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How to start your business in Ards and North Down
Start-up support for entrepreneurs in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area
Benefits of mentoring
Advantages of business mentoring can include building your network and helping your personal and professional development.
Business mentoring
How a business mentor can offer you guidance and support to help your business succeed, and how to become a business mentor.
What is business mentoring?
Business mentoring is a supportive and guiding relationship that can be as informal or formal as you need it to be.
How to find a business mentor
Experienced business mentors can be found through local business networks and dedicated support organisations.
Online business mentoring
Online business mentoring lets mentors and mentees work together wherever they are located at times which suit.
Business mentoring in Northern Ireland
Information on organisations that provide mentoring opportunities for local businesses in Northern Ireland.
Biological dosing systems for fats, oil and grease
The most effective way for catering businesses to use biological dosing systems to deal with fat, oil and grease.
Labelling food products
Introduction to food labelling rules that require you to provide certain information to customers, including information relating to allergens and nutrition.
Claims about nutritional and health content
The rules that you must follow when making nutritional or health claims for food and where to find further guidance.
Dishonest labelling and misdescription
Legislation and regulations to prevent mislabelling or misdescription of foods, and examples of misdescription.
Legal requirements for food labels
Overview of the food labelling rules that apply to prepacked, prepacked for direct sale and non-prepacked food.
Food allergen labelling
Important allergens to consider when labelling food, and what to do if cross-contamination is unavoidable.
Front of pack labelling
Voluntary front-of-pack signposting and criteria for deciding on the appropriate colour 'traffic light' for foods.
Nutrition labelling
What to consider when putting nutritional information on food labels.
Sell your food or drink product in a supermarket
How to successfully supply your product for sale in a supermarket or major retailer.
Are you ready to sell your product to a supermarket?
How to prepare and carry out market research ahead of pitching your business to a supermarket.
Advantages and disadvantages of supplying to supermarkets
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of supplying your product to a supermarket before you make an approach.
Labelling genetically modified food products
How to label food containing genetically modified ingredients, and the foods you don't have to label.
Contracts and meeting supermarket demand
Understanding contracts when supplying a supermarket and how to fulfil your order obligations.