Regional Food Programme opens for applications

This important regional food funding programme within the food and drink sector encourages collaboration between all sectors and representative bodies within the local food industry.




DAERA welcomes the appointment of four new members to CAFRE College Advisory Group

The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs today announced the appointment of four new members to the CAFRE College Advisory Group (CAG).




The Department for Infrastructure has announced five appointments to the Board of Northern Ireland Water

Peter McNaney has been appointed to the Board to serve a second term.  Belinda Oldfield, Marie-Thérèse McGivern, Patrick Larkin and Maurice Bullick have all been appointed to serve for a first term.




Launch of recruitment competition for the Chair to the Board of Northern Ireland Water

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has launched a recruitment campaign to appoint a Chair to Northern Ireland Water (NIW).




Reval2020 will help to rebalance business rates

Known as Reval2020 – this process will result in a new non-domestic Valuation List being used to calculate business rate bills from April 2020. This process is about restoring fairness in the rating system by redistributing basically the same rating burden using more up-to-date values. A revaluation is not about collecting more money from businesses, but it is about ensuring that everyone pays their fair share.