Establishment of new Makers Alliance announced
Economy Minister Paul Frew has announced the establishment of the Makers Alliance, an independent industry-led body which will drive the strategic development of the Advanced Manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland. Making the announcement, Minister Frew...
Trader Support Services- Inward Processing Relief and Latest Updates
Watch our more recent webinar with Trader Support Services here: To access the slides, click here: TSS IPR 2021 V8
Response to the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland
Manufacturing NI have responded to the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland. Manufacturing NI acts as a representative of a sector with £20bn of sales, a quarter of our GVA and directly contributes or supports 1 in 4 of all jobs in NI. This consultation is deeply...
Latest Apportionment Guidance
As you are aware, HMRC has developed an apportionment approach that allows businesses authorised under the UKTS to declare goods not at risk based on the expected outcome for the goods, where the final destination is not known at the time the goods enter NI. This...
Grant Portal Opens for Business Top Up Payments
Finance Minister, Conor Murphy is encouraging businesses eligible for the £5,000 and £10,000 top up grant schemes being administered by Land & Property Services to go online and apply. The top up payments are for businesses which received either the £10,000 Small...
Labour Market Recovery Webinar with Department for Communities
https://youtu.be/DQ_lO5Mn3HE Manufacturing NI recently held a very useful briefing from The Department for Communities on the range of work support programmes including the JobStart, The Condition Management Programme and the Work Experience Programme. We were...
Frew announces £180m investment in new training pathway with FE colleges
Economy Minister Paul Frew today announced an investment of £180million in the NI Traineeship, a new vocational education and training programme for people aged 16 and over. The major investment will fund almost 20,000 Traineeship places in total over seven years,...
Latest Updates from DFE
Trade Tariff tool HMRC have developed a new Trade Tariff tool to check if you need to pay a tariff on goods brought into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. The tool asks a series of questions before identifying the options available to you:...
Over £27 million issued to hundreds of businesses in grant support
£27.25 million has issued to 552 businesses under the Department of Finance’s Large NAV Business Grant Scheme. The scheme being delivered by Land & Property Services provides financial support to businesses with a Net Annual Value of over £51,000 which also...