It is Small Business Saturday this weekend (on December 7th) and there is real optimism that it could provide a real boost to the coffers for many businesses across Northern Ireland. The run up to Christmas is always a crucial time for many small businesses and this year will be no exception. Encouragingly, data from …
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The following report will either fill you with optimism or dismay you, depending on whether you are a half pint full or half pint empty type of person! On the one hand the latest report by the NI Enterprise Barometer 2024 has found that over 60% of NI businesses are forecasting growth over the next …
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It seems that Northern Ireland is really taking to the ‘Green revolution’ which could be great news for the future economic growth of the country. The number of green jobs advertised, as an overall proportion of all jobs, has risen in the last 12 months from 2.4% to 4%, which happens to be the second …
Over 6,000 farmers and landowners turned up at the Eikon Exhibition Centre in Lisburn on Monday to protest against the proposed changes in inheritance tax which will affect many farmers in future years. There is a real concern within the farming community in Northern Ireland, and in all the other regions of the UK, that …
Invest NI have just published a bold new 3 year strategy entitled ‘Our Future In Focus’, in which they hope to turn Northern Ireland into a prosperous country with a sustainable and productive economic model. With this new strategy they want to remove any regional imbalances in the country’s economy, drive through the use of …
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Northern Ireland MP’s have called on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to reconsider the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief that was announced in the latest Autumn Budget. Since 1984, Agricultural Property Relief has allowed land used for crops or raising animals, as well as farm buildings, cottages and houses, to be exempt from any inheritance …
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The big talking points of the autumn budget delivered by the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, certainly from a business point of view, were the changes to employer national insurance contributions. Safe to say it did not go down particularly well with many businesses up and down the country. We thought we would …
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Like him or loathe him (and there does seem to be a large majority of the latter, even among people who voted for him!) Donald Trump is going to loom large in all our lives over the next 4 years or so as he starts his 2nd stint as President of the United States in …
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