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Franchise your business
Growing your business by working with independent franchisees.
Ending a joint venture
How to plan an exit strategy for your joint venture, choose the right exit option, and end the partnership arrangement in a fair and friendly manner.
6 tips for a successful joint venture
Six tips for setting up a successful joint venture, negotiating JV agreements and overcoming common problems that cause joint ventures to fail.
Types of joint venture
Differences between various types of joint venture structure, and how to decide on the right form of partnership for your business.
Is your business ready for a joint venture?
How to carry out a SWOT analysis for a potential strategic partnership and assess if you are ready to enter a joint venture.
Skills and training for directors and owners
The key skills needed by business owners and directors and how these skills can be developed.
Conducting research when buying a business
How to research and analyse information on an existing business you are thinking of buying.
Grow your business successfully
How to identify and overcome the challenges and the pitfalls that you may encounter while growing your business
Compliance and regulatory risk
How to identify and manage compliance and regulatory risks in your business
Risk management
Introduction to the risk management process and the steps to help you identify, manage and minimise risk in your business
Manage asbestos in rented business property
Responsibilities for managing asbestos in commercial premises, and who exercise them.
Fire safety in rented business property
Key responsibilities for tenants and landlords under fire regulations for commercial property.
Electrical safety in rented business property
How responsibility for electrical safety in commercial premises is determined.
Gas safety in rented business property
Division of responsibilities between landlords and tenants for gas safety checks and maintenance.
Skills required by growing businesses
How the complexity and variety of skills your business needs to access increase as your business grows.
Building a management team
Key considerations when building an effective management team for your business.
Funding for design projects
Find funding support for your design project to help improve processes, products or services
Energy performance in rented business property
Measures that landlords of commercial premises must take to comply with energy performance of building requirements.
How to grow your business
Guidance to help you explore the different ways of growing your business, such as franchising or buying another business, increasing your sales and market share, achieving efficiencies to boost profits or using IP to grow
Voluntary liquidation
Why voluntary liquidation might be the best way to cease your involvement in your business.