Economy

Record payroll employees figure masks unemployment rise

A rise of payrolled employees in Northern Ireland above pre-pandemic levels may be masking a potential wave of redundancies and…

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No time to waste

The climate change emergency is the issue of our time and the COP26 Climate Change Conference in November is a…

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10X skills for a 10X economy

Released as a key component of the 10X Economy plan, the new draft skills strategy for Northern Ireland envisions economic…

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CITB NI: Supporting, training and upskilling

CITB NI continues with its commitment to supporting, training and upskilling the construction industry, writes Chief Executive Barry Neilson. The…

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Tourism: An economic review

Tourism NI is preparing a range of measures, outlined in the Tourism Recovery Action Plan, to support the tourism industry…

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Cross-border trade up almost 60 per cent

The value of trade across the island of Ireland has risen by over 57 per cent since the UK left…

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Northern subvention: No barrier to serious planning for a united Ireland

Post-Brexit, it is now imperative that Ireland prepares for constitutional change. The ‘Northern Ireland subvention’ is not a valid barrier…

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Deepening cooperation on the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor

Ulster University economist Eoin Magennis overviews the findings of a joint report from Dublin City University and Ulster University on…

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One man’s realism is another man’s lack of ambition

David Gavaghan, Founder, Aurora Prime Real Estate Ltd and non-executive director of the Confederation of British Industry, responds to an…

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Regional impacts of Covid-19

Research into the regional impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated shutdowns has shown that Northern Ireland was likely…

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