Funding

Funding support for immersive tourism technology

New tourism capital funding programme for technology that enhances visitor experiences Tourism NI have launched an immersive technology programme – ‘Enhancing Visitor Experiences through Immersive Technology 2018/2019’. This new programme is a capital funding programme which aims to support the development of new immersive experiences. These technologies should create a compelling reason for visitors to…

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Small Business Saturday 1 December 2018

Promote your business by getting involved with the Small Business Saturday campaign Small Business Saturday is a campaign that highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities in stores, in offices or online. The day itself takes place on the first Saturday in December each year,…

Retail and Social Media

How to make them work together A retail training workshop will take place in Omagh on Tuesday 13 November and Enniskillen on Thursday 15 November to help retail businesses maximise their social media offering. The workshop will be delivered by Caroline O’Neill from Diggs Childrenswear to highlight the areas of importance for retail businesses to…

10 Ways to Become Luckier in Business

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…

Engineering

New round of SME Leaders programme opens

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…

Fresh start for equine apprentices at CAFRE

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…