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How to turn around a struggling business
The areas of your business that you should assess in order to uncover any problems or potential problems.
Choose and manage a business bank account
How to choose a business bank account and the benefits of getting value from your current deal.
Factoring and invoice discounting
How to improve cashflow by selling your invoices to a third party.
Government help for exporters
Currency funding, overseas investment, insurance and how the government can help UK exporters.
Types of business growth: rapid and organic
There are many different ways to grow your business, and at different paces - some strategies are riskier than others.
Business growth implications
Growth can have many implications for your business - it will affect your premises, equipment, staff and IT systems.
Support for sales in Great Britain
Information and support to help you build sales in GB
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.
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.
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.
Exporting to the USA: five top tips
Some considerations before exporting to the USA.
Advantages and challenges of exporting to the USA
Be aware of the advantages and challenges of doing business in the USA
Sectoral opportunities in the USA
There are a number of sectors that could potentially offer some opportunities to Northern Ireland companies
SWOT, PESTLE and other models for strategic analysis
Introduction to the common business analysis models, including SWOT and PESTLE analysis, scenario planning and Porter's Five Forces framework
Deciding which key performance indicators to measure
Focus on the key drivers of your business to make your measurement and target-setting much more effective