"This provides precisely what we require! A customised solution for NI that avoids being directed into systems used elsewhere. I sincerely hope that the 4-pillar approach & the funding proposals linked to it are seriously taken into account."

Thank you FSB Northern Ireland - Roger Pollen and Neil Hutchinson for all of your support

Thank you to Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education for opportunity to brief members on the crisis facing parents & childcare providers, informed by our research & work over the past 20 years. Positive engagement from MLAs & strong recognition of importance of getting investment right & need for urgent action

Hey easyJet, our little ones had an amazing view of your plane taking off from Belfast International Airport! 🛫👶✈️ We hope this experience inspires future pilots or flight crew members in our group. #toddlerbus #dailywalks #AviationInspiration #FuturePilots #FutureFlightCrew

Very proud of you Sacha ! Amazing time, amazing spirit, a smile the whole way around and to top it off a phenomenal amount raised for important surgical training & medical research. #londonmarathon2024

Fanastic to see all the great the SPPG & Childcare Partnerships are doing to support our workforce. As I mentioned this morning your regional approach should really be viewed as a model of best practice & something we can all learn from as we move forward with a strategy.

Devolving Corporation Tax is the single most transformational measure the Stormont Executive could take to address so many of the challenges NI faces.     It will take imagination and determination to secure the powers and to fund the measure but, once achieved, it will allow

If this was the case in 1989 my husband would not be living in the UK. He wouldn’t have established a company with me, created hundreds of job opportunities and enabled thousands and thousands of working parents to remain in work over the past two decades. 1:2 #harrowingpolicy

2:2 on top of this many of our employees paid exorbitant international student fees to UK universities but may no longer be able to remain working for us at a time when childcare is crying out for employees. This policy is just cruel value ALL of my staff and their families

Loved our joint collaboration last night. Look forward to continuing our support of registered childminders who share lots of our same concerns but also hope for the future ! Have also shared a post on our instagram stories #registeredchildcare #unitedsector Bro C

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Following Tuesday`s debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly, we were delighted to welcome the Dept of Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald MLA to FSB`s Belfast Office to continue the work on addressing late payments by the Public Sector. Having worked intensively on this issue, FSB is really encouraged

Immense credit to @NIChamber for a terrific and engaging #FestivalofBusiness this morning St George's Market ❤ Great to meet with colleagues and businesses in the sector including Diane Koplewsky and learn about the benefits of the NI Childcare Subsidy Scheme & other innovations.

FSB NI Policy Chair, Alan Lowry finds some crumbs of comfort in the Budget but reflects widespread concerns amongst almost all but the smallest businesses at the cost increases. He also calls on Stormont ministers to pass on the business rates relief that the Chancellor has made

Education Minister Paul Givan has today announced a £55 million package of measures for early learning and childcare that will include an extension of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme to cover school-age children. Read more - education-ni.gov.uk/news/education…

#NIAA2026 The finalists for the Small to Medium Enterprise Employer of the Year 2026 award are: Employer: Sleepy Hollow Group Training Provider: Belfast Metropolitan College Employer: Culloden Hotel Training Provider: South Eastern Regional College Employer: Pytilia Limited