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Setting up a business partnership
The steps you need to follow to create and set up a business partnership and details of how responsibility is shared
Register a trade mark outside the UK
How to register a trade mark in Europe and internationally by applying for EU trade mark registration or applying under the WIPO's Madrid protocol
Set up a limited company
How to incorporate and register a limited company and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and more
Name your limited company
What you can and cannot name your company in the UK, including specific words you need permission to use
Company addresses
What types of addresses can be used as your registered company address including your home address or a PO Box
Appoint directors and a company secretary
Rules for appointing a company director and a company secretary and an overview of their legal responsibilities
What is Industry 4.0?
Introduction into the key concepts, principles and components of Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution
Business benefits of Industry 4.0
Discover the advantages of using digital technologies to help you reduce costs, increase efficiency and revenue, and improve customer experience
How to build and manage an effective team
How building successful teams and effectively managing teamwork can benefit your business
Advantages of effective teamwork
Teamwork can bring many benefits to your business helping you to solve problems, generate new ideas and pursue opportunities
What can cause a team to be ineffective?
Reasons why teams may fail to work and achieve their business goals
Steps to building an effective team in the workplace
Factors you should consider when building teams to successfully achieve business goals
Team management tips
How to effectively manage your teams and encourage harmonious teamwork
Checklist: set up as a sole trader
A checklist of things you must do, and organisations you must make contact with, to set yourself up as a sole trader
Checklist: set up a business partnership
A handy checklist of steps you must take when you are initially setting up your business partnership
Checklist: set up a limited company
A useful list of things you need to do to when setting up a limited company and organisations you need to contact
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
Manufacturing explosives
Explosives manufacturing is a hazardous business activity with specific regulations and licence requirements
Types of explosives and explosive substances
The different types of explosives which you need a licence to manufacture and types of substances which are exempt