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Small and medium sized businesses who trade in goods with the European Union are being urged to apply for new funding to ensure they can continue trading effectively now that the UK has left the Single Market and Customs Union. Armstrong Watson, which has offices in Hexham, says the Government’s SME Brexit Support Fund is a great opportunity for businesses to address challenges posed by complex new trade processes and thrive in the post-Brexit world. Business can now apply for up to £2...

• Lays foundation stone of 4,000 low-cost flats • Pins hope on Ravi, Bundal projects for investment • Terms youths of D-8 countries key asset ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said several initiatives had been taken for wealth creation so that Pakistan could get rid of heavy foreign debts his government had inherited from previous ones. He was hopeful that the measures being introduced would bring about prosperity in the country. “We want to create more and more wealth in...

Minister O’Brien announces an additional €3.2 million extension to the Community Services Programme Support Fund   Joe O’Brien, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, has today (Friday, 9th April) announced additional funding of €3.2 million for the Community Services Programme 2021 Support Fund. This brings the total amount allocated under the CSP Support Fund in 2020 and 2021, to €7.95 million. Announcing...

£20 million SME Brexit Support Fund opens for applications The fund will help smaller businesses with changes to trade rules with the EU. From: 15 March 2021 Smaller businesses can today (15 March 2021) apply for grants of up to £2,000 to help them adapt to new customs and tax rules when trading with the EU. The £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund enables traders to access practical support, including training for new customs, rules of origin and VAT processes. HMRC), said: We recogni...

Programs to help problem gamblers must expand as Virginians have more options to gaming, Virginia Lottery Executive Director Kevin Hall writes in a guest column.

Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital Photo: facebook China offers help with Samoan bodies awaiting autopsies The backlog of deceased awaiting autopsies in Samoa may soon get relief with an offer of assistance from the Chinese Embassy. The Samoa Observer newspaper reported some 18 bodies, including those of children, were lying at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole National Hospital mortuary waiting for autopsies to be performed. Samoa does not have a resident pathologist and relied on those seconded from Au...

More than £90K raised for North Cumbria In North Cumbria more than £90,000 has been given to charities supporting people struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The £180,000 Psychological Support Fund was created by the NHS in North Cumbria and Cumbria County Council. It has supported bids which demonstrate a collaborative approach to tackle the impact of anxiety, isolation, and bereavement, which have become more challenging during the outbreak. Andy Beeforth, it’s c...

Source: New Zealand Government Pacific Education will be the big winner of another funding round announced by the Associate Minister of Education, Aupito William Sio today. “It’s great to make available another 12 million dollars to  communities, providers and educators looking to develop solutions for Pacific learners and families through the Pacific Education Support Fund and Innovation Funds. I am excited that already more than 330 applications totalling 23.3 million were applied for l...

A Plan To Reform U.S. Security Assistance Getty/Pete Kiehart A Ukrainian soldier shakes hands with one of his instructors after taking part in a "Combat Lifesaver Course" at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine, on April 22, 2015. Sam Hananel Introduction and summary U.S. security assistance is broken and in need of an overhaul. Over the past two decades, the bureaucratic system developed to deliver billions of dollars of military aid to partner nations ha...

The UK’s exit from the EU is proving a boon for some, a bane for others Jo Francis What has been the initial impact of Brexit on the UK’s printing industry? A flavour of the immediate post-Brexit mood can be found on social media: search for #Brexit on LinkedIn and the top result is #BrexitChaos. On Twitter the biggest results are #BrexitReality and #BrexitCarnage. How, then, is this carnage, chaos and Brexit reality playing out for the printing industry as UK-EU-UK trad...