Complete the Export Health Check tool to assess your existing exporting capability The Invest Northern Ireland Export Health Check tool is designed to assess your existing exporting capability. By answering a few short questions you will receive a tailored guide that will give you the tools to develop your own bespoke export strategy. The tool…
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…
Up to £25 million is available to fund innovation projects Innovate UK has opened applications to another round of its Smart Grant funding for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations. Innovations must be genuinely new, with significant potential for a rapid economic return to the UK. Proposals must be business-focused, with deliverable, realistic, adequately resourced…
Protect your business from email scams with NCSC’s new guide The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released new guidance to help small businesses protect themselves against business email compromise (BEC) attacks, a growing type of cybercrime. BEC attacks involve criminals hacking into work email accounts to trick people into transferring money or stealing sensitive…
Customers should not pay these, and should always report them to the IPO. Intellectual Property Office (IPO) issues fresh alert to beware of unsolicited payment requests figures show a recent surge in such requests reported by customers – up 63% on same period last year IPO publishes updated guidance and releases new images to help customers…
Support to help you transform your manufacturing business Made Smarter Innovation – Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH) offers three different funding opportunities to support manufacturing small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) on their smart manufacturing journey. These opportunities are based on the needs of the company. Rapid Demonstrators Rapid Demonstrators aim to support SMEs with sensor…
Northern Ireland businesses are invited to apply for the UK’s most prestigious business award The King’s Awards for Enterprise recognise and encourage the outstanding achievements of UK businesses in the fields of: international trade innovation sustainable development promoting opportunity through social mobility Businesses of all sizes and from all sectors can apply. The awards are…
Access recordings of the Labour Relations Agency’s (LRA) webinars that help employers keep up to date with the latest in Northern Ireland employment law The LRA has made a number of their webinars available as recordings so employers in Northern Ireland can watch them at a time that suits their schedule. The current webinar topics…
Finance Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA said: “Since taking up office, I have consistently called out the underfunding of our public services. The scale of this has been laid bare in the Chancellor’s statement today. “It is too early to determine the full implications of today’s announcement for the Executive. However, we know the Executive…
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…
