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How Does The Budget Affect Northern Ireland Businesses?
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Budget statement on Wednesday 15 March 2023. We have summarised the key points from the Spring Budget and specific issues affecting Northern Ireland businesses.
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The King’s Awards for Enterprise
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise has been renamed following the Accession of King Charles III. The Awards will become The King’s Award for Enterprise.
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Back in Business Rate Support – Apply By 31 March 2023
Applications for the Back in Business scheme, which offers local businesses a 50% rates discount for up to two years, will close on 31 March 2023.
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New VAT Penalties and Interest Payments
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding VAT-registered businesses to file their returns and pay on time, ahead of new penalties being applied.
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Celebrating Women Innovators on International Women’s Day
Join Innovate UK on 8 March 2023 to celebrate the legacy of their Women in Innovation Programme
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Latest HMRC Tax Webinars
Listed below are a number of live HMRC webinars that will give the self-employed an understanding of key taxes that affect them and also help employers with payroll. The webinars are free and last around an hour.
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Minimum Wage Rates Increase From 1 April 2023
Employers should be aware that all minimum wage rates increase on 1 April of each year. This includes all National Minimum Wage rates and the National Living Wage rate. The new minimum wage rates apply to eligible workers in Northern Ireland from 1 April 2023.
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Apprenticeship Employer Event
You will find out how local employers have developed skills relevant to their business through Degree Apprenticeships and how apprenticeships help to drive productivity and boost business performance. You will also have the opportunity to find out about the range of apprenticeship programmes available.
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Innovation Vouchers: January 2023 Call
Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) Innovation Vouchers allow you to access the skills and expertise of universities, colleges or Institutes of Technology in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Grow Your Understanding of the Fundamentals of Getting Your Cargo to Its Destination Successfully
This workshop is an introduction to trade and logistics – gain an understanding of the essentials required to facilitate the movement of goods from Northern Ireland. The presenter will provide you with an outline of the basic principles and an introduction to processes and routines to be followed.
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DAERA Launches £500,000 Competition to Deal With Livestock Slurry
Can you deliver a sustainable utilisation of livestock slurry solution for Northern Ireland?
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File Your Self Assessment Tax Return and Pay Your Tax Bill by 31 January 2023
The deadline for Self Assessment tax returns and paying the tax owed for the 2021 to 2022 tax year is 11:59pm on Tuesday 31 January 2023.
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NI Management Practices Survey 2022
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast are inviting local businesses to participate in a new survey, which aims to understand how management practices vary across Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Christmas Licensing Hours
Licensed premises include businesses such as bars, restaurants, hotels and theatres who hold a licence to sell alcohol or ‘liquor licence’. Alcohol may normally be sold from 11:30am to 11pm, or on Sundays from 12:30pm to 11pm. Some licensed premises have a ‘late licence’ that normally allows them to sell alcohol as late as 1am or with further additional permitted hours until 2am, instead of the usual limit of 11pm.
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Female Entrepreneur Workshop in January 2023
The day will be facilitated by Roisin McDermott from Women in Business and Mary Macrory from Omagh Enterprise Company. They are business mentors who have been supporting women, and business start up and female entrepreneurship for several years. It will be very relaxed and all you might need to bring is a pen.
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Employer Webinars and Events From the Equality Commission: January to March 2023
The Equality Commission’s latest training sessions are now available to register for. The events are a mixture of webinars and physical events and will focus on a number of important equality issues for employers.
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New Children’s Code Design Tests Available
The Age Appropriate Design Code – or ‘the Children’s code’ – is a data protection code of practice for online services that are likely to be accessed by children. For the purposes of the code, a child is any person under the age of 18.
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Apply Now To Female Founders Competition
Techstart Ventures and Women in Business have opened for applications their Female Founders competition.
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Webinar: Social Media Trends For Your Business in 2023
Social media is an effective way to maintain a connection with your customers, initiate discussions, and experience business contact in a way most of us have never done before.
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Young Enterprise Big Market 2022
Come along to support your local student companies and see Northern Ireland’s newest young entrepreneurs in action.
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