http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/ Belfast Telegraph RSS Feed http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/the-heir-to-nicks-throne-29355709.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/the-heir-to-nicks-throne-29355709.html AS one Cathedral Quarter door closes, another might be opening. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/housing-executive-repair-firm-goes-bust-29355710.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/housing-executive-repair-firm-goes-bust-29355710.html A BUILDING firm which carried out repair work for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) has gone into administration blaming increased financial pressures. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/easyjet-deal-for-135-new-planes-29355711.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/easyjet-deal-for-135-new-planes-29355711.html Budget airline easyJet is to upgrade and expand its fleet under a deal to buy 135 Airbus planes over the next nine years. The no-frills carrier said the new 180-seater A320 planes will allow it to boost passengers carried from 60m a year to 90m. The move will mean easyJet can replace around 85 of its current 211-strong fleet of 156-seaters. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/drugs-research-boost-to-britain-29355712.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/drugs-research-boost-to-britain-29355712.html Drug group AstraZeneca said plans for a new research base in Cambridge will boost the chances of Britain discovering the next generation of medicines. The group revealed yesterday it will build a £330m research and development site on Cambridge Biomedical Campus by 2016, employing about 2,000 staff. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/dream-streaming-deal-for-netflix-29355713.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/dream-streaming-deal-for-netflix-29355713.html INternet streaming firm Netflix is to air original TV programming from Dreamworks Animation in a deal described as a major coup for both firms. Financial details were not disclosed but Netflix said the multi-year agreement is its biggest deal for original first-run content. It includes more than 300 hours of new TV. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/cold-spell-warms-costas-coffers-29355714.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/cold-spell-warms-costas-coffers-29355714.html Coffee chain Costa warmed shares in parent firm Whitbread yesterday after figures revealed another sales boost during Britain's colder-than-normal spring. Costa's like-for-like revenues rose 8% in the 13 weeks to May 30 as more customers lingered in its shops due to frozen temperatures outside. However there was no such boost for Whitbread's restaurant chains. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/pay-cuts-damage-the-civil-service-29355715.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/pay-cuts-damage-the-civil-service-29355715.html Pay cuts to mandarins may have deterred people with business experience joining Whitehall and could result in an exodus of senior talent from the public sector, a report by a spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office found there was a 17.4% real terms reduction in the base salary for senior civil servants since 2009. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/expansions-on-the-menu-for-mckenna-29355707.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/expansions-on-the-menu-for-mckenna-29355707.html TOP chef Niall McKenna – the owner of high-end restaurant James Street South – is looking to expand, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/commission-suggests-splitting-rbs-as-part-of-bank-reforms-29355708.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/commission-suggests-splitting-rbs-as-part-of-bank-reforms-29355708.html Radical plans to split Royal Bank of Scotland into a "good" bank and a "bad" bank must be looked at immediately as part of an urgent rethink of Government plans for privatisation, according to a Parliamentary commission. Business News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:01 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/boosting-business/in-pictures-boosting-business-in-northern-ireland-28791981.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/boosting-business/in-pictures-boosting-business-in-northern-ireland-28791981.html Movers and shakers in the Northern Ireland business world showcase their latest ideas and products..... Boosting Business Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:47:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/netflix-and-dreamworks-seal-dreamteam-streaming-deal-29354020.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/netflix-and-dreamworks-seal-dreamteam-streaming-deal-29354020.html Netflix is to air original television programming from Dreamworks Animation in a deal described as a major coup for both companies. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:36 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/in-pictures-barclay-communications-race-evening-raises-thousands-29350500.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/in-pictures-barclay-communications-race-evening-raises-thousands-29350500.html Barclay Communications raised over seven thousand pounds for the Jonjo Bright Trust at the tenth annual Barclay Communications’ Race Evening. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:45:11 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/1700-staff-at-plants-in-four-continents-29352384.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/1700-staff-at-plants-in-four-continents-29352384.html EDWARD Haughey, also known as The Right Honourable Lord Ballyedmond, established his veterinary pharmaceutical business in 1968. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/dickonson-sings-praised-of-aviation-firm-deal-29352388.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/dickonson-sings-praised-of-aviation-firm-deal-29352388.html A fledgling aerospace firm headed by heavy metal legend Bruce Dickinson has announced a key £5m investment. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/teach-more-children-science-29352377.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/teach-more-children-science-29352377.html NORTHERN Ireland needs more schoolchildren studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects if the economy is to compete on a global basis. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/airports-open-way-for-global-trade-29352369.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/airports-open-way-for-global-trade-29352369.html Katy Best, commercial and marketing director at George Best Belfast City Airport Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/monetary-policy-must-be-high-on-g8-agenda-29352390.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/monetary-policy-must-be-high-on-g8-agenda-29352390.html The original idea, back in 1975, was to have an economic summit between the leaders of the world's largest economies. Since then two things have happened. One is that what are now G8 summits have become progressively less about economics and more about politics. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/google-and-facebook-for-digital-conference-29352386.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/google-and-facebook-for-digital-conference-29352386.html Directors from both Google and Facebook will be among the headline speakers at a conference in Belfast planned for later this year. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/if-osborne-was-thinking-at-all-he-clearly-would-break-up-rbs-29352375.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/if-osborne-was-thinking-at-all-he-clearly-would-break-up-rbs-29352375.html The late Christopher Hitchens wrote in his memoirs that an editor once said something to him that made it impossible to continue working for the man. A footnote revealed that those words had been "you're fired". That soupcon of wit springs to mind when one considers the spin around the news that Stephen Hester will leave the Royal Bank of Scotland this year. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/norbrook-to-hire-400-new-staff-in-international-exports-drive-29352379.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/norbrook-to-hire-400-new-staff-in-international-exports-drive-29352379.html A VETERINARY pharmaceutical company in Northern Ireland is taking on 400 new staff in roles from production to research over the next two years. Business News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0100