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Starting a business during an economic downturn
Guidance on how to start up a business during a period of economic slowdown and where to get start-up support.
Six top tips for business networking
Networking tips for raising your profile, meeting new customers and suppliers, sharing knowledge and sourcing finance
Assess offers to buy your business
How to assess offers for your business and understand the implications of the deal structure.
Support for sales in Great Britain
Information and support to help you build sales in GB
Franchising options
Business format franchising, licensing, and agency and distribution agreements.
Managing your franchisees
Supporting and motivating your franchisees to grow sales and increase franchising fees.
Advantages of reviewing business progress and target-setting
Understand how to use business performance review to set targets and develop a growth strategy for your business
Getting ready to export
The key areas to research before you start exporting.
Use the right export support services
Government help for exporters and other sources of information and support.
Export checklist: review your export readiness
Export readiness review: planning, marketing and export procedures.
Advantages and disadvantages of family businesses
Some of the business benefits and common problems which you can encounter when running a family business.
What higher education is
Types of higher education qualifications that are available to your employees
Benefits of higher education and work-based learning
Types of higher education qualifications and how they can improve motivation and reduce staff turnover
Recruiting higher education students
Ways to incorporate higher education skills into your business
Business property specification
Preparing a specification that sets out what you want when starting a search for commercial premises.
Thinking about growing your business (video)
Short video tutorial covering some important points to consider before growing or improving your business.
Business exit strategy: selling your business
How to develop key business characteristics that will make selling your business to another business more likely.
Exit strategy: key considerations when starting a business
Overview of the key start-up decisions that could affect your ability to successfully exit your business.
How business rates valuations are calculated
Valuation for newly built properties, alterations to an existing property, specialist schemes, and appealing your valuation.
Property changes and business rates
How making alterations to your property or the type of business you use them for can affect your business rates.