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Get the skills to start a business when unemployed
How find sources of training and support to get the experience and confidence to start your own business.
Legal advice for businesses
Legal advice can be useful when dealing with business premises, debt control and other key business areas.
How to close down your business
What you need to do if your business fails and has to close down or be sold.
Employee share schemes: advantages and disadvantages for employers
The effect of employee share ownership on your staff; tax advantages for schemes approved by HM Revenue & Customs
How to get from unemployed to self-employed
Information and advice on how to get started in business when you are unemployed and key questions to consider.
Assess your skills and resources for importing
Finances, personnel and other resources for importing.
Measure your financial performance
Use common financial performance measures, such as profit margins and accounting ratios, to review your business finances
Do it online
Access tools, calculators and forms from across government to help you run 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
Tax-efficient savings - ISAs
Pros and cons of ISAs compared to pension schemes.
Tips to improve business cashflow
What you can do to free up cashflow in order to improve your business.
Renting commercial property: practicalities
The costs, considerations and obligations of renting business property.
Commercialisation options for your invention
Three straightforward ways of getting your invention to market: manufacture and sell yourself, license it or collaborate with another business
Where to set up your retail business
Find the right place to set up your retail business in Northern Ireland by weighing the important options
Individual voluntary arrangements
Overview of individual voluntary arrangements, including advantages and disadvantages
Administration orders
Overview of administration orders, including the advantages and disadvantages of administration orders
Debt Relief Orders
How to apply and eligibility criteria for a debt relief order
Finding a business idea when unemployed
Tips and resources to help you to find a successful business idea, concept, product or service to base your business on.
How to respond to changes in your business market
How to research and understand your marketplace, customers and competitors to improve your business performance.
Higher education funding
Financial considerations when getting involved in higher education