Money isn’t the only reason to start or grow a business but you better believe it’s important. If your business isn’t making money, all you have is a nice hobby. There are a lot of activities you can do that seem like they will lead to income but they won’t. Successful entrepreneurs avoid the time…
Do you believe in luck? I don’t, not really. Not in the conventional sense anyway. I believe it’s entirely possible to create your own luck. You can become luckier, absolutely. Because fact is, luck is really about chance: The chance of something good happening. If you make yourself available to new people and new opportunities…
Support and funding for promising leaders of high-growth engineering SMEs The Royal Academy of Engineering has opened a new round of applications for its 2019 SME Leaders programme. Delivered by the Academy’s Enterprise Hub, the programme supports promising leaders of high-growth UK-based engineering SMEs to develop their skills and teams, and to enable them to…
Social media is a vital marketing channel for businesses of all sizes. The common question a few years ago, “why should our business use social media?”, is now being replaced with, “how can our business grow with social media marketing?”. As a social media marketer, this makes me very excited. What doesn’t make me excited…
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) recently welcomed its first students onto its new equine apprenticeship programme for registration and induction. Apprenticeship Students Scott Alexander and Shannon McGinley getting to know the horses on the CAFRE Equitation yard during their registration day. The college would like to thank the employers who are…
Get innovation funding guidance from Invest NI and Innovate UK Invest Northern Ireland and Innovate UK are inviting businesses from the local Life & Health Sciences sector to a day of learning and networking on 23 October 2018 at the Titanic Belfast. The ‘Funding for innovation in Life & Health Sciences’ event, delivered in partnership…
Bodies unite to help NI businesses understand their parcel rights and responsibilities Northern Ireland’s businesses that both buy and sell online are being encouraged by The Consumer Council and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to avail of a new website www.deliverylaw.uk. The new resource informs businesses and consumers about their rights and responsibilities in…
Businesses urged to complete the online questionnaire to collect rental data for the non-domestic rates revaluation Known as Reval2020, Land & Property Services (LPS) has confirmed that the online questionnaire to collect rental data for the non-domestic rates revaluation will close at midnight on Sunday 14 October. LPS is now urging those businesses that have…
The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that two research institutions in Northern Ireland, AFBI and Ulster University are to benefit from £362,635 of new funding awarded through the DAERA/DAFM 2017 Competitive Research Call. The awards are provided through the ‘Research and Development Partnership’ between DAERA and the Department of Agriculture,…
Register with a unique collaboration project that pairs up SMEs with digital experts DigitaliseSME is a pilot project funded by the European Commission that aims to support the digital transformation of small and medium-sized businesses and mid-caps across Europe. Its goal is to match businesses looking to implement a digitalisation project with carefully chosen digital…
