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John Simpson
A drop of realism is required to keep water service running
Northern Ireland Water (NIW) is one of Northern Ireland’s largest trading
enterprises. With an annual turnover of over £330m and 1,600 employees, NIW
ranks among the top 30 local trading enterprises.
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Legacy of our property boom could yet blow up the banks
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
The shock of a dramatic fall in value of property loans is being absorbed by
the banks and, with government intervention, it seems the worst is over.
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No relief for big spenders as living costs remain high
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Northern Ireland has the highest weekly household spend in the UK outside
London and the South-East.
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Barnett has the formula to stop hawks circling wounded Invest NI
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
The recommendations of the Independent Review of Economic Policy (IREP), chaired by Professor Richard Barnett, now need to crystallise into decisions by Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, on how Invest Northern Ireland is to be improved.
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A strong economy will only STEM from better training
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Sir Reg Empey, Minister for Employment and Learning, faces big challenges in strengthening his skills, training and qualifications agenda.
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Winds of change are blowing for a New Deal on our climate
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Minister for the Environment Edwin Poots is persuaded that global climate
change is a serious problem.
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Why we need a proper policy to plan our shopping centres
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Plans to allow suburban shopping centre developments tend to be controversial.
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To compete globally we need to work together
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
The Matrix project is aimed at building a more enterprising industrial
community in Northern Ireland
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There’s no easy way to balance the books
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
When it comes to Northern Ireland’s finances, 22% more is spent on every
person compared to the UK average.
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Change at top in Civil Service
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Three of Northern Ireland’s government departments will shortly be managed by
new Permanent Secretaries after a reshuffle.
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From the rubble of recession we have to build new homes
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
There are 38,000 people registered on the waiting lists for public sector housing. In the private sector hundreds of houses are on the market but sales have been slow.
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Translink under pressure for a better and cheaper service
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Last year, Translink cost the taxpayer over £109m. Northern Ireland Railways,
Ulsterbus and Metro are the main providers of public transport services and,
currently, face little competition (other than from private cars).
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Invest NI's answers fail to address serious questions
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The chairman of Invest Northern Ireland, Stephen Kingon, has criticised the report by the Independent Review Economic Group. He argues "that the achievements of Invest NI staff have not been fully recognised in the report," and referred to "the achievements set out in our annual performance reports."
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Company Snapshot: Northstone Ltd
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Northstone, formerly known as Farrans, is one of Northern Ireland’s largest
building and civil engineering contractors. It is a wholly owned subsidiary
of CRH (Cement Roadstone Holdings), registered in Dublin.
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Employee and employer both face same dispute confusion
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Neither employers nor employee representatives believe that laws on employees rights and offering dispute resolution mechanisms work as well as they should.
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Company Snapshot: United Dairy Farmers
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
United Dairy Farmers operates effectively as a co-operative organisation
buying, processing and selling milk from just under 2,000 registered
suppliers across Northern Ireland.
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Companies learn how to go green and still stay in black
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Can businesses reasonably be expected to fight the recession, improve competitiveness, capture new markets and improve their profitability, and at the same time tackle climate change problems and gain credibility through operations which respect the need for environmental sustainability?
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Company Snapshot: Patton Group Ltd
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
The Patton Group has been one of the fastest growing building companies based
in Northern Ireland. In addition to local contracts, it now also has three
subsidiary companies working in England and the Republic. Recently the group
won the premier award in 2009 for Building Excellence in the competition
organised by the Construction Employers Federation.
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STEM report highlights the problems, but not solutions
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
The delayed report of the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) review team, commissioned in early 2007, has been published.
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Company Snapshot: Killyvally Holdings Ltd
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Killyvally Holdings is based in Garvagh. It is the parent company and owner of TBF Thompson (Garvagh) and has its principal business activities in the distribution of plant, commercial vehicles, and forklift trucks, along with the supply of parts and servicing back-up.
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Companies must look within for solutions to revenue losses
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Budgeting difficulties mean that the Northern Ireland Executive cannot now avoid a reassessment of the remaining year of the Programme for government.
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