Business in brief
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New NIE Managing Director
Nicholas Tarrant has been appointed Managing Director of Northern Ireland Electricity, succeeding Joe O’Mahony. He joined ESB in 1993 and…
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Business-friendly city
Belfast has been named as the world’s most business-friendly city of its size by the Financial Times. It is also…
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The Gateway to Ballymena
The potential creation of 1,000 jobs in Ballymena has been announced. The Gateway project is a public-private partnership which hopes…
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Technology jobs investments
A number of highly skilled jobs have been announced recently in the ICT and software sectors. US company Puppet Labs…
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Lisburn’s inward investment plans
Lisburn City Council recently launched its new inward investment programme at the Coca-Cola facility based in Lisburn. The new programme…
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Lower water bills
Most business customers will see lower bills for water and sewerage going forward. The Utility Regulator has set Northern Ireland…
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Innovating with waste resources
International Synergies NI has been officially launched by Mayor of Craigavon Colin McCusker in Portadown. The company delivers an industrial…
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Rising confidence for SMEs
The Federation of Small Businesses has reported record confidence among its members in the Q3 edition of the Small Business…
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Jim Fitzpatrick returns
Former BBC Business Editor Jim Fitzpatrick has launched a new weekly business programme, The Profit Margin. Fitzpatrick comments that it…
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JTI announces Gallaher closure
The closure of the Gallaher tobacco packaging plant in Ballymena will result in 877 redundancies, beginning in May 2016. Gallaher…
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