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Growth through strategic sourcing
Understand the importance of strategic sourcing, how to outsource, and choose and work with reliable suppliers to ensure the success of your business
Assessing current performance
How to measure your business performance, set the right targets and assess whether you should grow your business
Planning business growth
Guidance to help you prepare and plan for business growth, avoid common pitfalls, manage change and projects successfully, meet relevant standards and follow organisational best practice
Construction efficiency and environmental standards
Guides to help construction businesses improve their environmental performance and reputation
Growth through product and service development
How to grow your business by developing new products or services
Growth through technology
Understand the key role technology can play in the development of your business
Construction
Support and guidance for the construction industry in Northern Ireland
Tourism
Guidance on starting and growing a tourism business, legal requirements and getting a tourism business certified, quality grading, niche tourism opportunities, selling online and using resources efficiently
Employment in your construction business
Guides to help constructions businesses understand their obligations and duty of care to employees
Discrimination and equality in tourism businesses
Disability and discrimination laws for accommodation providers and what they mean for your business.
Standards for best business practice
Overview of the most popular technical and management standards, and how they show best business practice for business
What is a standard?
Find out what a standard is, the types of standards that exist, and whether your business needs one
Business benefits of standards
Find out how using standards can boost your business' efficiency, access to markets, compliance and competitiveness
How to show your products meet EU legal requirements
Find out if you need to meet a specific technical or management standard to sell your product in European markets
Types of risk your business faces
Understand the main types of business risk - what they mean and how they can affect your business
Strategic risk
What is strategic risk management and how to identify and mitigate strategic risks in your business
Financial risk
Understand the main types of financial risks to your business and find ways to mitigate and reduce them
Evaluate business risks
Risk evaluation helps you determine the importance of each risk to the business and decide whether to take action
Prevent and reduce business risk
Reducing risk to business involves putting in place processes and methods to deal with the consequences of an adverse event
Strategies to help you manage business risk
Common strategies for treating the risks to your business are avoidance, acceptance, sharing, reduction and elimination