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Manage business finances
Guides on why managing finance is an important part of starting and running your business
Family business
Understand the benefits and issues that affect family-run businesses, employing family members or financing from friends and family
Start-up business ideas
Guides and tools to help you find and develop ideas for ways to start up your own business in Northern Ireland
Hire professional services
Guides on how and why to hire professional service providers to help your business in the startup phase
Business planning
Guides on how to create a business plan for your startup and how business plans can be useful at different stages of your business
Micro Food Business Investment Scheme
Grants of up to £50,000 are available for Northern Ireland micro food and drink manufacturers to expand
New guide to allergen labelling changes
Access quick guidance to find out how new labelling laws will affect your business and what you need to do to be ready
FSA launches new Food fraud resilience tool
Food businesses can use a new online tool to assess their vulnerability to food crime
Save time and money with the Trader Support Service upload API
Use the upload TSS API to automate the process of creating and submitting declarations
Digital Growth Programme: mentoring, workshops and training
This programme aims to enhance digital capabilities and develop knowledge in new and existing platforms
New support programme for the local tourism sector
The Experience Development Programme 2021-23 will provide financial assistance to tourism organisations
Belfast Retail and Hospitality Virtual Job Fair
The virtual job fair is a great recruitment opportunity for employers in the hospitality and retail sectors
EU delay when traders must start to use new Export Health Certificates
The date for using the new Animal Health Regulation (AHR) EHCs has been pushed back to 15 January 2022
Council calls for grant applications from rural micro-businesses
The Rural Business Development Grant Scheme is due to open for applications from rural businesses in the Lisburn and Belfast Council areas
Skill Up with fully funded postgraduate learning
Skill Up - The Flexible Skills Fund is supporting a range of online learning to upskill and reskill people in economic priority sectors
Self-assessment tool: Is your business innovating?
Use Innovate NI's self-assessment tool to find out how innovative your business is and get recognition along the way
Belfast City Council High Growth Programme
This programme includes a series of skills development workshops, tailored business mentoring and opportunities for networking
Support for construction industry to meet rising costs
Measures announced to help manage risk in government contracts created by COVID-related price volatility
Visa-free short-term touring for UK musicians and performers
UK government clarifies visa rules for UK artists touring in 19 EU countries
New Early Warning service to help defend against cyber attacks
The National Cyber Security Centre has launched a new online service which alerts organisations to potential cyber attacks affecting their networks