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Sales and marketing for start-ups
Guides on how to maximise sales and how to deploy marketing to attract customers to your startup business
Protect your business ideas
Guides on how to protect the unique and innovative aspects of your startup idea and intellectual property in your new business
Hire staff
Guides to help you when employing staff in your startup business and the legal responsibilities you have as an employer
Importing basics
Thinking about importing? Find out if your business is ready and what steps you need to take
Classifying your goods
Learn how to classify your goods for import and export
Taking lorries abroad
Taking your lorry or bus abroad. The essentials of international road haulage. International authorisations and permits for road haulage. Vehicle documents required for international road haulage . Driver documents required for international road haulage.
Transporting dangerous goods
Moving dangerous goods. Driving dangerous goods and special loads abroad.
Freight forwarding
Using brokers and forwarders. Freight forwarding - moving goods.
Take steps to grow your business
Guides to help your startup business move beyond the starting up phase and grow into a successful established business
Choose your business structure
Guides on the different types of structure which can be used to start a business and the legal implications of each
Local support for start-ups
Guidance on specific forms of support in Northern Ireland for different business types of startup business and entrepreneurs
Starting a business
Guides, tools, videos, resources and support to help you turn your business idea into a startup business reality in Northern Ireland
Exporting and importing
Free business guidance on exporting and importing, accessing new markets and getting the right export support in Northern Ireland
Export Controls and licences
Find out what controls and licences you need to be aware of when exporting and importing
Manufactured goods
Regulations for trading in manufactured goods
Tendering for contracts
Understand how tendering works, how to prepare your business to tender for contracts and present prices through estimates and quotations to your potential customers
Mentoring and business networks
Guides on the role of business mentoring and networking with local entrepreneurs and business people for successful startups
Choose and set up your workplace
Guides on how to choose the right premises to suit your startup business needs and the options available to you
Considering starting a business
Guidance to help you decide if you have the right business idea and importantly if you have what it takes to start and run a business
Find money to start your business
Guides to help you through the tricky issues of finding and securing finance to start up your business