Explore how innovation can help your tourism business grow Businesses in Northern Ireland’s tourism and hospitality sector are invited to join the Innovate Tourism: Lunch and Learn webinar on Thursday 6 November 2025. The session will explore how innovation can support business growth, improve competitiveness and create new opportunities across the tourism industry. Speakers include:…
Register for upcoming events offered by Go Succeed, the council support service for Northern Ireland businesses. Go Succeed is a business support service led by Northern Ireland’s eleven local councils. The service assists businesses of all stages, whether you want to start a new business, are an established business that hopes to grow or plan…
Is your business seeking to create new employment and grow into new markets? Invest Northern Ireland has opened applications for their Ambition to Grow | Supporting Women programme. In partnership with Women in Business NI, the programme particularly encourages applications from Northern Ireland’s most innovative and ambitious micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises to compete for…
Upcoming webinars from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to help employers, businesses, and the self-employed understand tax issues that affect them. Listed below are a number of live HMRC webinars that will give the self-employed an understanding of key taxes that affect them and also help employers with payroll. The webinars are free and last…
What is JobStart? The new JobStart Scheme provides funding from the Department for Communities (DfC) to allow employers to create new job opportunities to help those who are currently unemployed or economically inactive, in receipt of working age benefits and wish to enter or re-enter the workplace. What employers need to know about JobStart Employers…
Opportunity for Northern Ireland game and interactive creators Northern Ireland Screen has opened applications for its Interactive Development funding call, aimed at Northern Ireland-based companies creating new interactive projects. Priority will be given to video game development, but immersive, augmented and extended reality projects are also eligible. The Interactive Development fund supports single projects with…
A new survey is asking Northern Ireland businesses to share how they use – or don’t use – artificial intelligence (AI) Belfast Chamber, with input from the Department for the Economy, launched the ‘AI in Northern Ireland Businesses: Readiness and Adoption Survey’ to better understand AI use and adoption across local businesses. The results will…
How to Access Business Support This Autumn For many, the autumn time is a season to take stock and plan our next step, whether that be in education, work, or business. You might be thinking about how you can start, grow or scale your own business, but taking that step can be daunting – and…
Northern Ireland’s business base is rightly proud of its resilience and ingenuity. The next competitive edge will come from a new kind of firm: the AI-driven enterprise (AIDE). An AIDE is a business that puts artificial intelligence at the core of how it researches markets, designs products, serves customers, and runs operations. Think of it…
Support for Entrepreneurs from Underrepresented Groups Fermanagh Enterprise is highlighting an exciting opportunity for innovative business founders across the UK. The Breakthrough Founders programme is now accepting applications from entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups who are looking to grow their business and secure investment. Funded by Innovate UK, this fully supported programme provides founders with the…
