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Coronavirus: NI businesses have ‘not seen a penny’ of promised grants
- Retail & Services
- April 14, 2020, 19:06
Emergency Covid-19 funding from the Northern Ireland Executive is taking too long to reach pubs, hotels and restaurants, which have run out of money a(...)

North’s firms ‘at risk’ over problems accessing emergency Covid funding
- Economy
- April 7, 2020, 19:46
Business leaders in the North, including a former DUP economy minister, have warned the Northern Ireland Executive that small enterprises and start-u(...)

Sportswear company O’Neills to make hospital scrubs
- Manufacturing
- March 23, 2020, 16:12
Strabane headquartered sportswear company O’Neills, which last week temporarily laid off 900 people, has confirmed it will move to manufacturing scrub(...)

Northern Irish housing association to build 550 new homes in €86m project
- Construction
- March 3, 2020, 05:00
A Northern Ireland housing association which provides accommodation and support services for homeless individuals and families is to invest £75 millio(...)

NI house builder apologises to Harry and Meghan over adverts
- Media & Marketing
- January 26, 2020, 16:37
A Northern Ireland property developer who used photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex without their permission in an advertisement campaign has(...)

No new money earmarked for North in UK’s first post-Brexit budget
- Economy
- January 8, 2020, 01:00
Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, Sajid Javid, has not yet earmarked any “new” money for Northern Ireland at the beginning of the UK’s budget pro(...)

North enjoys ‘outstanding’ tourism year on back of Open at Royal Portrush
- Transport & Tourism
- December 30, 2019, 16:43
When a three-time champion golfer describes a golf course as “unbelievable” it tends to make golf fans wherever they are in the world sit up and take (...)

Northern Irish salaries rising at faster rate than rest of UK
- Economy
- November 20, 2019, 00:01
Salaries are rising faster in the North than anywhere else in the UK as a new survey shows the average pay packet in Northern Ireland increased 2.4 pe(...)

SDC Trailers to make number of staff redundant because of Brexit
- Manufacturing
- November 11, 2019, 20:27
One of the North’s leading manufacturers which employs 800 people has warned that it is going to be forced to make “a number of employees redundant” b(...)

Software group Kainos reports 37% jump in pre-tax profits
- Technology
- November 11, 2019, 20:19
Kainos, the Northern Ireland software group, has reported a 38 per cent jump in pre-tax profits to £12 million (€14 million) for the first half of the(...)