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Support for protecting your ideas
Get professional help from intellectual property advisers, a patent attorney or a trade mark attorney to protect your intellectual property in an invention
Find manufacturers to build a prototype
Sources of information on product designers and manufacturers who can help you develop your invention
Support for product safety and testing
How to arrange product safety assessment, and where to find testing laboratories, services and product certification in the UK
Support for developing your ideas
Where to get help to develop new product ideas if you're looking to manufacture, market, sell or license your inventions
Biometric residence permits
Information on biometric residence permits for individuals from outside the European Economic Area
Penalties for employing illegal workers
Visits by immigration officers and the penalties you could face if you are found to have employed an illegal worker
Business exit strategy: float your business on the stock market
Characteristics your business will need to attract venture capital investment or for a stock-market flotation.
Keeping records of workers' documents
Records employers must make and keep to prove their workers are eligible to work in the UK
Check a job applicant's entitlement to work in the UK
How employers must take steps to ensure that a worker is allowed to work for you
Foundation degrees explained for employers
A Foundation degree is a higher education qualification mainly delivered in local colleges which combines academic and work-related learning.
Business exit strategy: close your business
Overview of the circumstances in which you may close your business and the practicalities of how to go about it.
Funding support for creative businesses
Sources of funding support for creative businesses in Northern Ireland.
IP rights: copyright
What is copyright, when does it apply, and how you can use it to protect your intellectual property
IP rights: trade marks
What are trade marks, and how to register trade marks to protect your brand, products or business
IP rights: designs
An overview of design as an intellectual property asset and advice on how to use unregistered and registered designs to secure your IP
IP rights: patents
What is a patent, how to apply for one, and how to use and enforce it to protect your business' intellectual property
How to get gigs
A step-by-step guide for musicians and bands who want to book gigs.
Assess offers to buy your business
How to assess offers for your business and understand the implications of the deal structure.
Franchising options
Business format franchising, licensing, and agency and distribution agreements.
Managing your franchisees
Supporting and motivating your franchisees to grow sales and increase franchising fees.