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Setting up a design team for your project
How to set up a good team to manage your design project and provide them with the right resources to work successfully
User-centred design process
How to engage with end-users as part of the design process, and how to use the insights you learn from this process
User-centred web design
Understand the principles of user-centred web design and the importance of making your business' website is easy for users to use
Advantages of user-centred design
What are the benefits of applying user-centred design in the development of a product, a service or a website
Design thinking for new technology developers
How design thinking can help your business to develop new technology products or services
Design IP protection for start-ups
How to protect your designs against copying and ensure that you don't infringe other people's intellectual property rights
In-house or outsourced design?
How to decide if you should commission a design agency to handle your design, or manage a design project in-house
Benefits of design in establishing a brand
Good design can help you develop a great brand with a strong corporate identity
The key stages of the design process
Understand the different stages in the design of products and services, from discovery to delivery
How design affects your business
Good design can help your business thrive by improving your brand, products, services, packaging and many other aspects of your business
Ensuring brand consistency
Why consistency matters in brand design, and how to make sure that your brand is consistent across your business
The importance of ergonomics
What is ergonomics and why ergonomists should be an integral part of your design development team
Horizon Europe
Information on the current European research and innovation investment programme, and how to find and apply for Horizon Europe funding calls.
Using technology to improve efficiency
How to use technology to improve your business processes and increase efficiency
Financing your business: the options (video)
Tutorial on common ways to raise business finance, such as bank finance, equity finance and accessing government grants.
Company name and trade mark checker
Check that your planned company name or trade mark is not already registered or similar to one already existing
Rules for naming your business
Information on the regulations that affect the name of your limited company or limited liability partnership
Commercial property leases: renewing and ending a tenancy
The rights of tenants and landlords to end or renew a business tenancy and the help and advice that is available.
Five simple steps to set up a pop-up shop
Business planning, market research and complying with regulations are vital to pop-up business success.
Find the right premises for a pop-up shop
Getting the right commercial premises in Northern Ireland can help to make a success of your pop-up shop business.