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Bankers warned over risk taking
Alistair Darling has warned bankers to stop backsliding into their bad old
ways as he promised a much tougher regulatory system to prevent a repeat of
last autumn's financial crisis.
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Mortgage debts down by £8bn as house prices fall
Friday, 3 July 2009
UK homeowners reduced their mortgage debt by a record £8.14bn during the first
quarter of the year, figures showed today.
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Belfast tourism boosted by euro bonanza
Friday, 3 July 2009
Belfast's tourism industry got a huge boost from the strength of the euro
against the pound last year, new figures released by Belfast City Council
show.
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Green technology ‘could help create 250,000 jobs’
Friday, 3 July 2009
Wind and wave power could generate up to £70bn for the UK economy, according
to a new report from the Carbon Trust.
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Biochips and wood chips are top award winners
Friday, 3 July 2009
Two Northern Ireland firms have landed top prizes at the UK Manufacturing
Excellence Awards.
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David Prosser: Is the Post Office’s decline signed, sealed, delivered?
Thursday, 2 July 2009
No doubt the champagne corks have been popping in trade union officials'
offices since yesterday's volte-face on Post Office privatisation.
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Three consortia seek to supply energy plant
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The tender process for a controversial Energy from Waste plant has taken
another step forward.
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Ulster energy firm set to create 70 jobs in Republic
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Northern Ireland firm O'Kane Plumbing and Electrics has announced plans for
more than 70 new jobs in the Republic.
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Virgin could axe up to 600 staff
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic is to cut back on some services
this winter with the possibility of 600 jobs being lost.
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State of economy halts Royal Mail sell-off
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Part-privatisation of the Royal Mail will not go ahead as planned because of
the depressed state of the economy.
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£30m fund for ‘green’ buses may stimulate production
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The Government has launched a new £30m fund to encourage the purchase of low
carbon buses, a move that could have positive repercussions for
Ballymena-based Wright Bus.
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100,000 potential job losses in Republic of Ireland
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Up to 100,000 jobs could be lost in the Republic’s construction industry over
the next year unless the Irish government commits to major public
infrastructure projects, it has been claimed.
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RBS close to Asian sell-off deal
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Ulster Bank’s parent company Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 70% owned by the
taxpayer, has moved closer to selling its Asian businesses after two suitors
emerged as front runners to secure a deal.
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Jewellery retailer is to open 11 new shops
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Fashion jewellery retailer Argento is bucking the economic downturn by opening
11 new stores this year with a £2m investment.
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Vodafone ends three-year exile with Carphone Warehouse deal
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone company, has intensified its
efforts to take back its home UK market after ending a three-year exile from
Carphone Warehouse stores.
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Stratagem website gets the Twitter factor
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Belfast-based public affairs consultancy Stratagem has integrated a range of
new technologies into its refreshed website.
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Local companies briefed on Olympic opportunities
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Around 150 local companies have been briefed by the Olympic Delivery Authority
(ODA) on the new business opportunities developing from the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Economic slump the worst for 50 years
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
The recession has been both longer and deeper than previously thought,
according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Industry bosses in call for more UK investment
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Business leaders pressed the case yesterday for a bigger manufacturing base to
tackle challenges such as climate change and boosting the economy.
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Celebrity clinic group to create 700 jobs in Ulster
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
The Priory Group is to create more than 700 jobs in Northern Ireland over the
next three years.
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Quality governance – a solid framework for success
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Northern Ireland has been the most successful regional location in Europe in
attracting foreign direct investment in software development centres between
2001 and 2008, according to a recent report published by research specialist
Oxford Intelligence.
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