100% funding for new jobstart programme

100% government funding is available to employers to create 6-month job opportunities for 16-24-year-olds who are not in employment (or 9-months for those who meet certain criteria).

Welcome to our new tenants, the British Red Cross

We are delighted to welcome the Red Cross to the Centre and to provide a new home for their wheelchair hire service in the Down area.

Startups 100 Index

Now in its 15th year, The Startups 100 is The UK’s longest-running index of the top 100 most disruptive and innovative small businesses.

From Darragh Cross to London and across Ireland – Meet a Local Businessman Who Is Shaking Up the Design World.

This month we launch a new feature focussing on successful local businesses with a profile on a company that is enjoying a growing reputation for design excellence.

Are you ambitious to grow your business?

Invest Northern Ireland is looking for Northern Ireland’s most innovative and ambitious businesses and offering a chance to receive up to £45,000 in funding.
Job Fair

Employers encouraged to exhibit at Newry, Mourne and Down Job Fair

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is hosting a job fair supported by the Department for Communities on Thursday 25 May 2023 in Newry. Deadline approaching.

Do You Have an Investment Winning Business Idea?

InterTradeIreland's Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition 2023 is now open for entries.

Catherine Delivers 5 Star Service for Claridges Project

Catherine’s business Doc Elite won the contract to provide Information Management services to the project team tasked with 'The Mayfair Hotel Mega Build’ at Claridge’s Hotel. A 3-part BBC documentary followed the extensive project which included the digging out of a five-storey mega basement, the addition of four new floors and the creation of London's most expensive penthouse.

Business Owners Confident Despite Challenges

More than forty percent of small business owners in the Newry, Mourne and Down Council area are feeling confident about the prospects for their business. That is the headline finding of our recent Business Confidence Survey.  A total of 126 owners responded to the survey which was conducted online last month.

International Women’s Day at Down Business Centre

Positivi-TEA & COFFEE This year we want to BOOST local women…