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Fire safety responsibility
All businesses and commercial premises must have a designated person responsible for fire safety arrangements.
Fire safety: record, review and revise
Keeping and maintaining records of fire safety procedures and testing fire safety equipment.
Delegation skills for business owners and directors
Why effective delegating of business tasks can be efficient time management and how to best go about it.
Managing your team
Discover the skills that make for successful team management.
Use innovation in your business
Guidance on using innovation in manufacturing and business operations, and the benefits of using artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0 technologies and open data in business
Start-up business ideas
Guides and tools to help you find and develop ideas for ways to start up your own business in Northern Ireland
Business insurance: the basics
Details of the different types of insurance for businesses and finding a broker.
File your company accounts early this December to avoid a penalty
All limited companies, whether they trade or not, must deliver accounts to Companies House each year.
Minimise the impact of import delivery problems
Controlling the risk of damaged, delayed or incomplete deliveries.
Top tips for saving water in your business
Tips on how to engage your business in saving water and practical tips for minimising water use
Set environmental targets to increase profits
Create an action plan and targets to achieve cost cuts identified by environmental management accounting
Environmental management accounting and the role of accountants
Environmental management accounting helps to identify and analyse the environmental costs of a business
Benefits of health and safety management systems
Management systems help control risk, reduce costs and improve your reputation, other benefits include increased morale and possible lower insurance premiums.
Identify environmental costs
How to use financial data and evidence from managers to identify environmental costs for your business.
File your Companies House accounts early and online to avoid penalties
If you’re due to file accounts with Companies House by the end of September 2023, allow plenty of time before your deadline.
Skills and training for company directors
Extra training that may be needed to fulfil the duties of a company director.
Leadership skills for business owners and directors
Skills that directors and business owners need to develop to be effective leaders.
Strategy skills for business owners and directors
How strategy can help your business, and how to use SWOT and gap analyses to determine business strategy.
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.