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Your business plan will need to be ready for an external audience to view if you're seeking finance or investment.

A guide on the essential role that creating and using a business plan plays in starting your new business.

How to dispose of brewery and distillery waste, and reuse it for animal feed, fertiliser and other environmentally-friendly purposes.

Key considerations for a new brewery or distillery, including market research, planning and finance.

The history of cider making in Northern Ireland, the current industry and what defines craft cider.

Overview of the local craft spirit industry, covering the increasingly popular gin sector and what defines a craft spirit.

Information on organisations that provide mentoring opportunities for local businesses in Northern Ireland.

The craft brewing industry in Northern Ireland, including recent growth, defining craft beer and the types of breweries.

Online business mentoring lets mentors and mentees work together wherever they are located at times which suit.

Learn how to start and grow a craft brewery, cidery or distillery in Northern Ireland. Covers licensing, funding, waste and selling alcohol.

Rules on using irradiated food in your business and how the law regulates this process and labelling.

Restrictions on the type of packaging and food contact materials that can be used for food products, and how to check your packaging is safe and compliant.

How residues of pesticides and veterinary medicines in food are controlled and what food businesses must do to ensure compliance.

The Back in Business scheme offers businesses a 50% rates discount for up to two years if they occupy a vacant retail unit.

The Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) provides different levels of rate relief for Northern Ireland business properties depending on their net annual value.

How acrylamide forms in food, how it affects health, and practical steps to reduce levels of acrylamide in food products.

If you sell or supply food, you need to follow strict rules on using colours and additives in foodstuffs, including those linked to hyperactivity in children.

How to control chemicals and additives in food so the products you make or sell are safe and legal.

What Value Added Tax is, how it works, different VAT rates, and who needs to register.

How to issue a bankruptcy petition.

How to issue a petition to close the business or enforce a judgment if your customer does not pay you.

How to seek a court order to recover debts if you win your claim and the customer still fails to pay.

The types of interest you can charge on unpaid debts and whether you are entitled to claim them back in court.