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The Go For It programme, the free scheme that provides advice to would be entrepreneurs was recently celebrating having supported almost 9,000 entrepreneurs over the past four years.

The human suffering wrought by COVID-19 will rightly be its overarching legacy.

As we move towards phased returns to the office and other flexible working arrangements, many of us will face some challenges and concerns when adapting to the change this brings.

As we approach the end of the tax year, employers should take a few minutes to note important changes and actions impacting PAYE operations and compliance.

Now is the time for leaders to consider the trends that are impacting people and performance, and make a plan that works for their organisation.

The latest Northern Ireland economic statistics show that the local economy had probably regained pre-pandemic levels by summer last year, a remarkable turnaround given the relative gloomy outlook many economists had foreseen for the year at the beginning of 2021. Looking ahead into 2022, the prospects remain upbeat continuing on the trend set in the second half of 2021, yet a number of headwinds could hamper progress.

With all the challenges presented by both Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic, the UK Budget announced back in Spring 2021, has received little press attention.

The New Year brings a chance to reflect, review and renew old habits formed, putting New Year’s resolutions into action. These resolutions, however, need not be confined to healthy eating and exercise, but should also extend to the way we run our businesses. Learning and development (L&D), for example, is a fundamental aspect of attracting and retaining talent, and could be a focus area for you in 2022.

The Irish government’s recent introduction of minimum unit pricing on alcohol caused a media stir and divided opinion.

I was catching up on some holiday reading over Christmas and reflecting on the various board and C-Suite appointments over the last few months of 2021 in the local business press

While 2022 will see the implementation of ‘Making Tax Digital’, it seems like a long time ago that HMRC outlined their original roadmap, with the ambition that these changes ‘will transform the tax system, so that it is more effective, more efficient and easier for taxpayers’.

As 2021 drew to a close and we looked back at the headlines over the previous 12 months, ‘Covid-19,’ and ‘Brexit’ continued to dominate – two words that I had hoped we could have left behind in the history books.

The number of important developments in respect to the R&D tax relief regime in the last number of weeks should attract both optimism and caution.

With significantly more focus on remote working, fewer in-person meetings, and increased reliance on virtual ways of communicating, many businesses and individuals, both North and South of the border in Ireland have been the victims of Cyber-attack during the pandemic.

As we approach Christmas and New Year it’s common practice in some industries to take the two weeks of Christmas off.

The last twelve months has seen many companies reporting unprecedented growth, with the NI economy set to grow a staggering 6% this year, and a predicted 4% for 2022. The NI job market is also buoyant, or as Forbes like to put it ‘hot’, with record levels of job vacancies being posted, and for the first time in years the unemployment level is down.