If you’re aged between 18 and 30 and looking for business support, apply now Innovate UK is working in partnership with The Prince’s Trust to find young people from across the UK with great business ideas. Their goal is to find a new group of young innovators that, with their help, can turn their great…
A County Fermanagh gin distillery has announced it’s won £634,000 investment through a network of business angels. The Boatyard Distillery said it had raised the funds through private investors in the Halo Business Angel Network (HBAN) and Co-Fund II. And the company has also started making hand sanitiser in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Boatyard…
Guidance published on making workplaces safer and priority business sector list The Department for the Economy has published guidance on making workplaces safer and a list of priority sectors during the current coronavirus crisis. Workplace safety guide The Working Through This Together guide sets out principles and practical steps for employers and employees to keep themselves and their workplaces…
A timeline of when businesses in Northern Ireland can reopen as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased To slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Northern Ireland Executive introduced measures placing restrictions on how businesses operate. The legislation, known as the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, became law on 28 March 2020. Easing of restrictions On 12…
Workplace guidelines and measures prevent the transmission of coronavirus As an employer, you must protect the safety and health of everyone in your workplace. This applies to businesses who continue to operate under current the impact of coronavirus. Health and safety law requires employers to do ‘what is reasonably practicable’ to protect their staff and members of the public.…
FERMANAGH-based bakery Crust & Crumb has secured a mouthwatering deal worth £24 million to supply 20 new lines of pizza across more than 1,000 Lidl stores in the UK and Ireland. The firm, which is Ireland’s largest manufacturer of ambient, chilled and frozen dough-based products, has been a preferred supplier to Lidl since 2013. And…
If you’re self-employed or a member of a partnership and have been adversely affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) find out if you can use this scheme to claim a grant. The scheme will allow you to claim a taxable grant of 80% of your average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering 3…
InterTradeIreland has developed a three-part series of webinars to help businesses navigate their way through the key supports that have been put in place in both jurisdictions in response to Covid-19. The three of the webinars identified below will be specific to a Northern Ireland audience. The webinars, delivered by PKF-FPM on behalf of InterTradeIreland, will…
Skills Focus Programme will be fully funded until 31 March 2021 to help local employers upskill their staff in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Skills Focus is a skills development programme funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE) and delivered across Northern Ireland by the six further education colleges. It aims to help…
From today (Monday 4 May), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will begin contacting customers who may be eligible for the government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). Those who are eligible will be able to claim a taxable grant worth 80% of their average trading profits up to a maximum of £7,500 (equivalent to three months’ profits),…
