
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots, has extended the closing date for applications to the Business Development Groups (BDGs) Scheme, during a visit to CAFRE’s Greenmount Campus. Minister Poots said, “I am pleased to announce that the closing date for the BDGs Scheme has been extended by one week to 4pm on Friday […]
Jan 29 2020 | Posted in
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Every year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receives some imaginative excuses and expense claims following the 31 January Self Assessment deadline. To wrap up the decade and with two weeks to the deadline, HMRC has highlighted 10 of the most weird and wonderful ones we have received from customers who missed the deadline over the […]
Jan 28 2020 | Posted in
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JMK Solicitors and CRASH Services, which has offices in both Newry and Belfast, has raised £13,000 towards NI Chest Heart and Stroke’s Heart Strong campaign. As part of their year-long partnership with the charity, the campaign saw the firm become Local Heart Heroes, joining a team of heroes who are passionate about raising awareness of […]
Jan 21 2020 | Posted in
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The new year is the perfect time to set goals for the year ahead and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is urging local budding entrepreneurs to make starting a business their New Year’s resolution with the support of the Go For It Programme. This project is part-funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has joined forces with Ards and North Down Borough Council to launch a Digital Growth Programme to support the development of micro and small businesses in the regions. This project is part-funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth & […]

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has opened the search for the best performing business leaders in the Newry area. And to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the IoD Director of the Year Awards, it is seeking entries across 10 categories open to leaders from the private, public, and third sectors. Article continues below In partnership […]
Jan 10 2020 | Posted in
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5.4 million taxpayers have less than a month to complete their Self Assessment tax returns before the 31 January deadline. More than 11 million 2018/19 tax returns are due back with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by the end of January. Article continues below Around 54% of taxpayers have already filed their returns with more […]
Jan 8 2020 | Posted in
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Local natural gas supplier firmus energy has outlined its investment of £1.5 million in the Newry area in the final half of 2019. The local investment formed part of a wider £10.3 million construction programme across Northern Ireland and work is already underway to extend the network further and connect new properties. Article continues below […]

The Marketing and Communications Team at Southern Regional College has won the WorldSkills UK Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award – Social Media Campaign of the Year 2019 at its inaugural ceremony held at the NEC in Birmingham. WorldSkills UK, in partnership with Coca-Cola European Partners, launched these awards to honour and celebrate individuals and organisations […]

Six technology companies, all clients of Newry & Mourne Enterprise Agency (NMEA), have just returned from Berlin where they were part of the Innovate Accelerate Europe Programme, a new cross-border initiative providing specialist support to help local companies seeking to expand into new markets. The NMEA companies on the four-day trip were Field Motion, Kelly […]
Dec 28 2019 | Posted in
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