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How to respond to changes in your business market
How to research and understand your marketplace, customers and competitors to improve your business performance.
Northern Ireland business support finder
A searchable database that can help you find advisory and financial assistance you may be eligible to apply for
Naming your business as a sole trader
What you can and cannot name your company as a sole trader, including words you need permission to use
Naming your business partnership
What you can and cannot name your business partnership in the UK, including words you need permission to use
Setting up a business partnership
The steps you need to follow to create and set up a business partnership and details of how responsibility is shared
Financial advice for seasonal businesses
How seasonal businesses can plan their cashflow, staff and stock levels and other activities.
Writing a business plan: 5 top tips
Five key steps that can help you to prepare a successful business plan when you're starting a business.
Assessing your pension needs
Your expectations for retirement and how much your current savings and assets will give you
Keeping track of your pension
Get forecasts to ensure your pension is on track and trace lost schemes through the Pension Tracing Service
Private pension products
Types of personal pension products
Transferring your pension
Asking for the transfer value of moving your scheme and whether to start up an additional pension scheme
Bankruptcy for company directors
What to do if you are the director of a company and need to declare bankruptcy
Checklist: set up as a sole trader
A checklist of things you must do, and organisations you must make contact with, to set yourself up as a sole trader
Which court you should use for bankruptcy
Which courts deal with bankruptcy matters and how to find the right one for you
How the High Court can deal with your bankruptcy petition
What options the court has when it considers your bankruptcy petition
Your duties as a bankrupt
What you must do if a bankruptcy order is made against you
Avoid sales forecast pitfalls
The key things to avoid when drawing up a sales forecast including wishful thinking, not making it achievable and moving goalposts
Start a sales forecasts
How to use last year's sales as a starting point for your forecast of next year's sales to help manage your business more effectively.
Sales forecast assumptions
How to build expected changes in your business relating to factors such as your products and your market into a sales forecast.
Developing your sales forecast
How to improve the accuracy of your forecast by breaking down your sales figures into smaller categories such as by product, market, region or customer.