Commercial tenants who cannot pay their rent because of coronavirus will be protected from eviction until 31st March 2021.
This is not a rental holiday. All commercial tenants will still be liable for the rent. Commercial tenants are protected from eviction if they are unable to pay rent.
A reminder of this week's non-technical focus group, for business leads to inform the development of our digital strategy to meet local business' aspirations and address their pain points. We'd love to hear from you.
Aimed at the business leaders, who are not necessarily technically minded. This is intended to induce a non-technical discussion around the business opportunities and pain points associated with existing and future digital infrastructure.
Cyber-threats are on the rise, particularly since the increase in home/remote working. This webinar could be the eye-opener you need to address your business' exposure to cyber-threats.
Protect your Business from Cyber Attacks!
The Northern Ireland Cyber Security Centre is working with local councils to provide specialist cybersecurity advice and guidance tailored for small businesses.
Simply put:
Cyber – anything relating to computers and any device that is connected to the internet
Security – keeping safe against risks and threats
Businesses of all sizes in Northern Ireland are experiencing cyber-attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) highlight 32% of businesses have suffered a cyber breach in the last 12 months. This caused serious disruption to business activity, loss of revenue and considerable stress for owners. For micro / small businesses, a cyberattack could result in costs of around £1,400 (Source NCSC).
Cybersecurity needn't be a daunting challenge for small business owners. This webinar will help demystify cybersecurity and give you the confidence to take action now to protect your business from cyber-attacks and improve your cyber resilience.
If cybersecurity for your businesses is still an afterthought, bear in mind that for your customers, suppliers, and partners it is a very important concern!
A cyber health check is open for small businesses across Northern Ireland for the month of August. If you could complete this for your business, before the webinar, this will help us understand your cyber knowledge and business cyber preparation.
£2.8m innovation funding competition to find state of the art and technological solutions for the improved detection of explosives, weapons and illicit drugs. More HERE
We would love to get your thoughts in relation on our draft economic development summary document. Read HERE.
The consultation will run until Friday 25 September 2020.
You may not have been thinking about Christmas, back in early July, when we first released these retail webinars. Let's face it, the primary C-word was COVID-19.
Now that September is fast approaching, we wanted to share this Retail Magic webinar with you again, hoping by now, you've managed to think beyond reopening and embraced trading safely in a COVID-19 environment.
Yes, things won't be the same as last year, however this webinar will hopefully help you to remain positive and provide merchandising inspiration for the season ahead.
If you wish, you can fast forward to the following snippets:
at 23 mins - Back to School
at 26 mins - Harvest & Thanksgiving
at 31 mins - Preparing for Christmas 2020
at 36 mins - Christmas 2020 Inspiration
at 41 mins - Thinking ahead to 2021
We leave you with a suggested Visual Merchandising Plan for 2021 (found at 41 mins.) To view the webinar on playback, click HERE
For many of you, we only hold an email address, and that's perfectly fine. However we'd love to know a little more about your business, so that we can target more relevant emails to you. e.g. Type of business, nearest town. All data is securely held, used only for Council business support purposes and not shared outside of Council.
