Environmental guidance for your business in Northern Ireland & Scotland
Organisations that support businesses through advice, training, networking events, online resources and support in the form of loans and grants.
Regardless of the size of your business or the sector in which you operate, the Business Support Team can provide you with a free advisory service.
They can help your business succeed through a combination of financial support, tailored guidance and information.
Free Information website – the online gateway for business support, information and advice
Enterprise Northern Ireland represents the region's largest network of business parks and advice centres. There are 28 Local Enterprise Agencies, located in every city and major town in Northern Ireland. This means that business support is available close to you, wherever you work or live.
Business Support
Start-up
If you are at start-up stage - from having a business idea right through to £50k turnover and/or trading for less than 2 years – there is a range of support and advice services to get you started or helped into the growth and acceleration stage.
Business growth
There will be a Local Enterprise Agency local to you, where you can access:
Workspace
There are flexible contracts to enable you to scale up and down as you wish, and all spaces are set up with small to medium sized businesses in mind
Its overall aim is to help drive increases in recycling and resource efficiency in Northern Ireland. To do this, WRAP Northern Ireland delivers a range of programmes, initiatives and other interventions to help people and organisations reduce waste and recycle more.
WRAP works with governments, businesses and communities to deliver practical solutions to improve resource efficiency.
They help the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy by:
Home energy saving measures including grants for householders. Funding for energy efficiency work such as insulation and energy efficient boilers in homes.
Transport
The Fleet Management Toolkit for businesses provides information and resources to help you lower your costs, while reducing the carbon emissions from your organisation’s vehicles and employee travel.
Fleet support
There is a wide range of grant and subsidy schemes to support local farming, fisheries, rural businesses and communities.
Financial Support
DAERA further education awards are administered by the Education Authority on behalf of DAERA.
Students enrolled on a full-time further education course at CAFRE should therefore apply to the EA for financial support.
Education Authority: Application for awards
CAFRE: Financial Support Guidance Booklet
CAFRE: Financial Support Application Form
CAFRE: Financial Support Homepage
Industry Training
CAFRE provides a range of learning programmes designed to meet the needs of those who work in the land-based and food industries. These courses are suitable for farmers, farm family members, people over 16 years old, and those running or working in agri-food and rural businesses.
Industry training is available for the following sectors:
Funding platform
The FSB Funding Platform offers FSB members direct access to hundreds of business funding options with a single application. They help you find the right funding for your business, save you precious time, and lower the overall cost of finance.
A range of services aimed at businesses, government and the public sector:
#Manages
For more information visit:
Carbon Trust Website: https://www.carbontrust.com/home/
Carbon Trust: An SME guide to financing energy efficiency projects
Northern Ireland
Carbon Trust Loan Scheme
Unit 3, The Innovation Centre
Northern Ireland Science Park
Queen's Road
BT3 9DT
Northern Ireland
The environmental compliance scheme Ecosurety has launched a £1million innovation and research fund for projects that seek to reduce the impact of packaging, batteries or WEEE (electronic waste) on the environment. The fund will be spread across three years with individual grant applications of up to £150,000 being accepted.
Applications to the Ecosurety Exploration Fund can be made via the Ecosurety website from Thursday 28th November 2019.
Find out more at: Ecosurety Exploration Fund
SEPA Special Waste Consignment Notes – updated position, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is now accepting special waste consignment notes (SWCNs) by email only.
DAERA Waste Policy Tracker, The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has published a Waste policy tracker to stay informed of waste policy developments.
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