BUSINESS GROUPS UNITE TO WARN EXECUTIVE OF ECONOMIC COST OF ANOTHER LOCKDOWN
8 business organisations from across Northern Ireland have come together to implore the Executive to resist placing the local economy in another lockdown again, fearing that doing so, without the same degree of financial support available earlier this year, will...
Fully Funded Accredited Learning with Open University
The current coronavirus has enhanced interest levels in short, online learning platforms, addressing specific skills gaps. Skills demands are changing and will continue to change as a result of the need to retrain, reskill or redeploy. New types of education will be...
Guidance on using the UKCA mark from 1 January 2021
On 1 September 2020, the UK government has published new guidance on using the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) mark from the 1 January 2021, after the Brexit transition period comes to an end. The new product marking system will be introduced for manufactured goods...
Innovate NI IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies in industry
b4b is looking for a manufacturer to apply for a grant from Innovate UK IETF for deployment of energy efficient technologies in industry. The minimum grant is £250,000 up to £3,000,000. Applicants must qualify for state aid and funding is available as follows: • up to...
2020/2021 NISEP schemes published
The NISEP list of schemes can now be made publically available and contains details of all 2020/2021 schemes. This document provides details on the range of energy efficiency schemes, funded through NISEP, that are available for domestic and business customers. An...
Trader Support Service
The Northern Ireland Protocol comes into force on 1 January 2021. There will be changes to the way goods move between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You may want to consider the free Trader Support Service which: will help if you move goods between Great Britain...
InterTradeIreland Emergency Business Solutions
Professional advice, to the value of £2,000/€2,250 inc VAT (100% funded), is available for cross-border companies in manufacturing and tradable services, to address key business challenges related to Covid-19. Support is provided for the following: Guidance and...
Economic Rebuild will only work if we rescue our SMEs
News last week of another 95 jobs at Bombardier being at risk will be deeply unsettling for the workforce and their families. But sadly it is another sign of the distress Covid has brought to the local aerospace sector which has seen some 2,000 jobs leaking away in...
MSc Food Design and Innovation
NEW ULSTER UNIVERSITY MSc IN FOOD DESIGN AND INNOVATION ATTRACTING CHEFS AND RESTAURATEURS A new post-graduate Masters course in food design and innovation launching at Ulster University in September and aimed at food sector corporate professionals seeking to exploit...