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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
Accelerating trustworthy AI competition: Phase 1
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million in grant funding to form consortia to deliver feasibility studies.
Consultation on improving boiler standards and efficiency
Views sought on proposals for domestic gas boiler efficiency, hydrogen-ready boilers and hybrid heating systems.
Support for space exploration community development
The UK Space Agency is offering small scale funding for activities that will benefit the wider UK space exploration community.
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.
Extended grace period for the movement of veterinary medicines
Northern Ireland set to retain access to essential veterinary medicines from 1 January 2023.
Freight Innovation Fund
Programme focussed on accelerating the adoption of commercially ready solutions to address challenges in the UK’s freight sector.
Creativity Unleashed Programme
New business programme designed to support and develop the creative and digital sector of Ards and North Down Borough council.
Haulage and logistics campaign to prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders
New Year inspection programme launched to prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders in haulage and logistics sector.
New rules to protect passengers on vessels
Bringing the safety of older passenger ships into line with modern standards to ensure "no compromise on safety".
Branding and design
Creating a successful brand and using design throughout your business
Traditional marketing
The basics of traditional and offline marketing tactics such as advertising, PR and direct marketing
Additional bank holiday for the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III
An additional bank holiday has been proclaimed on Monday 8 May 2023 to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.