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Finding your route to market (video)
A video guide to various sales channels you can use to reach your customers
Identifying business opportunities through market research - Forest Feast (video)
Ann Woods, Forest Feast, explains what market research databases and techniques they use to help identify new business opportunities.
Seven tips on how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign
Top tips and advice to help you run a successful crowdfunding campaign
Creating a successful e-commerce website - Old Mill Saddlery (video)
Growing export sales through our online shop - Christies Direct (video)
Expert financial advice
Guides which can help your business to find the right financial advice for different common and specific issues.
Understanding the local market
Guides on the local business support available for entrepreneurs and networking opportunities to increase your profile and sales
Finance
Guidance on raising finance, finance options, managing finance, financial planning and accounts, managing cashflow, improving business performance and managing a business when economic conditions are tough
Sales and marketing
Information guides on all aspects of business sales of products and services to marketing, both online and via traditional methods
Selling overseas
Preparing to export. Exporting - an overview. Entering overseas markets. Intellectual property protection overseas. Ethical trading. Manage the risks of exporting. CE marking.
Selling online
Accepting online payments. Create an online shop. Search engine optimisation. Pay per click advertising. Distance selling and online trading. Fulfilling online orders. Planning for e-commerce.
Insurance
Get the right insurance for your business. Insure your business and assets - general insurances. Insure your business - people, life and health. Liability insurance. Insurance for international trade. ...
Debt recovery
Ensuring customers pay you on time. Recover your debts. Calculate the interest due on an unpaid debt. Formal requests for payment: statutory demands. Get help and advice about your debt problems. Recover debt through court. ...
Managing suppliers and payments
Manage your suppliers. Invoicing and payment terms. Getting paid when selling overseas. Credit checking your customers and setting credit limits. Factoring and invoice discounting: the basics. Ensuring customers pay you on time. ...
Improve your cashflow and business performance
Assess your business' performance. Assess and improve your business cashflow. Ensuring customers pay you on time. Recover your debts. Avoid insolvency. How to turn your business around.
Manage your cashflow
Cashflow management: the basics. Decide whether to lease or buy assets. Identify potential cashflow problems. Invoicing and payment terms. Factoring and invoice discounting: the basics. Credit checking your customers and setting credit limits. ...
Managing financial difficulty
Guides which can help your business through financial problems to find resolutions to suit different circumstances.
Micro Food Business Investment Scheme
Grants of up to £50,000 are available for Northern Ireland micro food and drink manufacturers to expand
New guide to allergen labelling changes
Access quick guidance to find out how new labelling laws will affect your business and what you need to do to be ready
FSA launches new Food fraud resilience tool
Food businesses can use a new online tool to assess their vulnerability to food crime