Manufacturing Month NI News

This week, the Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald launched the Apprenticeship Action Plan which aims to improve, grow, and make apprenticeships more inclusive across Northern Ireland. The plan focuses on: Improving the apprenticeship system to make it more...

Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) have published their quarterly Labour Market Report and it shows a slight softening in the labour market overall, with the unemployment rate rising to 2.4% in April–June 2025—a statistically significant...

Invest NI, in partnership with local stakeholders, is running a series of business advice clinics to support companies across Northern Ireland. The clinics are designed to give businesses practical advice on how to innovate, export, and stay competitive. Attendees...

InterTradeIreland has launched the Technical Trade Forum. The Forum is a collaborative platform developed to tackle pressing cross-border trade challenges. The Forum brings businesses together with policymakers to create practical, actionable solutions that will...

The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) are partnering up with InterTradeIreland to host the Government Supply Expo 2025: Pathways to Public Tendering, taking place on the 11th of November at the Aviva Stadium. This event will be a huge opportunity for networking,...

If your business sends goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (NI) by parcels or freight via roll-on/roll-off ferry, you need to be aware of new arrangements for entry summary declarations (ENS) under the Import Control System 2 (ICS2). Background ICS2 is the...