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Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition update events

Register to join Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition update events - in London or online on 12 July and in Belfast on 27 July. 

Heritage Shopfront Scheme for Moira and Royal Hillsborough

Heritage shopfronts to get a new lease of life with second round of funding.

SBRI: Quantum networks, enabling components and systems

Apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop enabling components and systems for quantum network technologies.

Help to develop codes of practice for the alcoholic drinks industry

Relevant businesses are urged to submit draft codes of practice on the display, sale, supply, promotion, or consumption of alcoholic drinks.

Get Paid Guide for music creators

This new guide equips music creators with step-by-step guidance on what music data is, why it matters and what to do with it.

Proposed legislative changes to producing and supplying heated tobacco products

Later this year it is expected to be illegal to produce or supply heated tobacco with characterising flavour in Northern Ireland.

Alcohol Duty reforms from 1 August 2023

On 1 August 2023, the Alcohol Duty system will become simpler as the four separate taxes for beer, cider, spirits and wine is replaced.

Creative industries to benefit from funding boost

UKRI’s investments will support research and innovation across the sector.

Hospitality Wellbeing and Development Promise

Initiative to help employers in the hospitality industry attract and retain staff by creating positive and supportive workplaces.

Northern Ireland Screen funding for short films

Funding is available for production of live action, factual and virtual reality short films.

PSNI warns of phishing scams impacting NI businesses

Detectives from the Police Service’s Cyber Crime Centre are asking Northern Ireland businesses to be on their guard against phishing.

Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans competition

Competition will provides £5 million for dispersed industrial clusters to develop decarbonisation plans.

ICO Innovation Services – which one is right for you?

The Information Commissioner's Office offers a range of services to innovative businesses using personal data in new and novel ways.

Northern Ireland Screen call for New Shorts Focus scheme

Northern Ireland Screen has launched this fiction development scheme for under-represented talent.

June webinars to provide the tourism sector with support and advice

Learn ways to maximise Tourism Northern Ireland’s services to enhance the success of your tourism or hospitality business.

Artist Studios and Maker Spaces Organisational Grants

Applications are open for grants to support Belfast-based spaces where groups of artists and creatives can come together to work.

Young Masters Art Prize 2023

Open call for artists who show originality, skill and imagination in response to the art of the past.

FSA revises Food Law Code of Practice

The updated Code introduces a new model for delivering food standards controls in Northern Ireland.

The Windsor Framework - goods movements (general)

Arrangements for moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

Windsor Framework: supply of medicines into Northern Ireland

New medicine measures to commence 1 January 2025.

HMRC to trial seasonal Self Assessment helpline

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will trial redirecting Self Assessment helpline queries to their digital services over the summer months.

UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development event

Information session for Northern Ireland businesses to hear more about International Business Development funding.