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5 top tips for record-keeping
Record-keeping top tips to help you pay the tax you owe and keep an eye on financial activities.
Selling
Preparing to sell. The sales process. Choose and manage a commercial agent. Forecast and plan your sales. Spotting market opportunities. Increase your market share. Identify potential sales channels. Overview on selling to government. ...
Pricing
Competing fairly. Price indications. Price lists, estimates, quotations and tenders. Price your product or service.
Compliance and regulatory risk
How to identify and manage compliance and regulatory risks in your business
Operational risk
Understand the sources of operational risk and how to minimise the impact of operational problems in your business
Problems with growth: overtrading
Overtrading and lack of finance are common problems in a fast-growing business - here's how to overcome them
Identify areas for improvement in your business
Get ready to tender for contracts by improving your business, identify areas for improvement and take action
Implement changes to improve your business
Making the right changes to your business to improve prospects when competing for contracts and preparing to tender
Best practice in employment and improving skills
Improve your chances of winning contract work by developing your staff and using best practice in employment when preparing to tender
Improve health and safety in your business
Set high standards in health and safety to compete successfully for contract work when preparing your business to tender
Demonstrate good environmental compliance
Show your environmental credentials to become a more attractive business to contractors in Northern Ireland when preparing your business for tender
Find contracts and tender successfully
Put your business in the best position to find and win tender competitions in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and the EU
Applying for a court order to have a business restored to the register
Any interested party can apply to have a dissolved business restored to the register
Information supporting an application to restore a business to the register
What evidence and other documentation is needed to support an application to restore
Create your sales plan
How a sales plan will help you to sell your product or service
SWOT, PESTLE and other models for strategic analysis
Introduction to the common business analysis models, including SWOT and PESTLE analysis, scenario planning and Porter's Five Forces framework
Report a business cartel
How to notify the Competition and Markets Authority of cartel activity such as price fixing, bid-rigging, output restrictions or sharing markets
Leniency for cartel information
How you can avoid punishment for cartel involvement by collaborating with the Competition and Markets Authority
Private litigation in competition law cases
How to bring private actions against businesses for losses incurred by breaches of competition law
Business growth and premises
As your business grows and takes in more staff, you may need to assess your options for larger business premises