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Steps to help grow your business - finding finance, mentors, increasing sales and developing products and services
Once your business is established and you’re making a profit on the…
Growing your business, whether through increased sales or improved…
How you go about increasing sales depends on your circumstances and how…
One way of finding new customers for your products and services is by…
If you’re looking to grow your business by improving your products and…
If you’re planning to develop new products and services, you should test…
As your business expands, you’ll need more capacity to produce or provide…
Business mentors can help you develop your ideas for growth by sharing…
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
Find out how to submit brand details to HMRC for Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream, Irish Poteen, Somerset Cider Brandy and Single Malt Welsh Whisky if you're a verified bottler.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
How you start a limited company.
These guidelines will help you understand how the ‘It all starts with skills’ campaign creative works and how to use it alongside the ‘Skills for Life’ brand.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Toolkit of resources associated with the 10 steps taken by effective local partnerships.
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Find out if you’re a trust or company service provider who needs to register for supervision with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
This guidance outlines how to create and implement a cloud strategy, and when to consider a single, hybrid or multi-cloud solution.
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