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Print firm owed creditors £3.1m
One of Ireland's oldest printing firms went into administration owing £3.1m to unsecured creditors, it has emerged.
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Lightstep strides into Indian marketplace
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Less than two months after clinching its first major deals Lightstep
Technologies has secured another distribution agreement.
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Branson: world is in danger of oil crunch
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Sir Richard Branson and other business leaders will warn this week that the
world is hurtling towards an ‘oil crunch’ to match the financial crisis
within five years.
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Brightest students leaving in thousands
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Northern Ireland is suffering a brain drain because 20,000 of its brightest
young people choose to study in Great Britain, according to a report
published today.
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Discount retailer goes into administration for second time
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
A discount fashion retailer with five stores in Northern Ireland collapsed
into administration for the second time in less than two years yesterday,
leaving 3,714 UK jobs hanging in the balance.
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Born or made: What is the secret of success?
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
It is a difficult question to answer definitively. Were the great leaders of
our time born with the ability, skills, drive and intelligence that made
them successful or were they made, formed through upbringing, education,
training and experience?
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Housing market looks set to strengthen in 2010
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The cold weather did not completely freeze out activity in the Northern
Ireland housing market in January, according to a new survey released today.
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Business leaders call for economic focus
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Northern Ireland’s top business bodies have called for action on the economy
from the Executive as the ink dries on the political agreement securing the
future of devolution.
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Bosses tell Executive: Now put focus on jobs
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Business organisations today urged the Northern Ireland Executive to focus on
kickstarting the economy by maximising spending on projects that will create
jobs.
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UK companies cut dividend payouts by £10bn as crisis bites
Monday, 8 February 2010
Dividend payouts for investors in UK companies fell £10bn last year and will
continue to disappoint in 2010, a report said today.
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Firms feel financial chill after big freeze
Monday, 8 February 2010
The big freeze resulted in the steepest fall in business activity in Northern
Ireland for seven months, a new report revealed today.
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Hopes for revenue growth
Monday, 8 February 2010
There is growing optimism among companies in Northern Ireland about the
economic outlook for 2010, according to an international business survey.
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Santander may float its British businesses
Monday, 8 February 2010
Banco Santander, Europe's second biggest banking group, is considering a
partial flotation of its British businesses.
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Part-nationalised RBS ‘to hand out £1bn in bonus payments’
Monday, 8 February 2010
Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland is preparing to give huge bonuses to
investment bankers despite expected annual losses of £7bn.
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Bank of England governor Mervyn King and pals go dogsledding
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Bank of England governor Mervyn King is used to applying his expertise to keep Britain's economy from going to the dogs.
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Harbour chief buoyant despite drop in trade
Friday, 5 February 2010
Belfast Harbour today reported a drop in trade for last year, but said it had significantly out-performed other Irish ports.
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Record number declared insolvent
Friday, 5 February 2010
A record number of people in England and Wales were declared insolvent during 2009, new figures showed.
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BA announces £50m losses
Friday, 5 February 2010
British Airways has announced losses before tax of £50 million for the three months to December 31.
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Don't stop stimulus, urges Alistair Darling and Timothy Geithner
Friday, 5 February 2010
Chancellor Alistair Darling and US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner are to press their G7 allies this weekend to keep up their aid to help the global economy defeat its worst downturn in 70 years.
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British Airways set to announce more losses
Friday, 5 February 2010
British Airways is expected to report another round of losses as it struggles amid falling passenger numbers and fresh strike threats.
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Republic helps boost diesel imports into Northern Ireland
Friday, 5 February 2010
Diesel imports into Northern Ireland grew by 10% last year because of increased custom from the Republic of Ireland, it has been revealed.
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- Print firm owed creditors £3.1m
- Discount retailer goes into administration for second time
- Housing market looks set to strengthen in 2010
- Brightest students leaving in thousands
- Branson: world is in danger of oil crunch
- Born or made: What is the secret of success?
- Lightstep strides into Indian marketplace
- The Bengal Brasserie II goes into administration after three months
- Ireland's biggest restaurant opens in Belfast
- Northern Bank has ‘turned a corner’
