enter an overseas market.
Intellectual property crime and your business
IP crime is widespread and growing, and has serious economic, quality and safety impacts
Protecting intellectual property
How to conduct an audit of your business' intellectual property rights and take steps to protect and secure your IP
Checklists
Step-by-step checklist tools to make it easy for you to understand what you need to do to complete key business tasks
Identify finance options for your business (video)
In this video, business advisers explain how to identify finance options for your business.
Create your marketing strategy
Decide how to market your product or service to potential customers by developing a marketing strategy that positions your product to particular customers
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
Trade marks
Introduction to trade marking – how to choose, search for, register and protect trade marks in the UK or abroad
Design right and registration
How to protect the value of your designs through unregistered design rights and design registration
Copyright for your business
What is copyright, how to use this legal right to protect your creative work and what to do if someone violates it
Protecting your intellectual property abroad
Understand how to secure and enforce your intellectual property rights internationally, and register your patents, trade marks and designs overseas
More time to prepare for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment
The mandatory use of software for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment is being phased in from April 2026.