Northern Ireland · hiring staff

Grants and funding for hiring staff in Northern Ireland.

Wage incentives, recruitment grants and employer reliefs for taking people on, including young people, apprentices and people out of work.

A business in Northern Ireland can use 8 schemes for hiring staff, and 6 are taking applications today. 4 are specific to Northern Ireland, from InterTradeIreland, Invest Northern Ireland and Department for Communities; the other 4 are UK-wide.

Specific to Northern Ireland (4)

Innovation Boost (InterTradeIreland)

InterTradeIreland (cross-border trade and business development body) · Open now · Part-funded support

up to £56,000

Acumen

InterTradeIreland (cross-border trade and business development body) · Open now

up to £17,250

Ambition to Grow - Supporting Women

Invest Northern Ireland, delivered in partnership with Women in Business NI · Opening soon

up to £30,000

JobStart Scheme (Northern Ireland)

Department for Communities · Closed

UK-wide, open to businesses in Northern Ireland (4)

Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale-Ups

Department for Business and Trade · Open now · Closes 1 Mar 2027

up to £25,000

Employment Allowance

HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief

up to £10,500

Veterans' Employer National Insurance Relief

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now · Closes 5 Apr 2028 · Tax relief

up to £6,790

Employer National Insurance relief for employees under 21 and apprentices under 25

HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief

up to £6,790

Which of these is your business owed?

Check your business in about two minutes: your top three matches are shown free, by name. The £19.95 report names every match, explains every rule and drafts the applications.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · schemes change, so every scheme page shows the date it was last checked.