This blog is about a rather depressing recent survey but please don’t put this off you reading further, there are some fragments of positivity amidst the gloom!! The aforementioned survey is from the Chartered Accountants Ulster Society’s latest Financial Confidence Survey, which revealed that only 17% of their 5,000 members believe that the economic prospects …
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We wrote a blog about the increase in visitors to Northern Ireland from the Republic a few weeks ago. It is very heartening to see and the latest figures to come out are even better, as they suggest that the tourist numbers from the south have tripled during the last 10 years, which is quite …
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A much needed extra £24 million of funding has been made available for Stormont and has been released immediately. How this will be allocated will be decided by ministers who I am sure will be strongly debating that their particular department gets a piece of this top-up funding. The funding will go alongside the package …
There is no doubt that confidence is slowly but surely returning to the business community in Northern Ireland. We are finally getting back to normality after what has been a tumultuous few years, as we have all had to come to terms with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the …
Although the overall number of crime incidents was down by 6% during the period between April 2023 to March 2024, compared to the previous 12 months, the number of shoplifting incidents spiralled according to figures published by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The statistics show that shoplifting was up by nearly 20%, a …
Wages have been on the rise in the last few months across the UK and Northern Ireland is no exception to the rule. Wages were on the up again in April figures show, with an average persons monthly pay now rising to £2192. They have increased by 6.8% over the last 12 months here in …
With the Republic of Ireland having set their corporation tax rates at 12.5% for small businesses and 15% for larger businesses, it certainly does put Northern Ireland at a disadvantage in comparison, when they and the rest of the UK have a standard 25% corporation tax rate. A Catalyst For More Investment To Come Into …
Business grants are going to be available for local businesses who wish to purchase and install energy efficient equipment in a bid to reduce their carbon footprint and in turn reduce their energy consumption. This new £20 million fund has been launched today, it’s named the Energy Efficiency Capital Grant (EECG) fund, and it will …
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