John Simpson
Homeowners pay 24% of income on their mortgage
Many housebuilders are facing frightening losses as market prices have fallen
to the point where past costs cannot be covered at realistic prices. Where
does blame fall: greedy or careful developers trying to anticipate the
market place? Planners because they have over restricted the issue of
planning approvals?
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Resolving workplace disputes
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
An employer who dismisses an unsatisfactory employee must be ready to explain
the reasons and answer any accusation of unfair dismissal.
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Company Snapshot: Harland & Wolff Group plc
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Although Harland and Wolff is now a much smaller business than it was as a
major shipbuilder, nevertheless it has now established a continuing diverse
enterprise using the facilities formerly used for shipbuilding.
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Recovery on the cards
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
North and South on this island, the impact of the recession is all too
obvious.
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Company Snapshot: Carvill Group Ltd
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
In the recent past, the Carvill Group has mainly focused on the development
and sale of residential and commercial buildings in Northern Ireland,
Scotland, North East England and in Germany.
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Review of economic policy
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Invest Northern Ireland is overdue for a five-year management review of its
relationships with the Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment
(DETI).
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Company Snapshot: HCL BPO Services (NI) Ltd
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
HCL BPO Services is a subsidiary of an Indian owned parent company which
several years ago purchased the call centre premises in Belfast formerly
developed by BT.
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Housing poses many questions
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
There are over 707,000 houses in Northern Ireland, of those 488,000 are owner
occupied, 81,000 are rented from private sector owners and 93,000 are rented
from the Housing Executive.
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Company Snapshot: Thales Air Defence Ltd
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Thales Air Defence is an advanced engineering company that is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the French parent company of the same name. The Northern
Ireland subsidiary is, in turn, the main shareholder in Thales Close Air
Defence.
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Investing in a better future
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
In the financial year 2008-9, Invest NI had a better story to tell than had
been feared.
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Company Snapshot: Donegall Place Investments Ltd
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Donegall Place Investments is a company combining property development and
trading with property investment for rental returns.
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Roads, trains, water and drains
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Northern Ireland’s public sector has an ambitious capital programme whereby
annual capital spending should increase from below £1bn per annum earlier in
this decade to nearer £2bn a year.
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Company Snapshot: Short Brothers plc
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Short Brothers plc now trades as Bombardier Aerospace in Northern Ireland. To
match the reporting convention of its North American parent company, the
accounts are in US dollars.
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Titanic project now ready to float
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Despite all the build-up, the formal legal agreement to initiate the contract
for the Titanic Signature Project (TSP) has not yet been signed.
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Company Snapshot: Foyleside Ltd
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Foyleside is one of Northern Ireland’s largest property owning companies and
its portfolio is understood to include the Foyleside shopping centre in
Londonderry, Forestside in Belfast and Priory Meadow in Hastings.
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Skills black hole revealed
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Northern Ireland has gone some way to creating a workforce that is better
qualified, or more appropriately skilled, to facilitate increased
productivity and lead to improved living standards.
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Company Snapshot: Norfolkline Irish Sea Ferries Ltd
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Norfolkline Irish Sea Ferries is the renamed Norse Merchant Ferries which
operates freight and passenger ferry services between Belfast and Birkenhead
and Dublin and Birkenhead.
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Power-sharing taking forever
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
The island of Ireland has the potential to generate a large proportion of its
increasing electricity needs through the use of renewable energy, largely
based on harnessing the energy contained in the variable but significant
wind strength.
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Company Snapshot: Ballyvesey Holdings Ltd
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Ballyvesey Holdings brings together a diverse group of companies in different
parts of the freight transport business and vehicle sales.
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Company Snapshot: Donnelly Brothers Garages (Dungannon) Ltd
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Donnelly Brothers is a large vehicle sales and maintenance organisation.
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Bank bail-outs justified?
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
We, the taxpayers, have bailed out the banks at enormous cost. UK Government
estimates are that it will exceed £60bn.
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