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Buying commercial property: using a surveyor
A surveyor can help you negotiate insurance and contracts and give you advice on any alterations that may be required.
Buying commercial property: using a solicitor
A solicitor can offer valuable legal advice and support to negotiate a suitable deal when purchasing business property.
Retail start-up support
How to find the right financial and advisory support to start your retail business in Northern Ireland
Research overseas customers' and markets' creditworthiness
Political, economic, currency exchange and banking issues to consider
Buying commercial property: concluding the sale
Completing the sale of a business property including exchanging contracts, deposits, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry fees.
Finding opportunities for exporting
How to find opportunities for exporting
Network support for exporting
Available networking support for exporters
Payment terms for overseas customers
Learn about the main transaction types for overseas customers
Managing your overseas customers' payment performance
Credit control and keeping on top of overseas customer debt when exporting
Retail
Guidance on getting started in retail, improving your retail business, running a retail premises, retail and the environment, business finances and the law, and employing people in retail
Knowledge of overseas markets
Know your target export market and where to get help in penetrating it successfully.
Agreements with overseas markets
Investment promotion and protection agreements and explanation of "double taxation".
Receiving payments from overseas customers
Interbank transfers, buyer's cheques, banker's drafts, international money orders and debit or credit cards
Assess the risk level for overseas payments
Risk analysis and payment terms when selling overseas
Types of retail business
The various types of retail business, including convenience store, speciality store, supermarket, discount store, department store, warehouse, direct retailer and online store
Risks of exporting
Discover some of the risks involved when exporting.
Review your import readiness
Import planning and strategy, product, skills and finance checklist.
Estimate your rate bill
Get an indication of how much your business rates bill could be for 2024-25.
Ten top tips for starting a retail business
Ten top tips to starting a retail business successfully and staying afloat in the early days of trading
Assess your skills and resources for importing
Finances, personnel and other resources for importing.