Economy
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Northern Ireland economy 2019
Positive employment and output figures for the Northern Ireland economy have given cause for cautious optimism but don’t fully mask…
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Growth, risks and new opportunities
With InterTradeIreland set to mark 20 years of assisting small firms and other stakeholders to explore cross-border business on the…
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We should avoid using simplistic arguments when discussing the complex issue of a border poll
The ESRI’s Seamus McGuinness and Adele Bergin outline some of the key economic considerations currently missing from the ongoing constitutional…
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Young people are struggling to thrive in today’s labour market
Young workers face a very different and much harsher world of work than working-age adults as a whole, suggests economist…
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Social economy in the EU
Following its recognition within EU industrial policy, Ulla Engelmann, Head of Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy Unit, DG GROW,…
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£2.5 million social enterprise adventure centre to create 50 new jobs
Lisburn-based social enterprise Employers For Childcare has launched a £2.5 million build-project of a new family adventure centre called ‘High…
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A new model for business
We need to change the way we do business. We can’t keep doing business in the same way. That’s the…
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The road to social value
As the Stormont stalemate passes beyond the two-year benchmark, Northern Ireland remains the only part of the United Kingdom without…
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A new model for social enterprise?
Pioneering a new model for social enterprise across Northern Ireland, Social Enterprise of the Year for 2018 AEL’s chief executive…
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Sue Gray: Progressing social enterprise
Speaking at Social Enterprise NI’s Social Value Conference 2019, permanent secretary for the Department of Finance, Sue Gray, outlines her…
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