Business News
Charity begins at Ghana home
Software industry leaders from Northern Ireland are swapping their laptops for
hard hats to take part in a building project in Ghana.
Comment on this article
Inside Business News
Libyan and Icelandic investment for Irish Oil Company
Friday, 5 September 2008
The Limerick registered oil and gas exploration company Circle Oil has secured over €40 million from a new share placing.
Comment on this article
Drilling gets underway off south Irish coast
Friday, 5 September 2008
Oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources has begun appraisal drilling on its Dunmore oil discovery in the North Celtic Sea Basin, off the south coast of Ireland.
Comment on this article
Sally’s springboard to top NITB role
Friday, 5 September 2008
A very influential new post which will see her contribute to Northern
Ireland’s success on the world tourism map has just been taken up by last
year’s winner of our Business Woman of the Year category, Dr Sally
Montgomery.
Comment on this article
Interest rates put on hold at 5%
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Hopes of a cut in interest rates were dashed today when the Bank of England
announced it was pegging the base rate for the fifth month in a row.
Comment: 1
Ministers mull new mortgage lending scheme
Thursday, 4 September 2008
The government is considering a series of options including state-backed
schemes to help fund new mortgage lending, which would run alongside but be
separate from the successor to the Bank of England's Special Liquidity
Scheme (SLS).
Comment on this article
Optimism rises in service sector
Thursday, 4 September 2008
A glimmer of good news broke through the gathering clouds of recession
yesterday, as the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply revealed that
managers in the service sector – representing about 70 per cent of the
economy – are at their most optimistic about prospects in three months.
Comment on this article
Strong euro sends Irish food shoppers north of the border
Thursday, 4 September 2008
The soaring value of the euro has further driven a wedge between the prices
paid by consumers for groceries in the same supermarkets in the Republic of
Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
Comment on this article
Ministers mull new mortgage lending scheme
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Banks under pressure as BoE's special lending scheme set to expire next month.
Comment on this article
Nominations are in for Belfast’s Best Builder
Thursday, 4 September 2008
The finalists in a major construction awards event — who were chosen from a
“spectacular array” of entries — have been named.
Comment on this article
40 jobs created at Warrenpoint hotel
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Forty new jobs have been created at the Whistledown Hotel in Warrenpoint
following the completion of a £2.5m redevelopment, it was announced
yesterday.
Comment on this article
Civil servants sick days costing £25m a year
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Assembly members today suggested a link between Civil Service sick leave and
“overstaffing” within local Government departments.
Comments: 5
Strong euro sends Irish food shoppers north of the border
Thursday, 4 September 2008
The soaring value of the euro has further driven a wedge between the prices
paid by consumers for groceries in the same supermarkets in the Republic of
Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
Comment on this article
Businesses urged to support North West
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has urged business leaders from across
the UK and Ireland to support efforts to make the North West region a major
economic success.
Comment: 1
Last minute rival bid puts Andor buyout in disarray
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
A proposed management buy-out at Andor Technology in west Belfast has been
thrown into disarray after a last minute rival bid was tabled for the
company.
Comment on this article
Hamish McRae: Rescue package won't save the housing market – but don't panic
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Let's not kid ourselves: this is not going to revive the housing market and
until the housing market does revive economic growth will be restrained. But
let's not talk ourselves into believing that the UK is facing anything worse
than a typical post-war dip, even if that dip does turn out to be a
technical recession.
Comment on this article
OECD says UK worst placed in G7 to withstand global downturn
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Britain is the worst placed among the world's major econ-omies to withstand
the impact of a global slowdown – and the only one forecast to be in
recession this year, according to the respected Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development. The OECD says that the sharp downturn in the
British property market, and the increased importance of housing in the
economy, has led it to slash its forecasts.
Comment on this article
Britain 'in recession by end of the year'
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
The first official warning that Britain is about to slide into recession has
overshadowed Gordon Brown's attempts to revive his political fortunes with a
£1bn plan to kick-start the housing market.
Comment on this article
Cross-border shoppers make up 25% of trade
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Around a quarter of all shoppers using one of Northern Ireland’s largest
retail complexes are coming from across the border, it emerged today.
Comment on this article
Choclatier aims for sweet success in US
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
An award-winning company is expanding its range of fine chocolate truffles and
bars and hopes to export its new lines to the US.
Comment on this article
Darling accused of prompting crisis in confidence as sterling plunges
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Signs of a split at the top of government and the claim by the Chancellor,
Alistair Darling, over the weekend that the economic times "are
arguably the worst they've been in 60 years" sent sterling plunging to
a record low against the euro and its feeblest showing against the US dollar
in two years.
Comment on this article
|
|
Columnist Comments
• View From Dublin: Give us serenity to see out economic turmoil
The famous prayer attributed to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr asks for the serenity to accept the things one cannot change, and the courage to change the things one can. Shrewdly, Dr Niebuhr also asked for the wisdom to know the difference.
• Executive decisions vital to safeguard NI Water’s future
NORTHERN Ireland Water (NIW) is too important as a public utility to be a shuttlecock between uncertain political direction and aggressive regulatory intervention.
• View From London: A spoonful of Reaganism can help the inflation medicine to go down
Two weeks ago we learned that retail sales in the UK fell 3.9% in June and that Tim Besley, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, voted at the last committee meeting for an interest rate increase. This combination is rather intriguing.
Business Poll: Corporation Tax?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
| Yes |
 74% |
| No |
 26% |
Most popular In Business
|
|
Poll: Tasers and the police
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
| Yes, it is better than using firearms |
57% |
| Yes, but only in exceptional circumstances |
23% |
| No, I'm genuinely concerned about the safety of Tasers |
9% |
| No, the police should not have these weapons |
11% |
Keane signs Healy
Do you think David Healy will be a success at Sunderland?