The Department of Business and Employment has produced a range of Fast Facts, designed to provide general information on common business issues. Whether you’ve just come up with an idea for a new business or you’ve been in the game for years, the Fast Facts series contains useful information about a range of topics.

• Bad debts
• Business advice
• Business finance
• Business planning
• Business structures
• Business survival
• Buying a business
• Cash flow planning
• Copyright
• Exporting & importing
• Franchising
• Fraud in business
• Home-based business
• Insurance for business
• Leasing business premises
• Marketing your business
• Names - What is the difference?
• Preparing a business profile
• Promoting your business
• Selling your business
• Taxation
• Tendering
• Understanding the balance sheet
• Understanding profit & loss statements
• What is eBusiness?
• What is spam?