Publications

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) (2007) system is used to classify business and collect economic data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). 

The Careers Occupational Information Unit (COIU), within the Careers Service, produces regular bulletins on growing sectors within the economy. This two-part bulletin covers Financial Services and Financial Technology (FinTech) careers in Northern Ireland.

Infographic outlining the criteria for categories A, B and C of the COVID-19 restrictions Business Support Scheme announced on 22 October 2020.

On 17 June 2020, Minister Dodds announced the membership of the reconstituted Economic Advisory Group (EAG). This document sets out its terms of reference.

This guide is intended to help you, as a public body in Northern Ireland, understand basic State aid concepts and rules. It will help you to identify whether State aid will be present in your policies, schemes and/or project proposals.

Flow chart to help you assess whether State aid might be present in your project.

A desk aid that provides you with guidance on the four key questions that you should consider to assess whether State aid is present, and how to interpret them.

A flow chart designed to help you understand what to do next if you think that State aid might be present in your project.

We have attempted to provide some basic guidelines below, to help you define and measure R&D. Further information can be found in the Frascati Manual, which is the international source of methodology for collecting and using R&D statistics.

This web feedback system comes under the Terms and Conditions of the Department for the Economy website, as well as the conditions here.

This guidance and supporting documentation should be read and used by those involved in policy development, in particular, where policies have a potential regulatory impact.

Background information for Broad Economy Sales and Exports Statistics 

The small and micro business impact test is an integral part of the wider Regulatory Impact Assessment process and is specifically designed to focus on the specific demands likely to be placed on small and micro businesses.

The Standard Cost Model (SCM) – also known as the Dutch model – provides a framework methodology for measuring administrative costs.

This guidance document is aimed at businesses and advisers who are involved in the service industry, with the main exceptions of financial services, electronic communications, transport, temporary work agencies, healthcare, audiovisual, gambling, and social serv

This leaflet sets out the information and requirements on the Services Directive, which makes it easier for service providers to set up or offer their services anywhere in the EU.

Guidance to help local authorities implement the Services Directive.

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has issued this guidance to help regulatory bodies who have been identified as a ‘competent authority’ within the scope of the Services Directive in the UK.