Mentoring and support programme covering key business topics such as accessing finance; recruitment of staff; financial management/bookkeeping and marketing to businesses within the first 12 months of completing NIBSP or setting up business through other means. This programme offers: one-to-one mentoring access to workshops incentives eligibility criteria To apply, your business must be located in…
Series of interactive one-day workshops to equip businesses with the skills to sell outside Northern Ireland Organised by Invest NI, the workshops offer new, emerging exporters the opportunity to develop their knowledge of exporting processes and help the more experienced exporters to refresh and update their understanding of best practice in this area. Workshop details…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, the Chair (Comhairleoir Siobhán Currie) and Vice-Chair (Councillor Diana Armstrong) of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council are hosting an event on Monday 2 March 2020 from 12.00 – 4.00 pm in the Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen. This event recognises that, for the first time, both the Chair and Vice Chair…
Land & Property Services (LPS) has just completed a revaluation of all 74,000 business properties in Northern Ireland for rates purposes. The valuation of every business property will now be in line with April 2018 rental values. These new values will be used to calculate rate bills for businesses from April 2020. LPS released a…
St Michael’s College footballers visited the newly opened Café Mezza Office at Abbey House Business Centre recently. The St Michael’s men are big coffee lovers and know a good cup when they see it! The team are busy training to defend their MacRory and Hogan Cup titles this year. Micheal Glynn Captain of the team…
Co-operative partnership working between Government and the industrial sector helps mitigate climate change as well as build a sustainable economy, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots said today. Minister Poots was speaking as he spent the day in County Fermanagh where he met Forest Service officials and toured Balcas Timber Ltd.’s premises near Enniskillen. The Minister said:…
Work is under way to restore the Grand Opera House in Belfast. Picture by Darren Kidd FERMANAGH firm Tracey Brothers has commenced work on the £12.2 million restoration of the Grand Opera House in Belfast. Five years in the planning, the heritage lottery fund-backed project is set to be completed in time for the 125th…
If you’ve wanted to run your own business, this is a great time to do it. You’ve considered running a business but keep wondering whether conditions are right to support your winning idea. Or perhaps you have been dabbling with something on the side and can’t yet convince yourself that it’s the right time to…
A first-quarter survey of startup entrepreneurs’ confidence levels found a whopping 91 per cent were “confident” or “very confident” that their companies would become more profitable in the coming 12 months. Nearly half anticipate hiring more employees in that time, according to the April poll of nearly 2,000 CEOs by LegalZoom. That doesn’t surprise Corrine…
5 things to do before you start your business If you’re thinking about taking the plunge and starting a business of your own, there are some key steps you need to take first. 1. Business idea Every business develops from an initial idea. Ideas can range from spotting a gap in the market to coming…
