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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Newry business secures £1.5m loan from Ulster Bank

Stevenson & Reid, a family-owned plumbing merchant who has a branch in Newry, has secured £1.5million from Ulster Bank through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The company, which has branches across Northern Ireland, says that the funding will provide it with essential cashflow and help secure jobs while many of its construction sector […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: HMRC “needs to resolve self-employed support scheme issues”

Newry Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed confirmation from the Finance Minister that NICS officials are working with HMRC to resolve an identification issue with the self-employed income support scheme.   Embed from Getty Images   Speaking to Newry Times, the Newry and Armagh MLA said, “I welcome confirmation from the Finance Minister Conor […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Newry Alliance representative calls for support for city centre businesses

Newry and Armagh Alliance representative Jackie Coade has called for more support for city-centre businesses in the constituency. The Alliance representative said that with a potential Covid-19 recession and Brexit on the horizon it is important local businesses and city centre management groups in the two cities are helped as much as possible.   Article […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Applications for Self-Employment Income Support Scheme open early

The Government’s world-leading scheme to support the self-employed has this week opened for claims – weeks ahead of schedule. Embed from Getty Images   From 8 am on Wednesday morning self-employed individuals or members of partnerships whose business has been adversely affected by coronavirus can apply for a Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant worth 80% of their average monthly […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: New platform to help businesses share their skills and expertise

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Business in the Community Northern Ireland (BITCNI) in partnership with NICVA, and supported by the Department for Communities, has announced the launch of SKILLS MATCH – a new, online platform that matches business people with projects aimed at tackling social challenges. Embed from Getty Images   The platform has been designed to meet the needs […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Firmus Energy reach out to Newry’s most vulnerable

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, firmus energy has used its firmus care service to reach out to more vulnerable customers who may need special support. The firmus care scheme maintains an active register of customers who are older, registered disabled or are chronically ill.     Staff are contacting those registered on the […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: £40m secured for micro business Hardship Fund

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced that £40 million is to be made available for a new Hardship Fund aimed at micro businesses. Embed from Getty Images   The new fund targets businesses which have not been able to avail of the existing support schemes and which require financial support due to the impact of […]

Newry area “set to benefit substantively” from £700m city deal funding

SDLP Council Group Leader Pete Byrne has welcomed the announcement of Executive match-funding for City Deals across Northern Ireland after the party first raised the proposals over five years ago. Councillor Byrne, who sits on Belfast Region City Deal Council Panel, believes the Deal has the potential to transform the economy in Newry, Mourne and […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: HMRC invites self-employed to get ready to make their claims

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This week, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will start contacting around three and a half million customers who may be eligible for the government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) to explain the application process and help them get ready to make a claim.  Embed from Getty Images   The claims service opens on Wednesday 13 May and […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: £10,000 small business grant scheme now open

Small businesses that occupy a rental property are now able to apply for the £10,000 Small Business Support Grant Scheme, Economy Minister Diane Dodds has confirmed. Embed from Getty Images   A new online form for businesses occupying rental properties is now live on the nibusinessinfo website. Highlighting this positive development, the Minister told Newry […]







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