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The trading environment for many NI businesses will change from 1 January 2021 as a result of the end of the EU Exit transition period. Whilst many points of detail have still to be confirmed, a clearer picture is starting to emerge.

This year, I had the opportunity to sit on the panel for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise . Now in their 54th year, the Queen’s Awards are considered by many as the highest UK official award for businesses and are awarded for outstanding achievement in the categories of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility.

Despite the impact of COVID-19 on global markets, we have started planning and laying the foundations for our recovery, with exporting set to play an important role.

SMEs across Northern Ireland, particularly early stage high-potential start-ups, have seen their daily businesses interrupted and have felt the impact of reduced funding options available to them at this time. To help resolve this, we have introduced a new COVID-19 Equity Investment Fund (CEIF) as part of our Access to Finance portfolio.

Having met at a matchmaking event, organized as part of the Food Business Summit and Interreg-funded NICHE project, two breweries (one from Finland and one from Northern Ireland) have been working together to produce original and innovative beer recipes.

This feature is the third in our ‘Spotlight on Singapore’ series of collaborative articles providing insights into the dynamics of the region and potential opportunities for Northern Ireland businesses in Singapore; a gateway location to Asia.

Northern Ireland is well known to be the world-leading region in the manufacture of mobile bulk processing and wet processing equipment. In fact, over 40% of the tracked mobile crushing and screening products in the world are made in Northern Ireland.

With the year delay, Expo 2020 Dubai hopes to bring the world together for the first time since the pandemic to celebrate our collaborations, innovations and resilience in a world that is fighting and defeating COVID19.

This feature will provide an insight into Saudi Arabia’s growing mining and recycling industry, and the opportunities it presents for Northern Ireland businesses from the Materials Handlings sector.

SWITCH 2020, organised by Enterprise Singapore and the Monetary Authority of Singapore will be the world’s first round-the-clock, hybrid digital and physical event from 7-11 December. Invest Northern Ireland is offering companies the opportunity to register their interest in participating in the virtual event. Places are limited and we will allocate passes on a first-come basis.

The £2m COVID-19 Business & Financial Planning Grant will support micro and SME businesses to engage an experienced consultant to carry out a review and health check of the business and develop a strategic recovery plan with financial forecasts.

Leaving the EU Single Market means that there will be changes in how cross border trade in services will be conducted. The issues for services trade have not had as much focus as goods trade. In this feature, we highlight some of the common issues which services businesses need to consider and act upon in the weeks ahead.

Northern Ireland’s tech start-up sector has seen significant growth in recent years, particularly in the fields of Fintech, cyber security, health tech and more. We recognise the importance of maximising and supporting this growth so that start-ups can rapidly scale in global markets. In light of COVID-19, this is particularly important.

Trade agreements set out preferential rules that cover trade between two or more countries. They aim to make trading easier between those countries by reducing barriers on imports and exports of goods and services.

The UK's immigration system is changing – from 1 January 2021 an entirely new immigration regime will come into effect.

Steve Harper, Invest Northern Ireland’s executive director, international and skills, sets out Northern Ireland’s unique competitive position.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving and as his tenure as US Special Envoy for Economic Affairs draws to a close, Invest NI’s Director of Trade & Investment, Anne Beggs writes in the Irish News about Joe Kennedy III’s catalytic impact on businesses right across Northern Ireland and laying the foundations for a legacy of growth opportunities.