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Online retail has advantages and disadvantages for businesses with huge growth potential balanced against initial costs and security and legal issues.

Growing your retail business takes a good business plan as well as spotting and exploiting the right opportunities, discover the options for expanding.

Starting or improving a retail business can attract certain financial, training and advisory support in Northern Ireland, find out which organisations can help.

How a business can be closed down or taken out of management's control and where to get advice.

Where you can find advice on business debt in Northern Ireland from reliable and independent organisations.

How to successfully market your retail business in a changing world, looking at traditional advertising, sponsorships, partnerships and digital marketing.

First steps in tackling business debt and how to avoid problems when seeking debt advice or help.

How businesses in Northern Ireland can get help with financial difficulties.

When and why to review your budget and the main steps involved.

Benchmark your business using your budget projections and key performance indicators.

Projected costs, revenues, cashflow and profit are some of the elements to include in a budget.

Managing the financial side of your business, including advice on how to create a budget.

How to create, review and manage a budget for your business, and what elements to include in it.

The benefits and potential drawbacks of budgeting for businesses.

Definition of a budget and the advantages of using one, including clear allocation of resources.

The importance of managing a budget as part of your business planning and how to create one.

Finding a business angel investor using a business angel network.

Preparing your business to apply for business angel funding.

Investment from a business angel could help your business but it’s also important to consider any disadvantages of using an angel investor.

How business angels operate and how they choose the businesses they invest in.

How business angels can fund investment in young and growing businesses.