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Sunday openings in Belfast 2026 | Share your views
Public views sought on extending Sunday trading hours across Belfast.
Join Belfast Met event for World Creativity & Innovation Day 2026
Businesses will get a chance to hear local success stories and learn about fully funded innovation support, skills training and funding options.
Tax Confident website to help you understand tax
HM Revenue & Customs has launched Tax Confident, a new website to help you understand tax in plain, simple terms.
Great Neighbourhood Days Out event
Tourism organisers, group leaders and staff are invited to find out more about Belfast’s unique attractions
SELECT programme offers executive development for social enterprise leaders
A new training programme helps social enterprises to strengthen leadership and grow commercial income.
Innovate UK support for next generation tech businesses
Innovate UK has launched a new strategy to support the UK's most ambitious businesses to scale, commercialise and compete globally.
LRA employer events 2026
Labour Relations Agency (LRA) events to help employers, managers, and HR practitioners with key employment issues.
Work Well Live Well workplace support programme
Work Well Live Well is a free support programme to help support your workplace to improve employee health, wellbeing, and culture.
Inquiry into EU Regulation on detergents and surfactants: Call for views
Share your views on the new EU Regulation on Detergents and Surfactants.
Pay increase for agricultural workers from April 2026
New minimum wage rates for agricultural workers from 1 April 2026 have been announced by the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB).
Mid Ulster Apprentice Lab - Free Breakfast Event
Roundtable event designed to explore the barriers preventing local employers from employing apprentices.
Government launches consultation on national digital ID plans
The consultation, Making Public Services Work for You With Your Digital Identity, is open for public feedback until 5 May 2026.
Mid Ulster HR Employer Forum - Breakfast Workshop
Discover how prioritising financial wellbeing in the workplace for employees can drive motivation, engagement, and performance.
Prepare for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
Sole traders and landlords with an income over £50,000 will be required to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax from 6 April 2026.
Employer opportunity at Fermanagh Cross Border Job Fair
Employers are encouraged to register their interest in exhibiting at this free event focused on cross-border recruitment opportunities.
Save the date for CYBERUK 2026
Registration is now open for CYBERUK 2026, the UK's top cyber security event for leaders and innovators.
Call for dementia innovations to support NHS
Search is on for new technologies, treatments or processes that could lead to earlier detection or faster diagnosis of dementia in the NHS.
Prepare for a new generation of food technologies
New report urges businesses to prepare for a new generation of food technologies that could reach UK consumers within the next decade.
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Change Fund for Ards and North Down
Funding is available to support community and voluntary sector organisations to change the attitudes, behaviours, and culture of violence against women and girls.
UK‑EU SPS Agreement – NI businesses advised to prepare for changes to agri‑food trade
Steps to help businesses prepare for upcoming changes to the trade of agri‑food goods under the UK‑EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement.
WorldHost customer service training for Lisburn and Castlereagh
This training is open to businesses and individuals who want to develop a stronger customer-focused culture.