STEM Ambassador Information Session
Mid & East Antrim Council are delighted to advise we have arranged an exciting and inspiring STEM Ambassador Information Session with Dr Anna Monaghan on Tuesday 20th September. The STEM Ambassador Programme is managed by STEM Learning, the largest provider of...
NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM BUSINESS IMMIGRATION, RECRUITMENT & COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS
With inflation, rising costs and skilled labour shortages continuing to impact the manufacturing sector, it is imperative that manufacturing companies understand how they can navigate challenges in respect of recruitment, skilled labour and commercial contracts....
Belfast Chamber Business Awards- International Trade & Export Award
The Belfast Chamber Awards, now in their 7th year and sponsored once again by Bank of Ireland, have become the city’s premier celebration of business excellence in the city and will take place on Friday 21 October in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Shaw’s Bridge. Across 22...
Advice from HMRC on Steel Tariffs
There has been some press commentary about the potential for a 25% safeguarding tariff on UK origin steel arriving in to NI from GB. We have asked and received advice from HMRC which I’m sharing with you now which reminds traders of the process, clarifies the...
Statement from the Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group
“With inflation rising to a 40 year high, the Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group call on the EU and the UK to redouble their efforts to resolve their differences on the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol and find an agreement based on compromise. For too...
Fully Funded Upskilling Opportunities with the Open University
Enrol for a FREE professional development course with The Open University Applicants can save up to £3,200 with a postgraduate or microcredential course funded through the Department for the Economy’s Skill Up funding initiative. The Open University in partnership...
Green light for Newtownabbey metal packaging facility – one of NI’s biggest manufacturing projects
Antrim and Newtownabbey Council’s planning committee has approved one of the biggest investments in advanced manufacturing in Northern Ireland – a new £150m drinks canning plant at Global Point Business Park. Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) intends to build the...
Fully Funded Courses for Industry from Southern Regional College
Southern Regional College's Business Support and Innovation team have launched a new range of industry specific courses that can help businesses improve their training. For a list of courses, see below: For more information- please click here
Trader Support Service Assisted Completion Service
The Trader Support Service (TSS) launched the Assisted Completion Service in June 2022 to help businesses complete their Supplementary Declarations (SD). With the Assisted Completion Service, a TSS agent will complete up to five SDs a month on behalf of a business for...