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Cost of living: Support and advice for small businesses
Sources of support and funding to help Northern Ireland businesses.
Using a sales agent
Advice on using an outside agency to sell your products and services, and the legal issues this can raise.
Types of director, their duties and employment status
Detailing the different types of company directors, their duties and employment status
Choosing a director
Check that directors you plan to appoint have the right skills and expertise
Appointing and paying company directors
Dealing with company directorial appointments and deciding on how to pay them
How to recruit directors
How to find and recruit company directors
Effectively manage your company directors
Ensuring your directors perform to the best of their ability by using inductions, appraisals and training courses
Responsibilities for maintenance of commercial properties
Division of responsibilities between landlords and tenants for maintenance and repair of commercial premises.
Health and safety responsibilities in rented business property
Who is responsible for health and safety duties for rented business premises.
Business networks in Northern Ireland
Use business clubs and forums to make contacts and promote your business in Northern Ireland
Generating sales leads
The importance of leads and generating and qualifying sales prospects including mapping your territory and using databases
Set up sales a contract
How a sales contract is a vital element in business sales and how to create a contract that complies with customer protection regulations
Establishing your sales objectives
The steps you need to take to bring your business idea to market including studying the competition and defining your strategy
Create your sales plan
How a sales plan will help you to sell your product or service
Retail selling
How to successfully sell within a shop environment including portraying the right image to customers and building rapport
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Sales agents and distributors
How a third party sales agents and distributors can help you establish sales or move in to new markets
Sell through licensing your product
How you can use an established company to help launch your product or service through a licensing agreement
Stock control administration
An administrator or stock controllers' duties, typical paperwork and auditing or checking stock
Drive business growth through efficiency
Video tutorial on growing your business through increased efficiency