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Border traders are thrown VAT lifeline

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:02:22 GMT

Last week’s decision by the Chancellor Alistair Darling to slash VAT by 2.5% to 15% has been widely welcomed by consumers and businesses alike across Northern Ireland.

Letterkenny needs a little bit of help

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:54:46 GMT

Over the last 10 years Letterkenny has changed beyond recognition and the town is now regarded as the commercial centre of Donegal and the North West.

It’s a small world and help is at hand

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:57:16 GMT

It really is a small world. Just how small was brought home to me last month on an Invest Northern Ireland mission to Saudi Arabia.

North West a good bet for investment

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:17:49 GMT

The Derry Chamber’s annual business dinner is the key event in the business calendar in the North West and is always attended by an array of ministers, senior civil servants and business people from both sides of the border.

It doesn’t look good for the rest if giant like Taggart falls

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:08:01 GMT

The collapse of Taggart Holdings is one of the most dramatic pointers yet to the fact that Northern Ireland is not going to escape the worst of the recession.

The only way is up after credit binge

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:15:59 GMT

There were few people at a recent Institute of Directors event at Derry's City Hotel who did not feel the dead hand of old history pressing heavily on their shoulder.

It is time to jump aboard skills train

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:46:42 GMT

It was fitting that a new cross-border initiative aimed at highlighting the need to develop skills that meet the demands of modern businesses should take place in Derry.

Super-agency needed to boost tourist trade

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:23:25 GMT

There are few people, if any, in the North West who understand the tourism and hospitality sector better than Garvan O'Doherty.

Bare statistics don’t tell the whole story

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:27:44 GMT

Nigel Dodds chose a setting in the town of his birth to make his first keynote speech as the new Finance Minister.

Time for politicians to face challenges

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:52:54 GMT

The two top politicians in Northern Ireland appear to have been making the right noises when it comes to the state of the economy.

Good news for stores as parade signals a return to normality

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:54:51 GMT

The recent Apprentice Boys parade through Londonderry’s city centre may have again raised the bar of expectation in the city.

Eastern promise opens many doors

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:19:48 GMT

The eyes of the world are on China at the moment, especially after that astonishing opening ceremony at the Olympics.

Airport investment to be welcomed as a recipe for success

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

It's probably obvious to all passengers who use City of Derry airport that its growth in terms of passenger numbers has far outstripped investment in facilities.

Government must back Ilex’s call for regeneration plan

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:57:35 GMT

The development of abandoned military sites in Derry will not be delayed due to a call by the Ilex chairman for a new, overarching regeneration plan.