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Negotiate the right import deal
Negotiating the right import terms, planning ahead and reaching a clear agreement.
Assess your skills and resources for exporting
Exporting demands extra time, money and skills.
What does importing involve?
Dealing with suppliers, controlling risk, handling import paperwork and foreign currencies.
Exporting to Great Britain
What you need to know about exporting to Great Britain, and how you can get help targeting this market.
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.
Thinking about growing your business (video)
Short video tutorial covering some important points to consider before growing or improving your business.
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
Employee focused performance measurement
Tools and techniques to measure and manage your employee performance more effectively
Benchmark your business performance
Use benchmarking to measure your business performance against that of your competitors as a focus for your growth strategy