COVID-19 NEWS HUB
Accelerate Benefits of Digital Technology
Economy Minister Diane Dodds today launched a new Invest Northern Ireland grant scheme to support businesses to investigate and implement new digital technologies that will improve business operations. The COVID-19 Process and Organisational Improvement Grant (POIG)...
Almost £21 million to issue to over 850 manufacturers
Finance Minister Conor Murphy has announced that almost £21 million in further Covid grants will begin issuing to over 850 manufacturing businesses later this week. The one-off £25,000 grant is an automatic payment being made to manufacturing businesses operating from...
Applications open for Large NAV Business Grant Scheme
Over 1,100 businesses across a wide range of sectors will be able to apply online from today for a one-off £50,000 grant to help them with the impact of Covid-19. The Large NAV Business Grant scheme being delivered by Land & Property Services will provide...
Managed isolation packages for passengers go live
Managed isolation arrangements have been activated ahead of the return of international flights to local airports. Any passenger who has been in, or transited through a ‘red list’ country in the previous 10 days must book and pay for a managed isolation package before...
Close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases to be tested
Close contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 will be asked to take a PCR test within 48 hours of being identified as a close contact, whether or not they have symptoms. Until now only people with symptoms had to take a PCR test. This additional measure, which will...
Free workplace COVID testing for manufacturing firms
Manufacturing firms can avail of the expanded asymptomatic testing programme. Purpose The purpose of asymptomatic testing is to identify individuals within the population who are positive for COVID-19 but do not present symptoms. Expansion of asymptomatic testing in...