Northern Ireland ministers in financial guarantees plea
The London and Dublin administrations need to provide fresh reassurances on financial guarantees for Northern Ireland, the First and Deputy First Ministers said today.
The London and Dublin administrations need to provide fresh reassurances on financial guarantees for Northern Ireland, the First and Deputy First Ministers said today.
The enormous achievements of Northern Ireland’s property industry in recent years shouldn’t be forgotten amidst the well-publicised difficulties currently surrounding the sector, according to a leading banker.
Hundreds of the province’s property professionals attended the 2008 Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Property Awards at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast last night.
Despite the uncertain economic climate, leading commercial law firm Arthur Cox has experienced a year of “unprecedented growth” at its Belfast office.
According to Eamonn Donaghy, tax partner at KPMG, the past few years have been an “interesting” period for property investors in Northern Ireland.
Belfast solicitors L'Estrange & Brett are flying high following the recent sale of the George Best Belfast City Airport. The firm was the lead legal adviser to the Spanish Ferrovial Group on the disposal of the airport.
Challenging is just one way to describe the current property market, according to Jeremy Hill, head of commercial property at Carson McDowell.
The Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Property Awards in association with Ulster Bank are today launched for 2008.
In recent months market conditions have caused unexpected and sometimes unwelcome changes but, in changed conditions, the achievement of excellence in completed contracts is still a telling yardstick.
The high quality development that has taken place in Northern Ireland’s towns and cities in recent years is testament to the skills and ambition of Northern Ireland’s property sector.
A Northern Ireland medical firm has secured its first lucrative business deal in Brazil.
The volume of people turning to their mobile phones to sort out their finances "on the go" is set to surge over this bank holiday weekend, a bank predicts.
THE UK's state-backed banks will not have to tap investors for extra cash as they attempt to shore up their balance sheets in case of future financial shocks.
The German IT firm SAP wants to employ people with autism to give itself a competitive advantage over its rivals.
Public sector borrowing dipped to £6.3bn in April to give the Government breathing space in attempts to slash the deficit.
The UK's manufacturers are still struggling to recover from the economic downturn but remain hopeful about prospects improving soon, figures have shown.