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Fivemiletown creamery takes first Tesco award
Fivemiletown Creamery has won Tesco Northern Ireland’s first Outstanding Local Supplier award.
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Facebook’s Graph Search: What It Means for Businesses
Facebook’s Graph Search isn’t just for looking up your old buddies and potential new friends, it’s also designed for Business Pages.
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Breakfast Seminar – Doing business in a connected world!
Would you like to come along to our free breakfast seminar on ‘How to win using the digital platform – doing business in a connected world’ on 21st January 2013 as Digital Northern Ireland 2020 takes to the road in Omagh!
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HM Revenue & Customs’ January 2013 key messages for Northern Ireland businesses
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have published their key business messages for January 2013. The messages include upcoming issues for businesses and updates in the past month.
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Create your own job through self-employment
I attended the ‘Go For It’ pro-gramme at Omagh Business Complex and found it an extremely useful tool in learning the do’s, don’t’s and essentials of running a business. It also helped me focus on why I was setting up the business, what its unique selling point is and the legalities of being self-employed
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Liability insurance
If your business has employees, it is likely that employers’ liability insurance is compulsory. However, there are a few instances where this insurance is not compulsory.
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Farmers to benefit from expert advice at free renewable energy seminar
LEADING planning and renewable energy consultants will be among those giving free professional advice at an exhibition aimed at providing farmers across Northern Ireland with the most up to date information on the viability of solar schemes on their farms.
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Harnessing Creativity Project news
Harnessing Creativity is a new European Union INTERREG IVA Cross-Border Regional Development Programme, which offers a range of support to enable new thinking, collaboration and on-going development for people working in the creative sector and support people working in the business sector to use creativity as a tool for achieving new growth.
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Spotting market opportunities
You do not need a large corporate-sized advertising and marketing budget to be able to compete for and win business. Keeping an eye on the market and looking out for relevant opportunities can help you grow and increase profit.
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CultureTECH: Call for 6 digital creatives to help out on a new pilot project!
As part of the CultureTECH festival programme, they have devised a pilot project to bring together creative practitioners from the digital, design and technology space with arts and cultural organisations and projects.
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Winter Proof Your Business
Your business is your livelihood. Imagine the damage to your business premises and valuable assets if the pipes in your property were to freeze and burst.
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Social-media policies must be clearly set out
SOCIAL media can be a powerful tool for many businesses, enabling them to engage directly with their customers and other stakeholders in an immediate, personal and targeted way. This is to be welcomed and encouraged.
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File your tax return before the 31 January deadline
As the 31 January filing deadline is just weeks away, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is calling on anyone who hasn’t sent in their 2011-12 tax return to do it now – and find “inner peace”.
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Running your car fleet more efficiently
Running a fleet of cars can be complex and costly. But doing it more efficiently can substantially reduce your operating costs – company car tax is based on CO2 emissions so using lower-emission cars will save you money. It can also improve your business’ environmental performance and increase its corporate social responsibility.
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Corporate tax decision still not set for take-off
The First Minister and Deputy First Minister are due to meet David Cameron to discuss the rate within weeks, but Eamon Donaghy said that “there is no further case to make or any more studies to carry out”.
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£30m business loans boost for young
Thousands more young people could get Dragons Den-style Government loans to help them turn business ideas into reality, David Cameron has announced.
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High praise for Omagh builder
‘Passive house’ status is considered the world’s leading standard in energy efficient construction according to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. The property, a retirement bungalow in Omagh, has also achieved ‘zero carbon’ status.
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How to promote your business locally
The internet has opened up a new world of potential customers for small and medium-sized businesses but many still operate on a local level.
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6 Ways to Recharge Your Business in 2013
For the entrepreneur, this time of year typically means a mad dash to wrap-up remaining projects, close deals, and squeeze in time for family and friends. As the days get shorter, it starts to feel like time accelerates faster than ever — leaving you less and less time to accomplish your year-end goals.
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This year will see a small step to recovery
THE UK, a once-proud global manufacturing powerhouse responsible for engineering marvels such as the Jaguar EType, Concorde and the Flying Scotsman, doesn’t make anything any more.
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