Organisations across Northern Ireland are going to receive financial support through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which is aiming to help economically inactive people into employment. Eighteen different projects in the country are going to receive a share of the £57 million+ on offer from this fund. Growing The Economy By Improving Economic Activity Here …
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The Ambition To Grow Programme, which was launched by Invest NI and we have mentioned previously in one of our blogs, is going to provide financial assistance and support to at least 37 local companies across Northern Ireland. The main objective of this regionally focused support plan is to support ambitious, innovative SMEs that are …
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The latest official figures for the economy in Northern Ireland appears to show the service sector in pretty rude health, but the manufacturing sector has seen a small fall in output overall. As the services sector is the major player in the Northern Irish economy this is very positive news. The sector grew by around …
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Jeremy Hunt delivered a budget yesterday which in some media quarters got a good response and others a not so great response, depending on which side of the fence they were on. So we thought we would look at some expert views from people in Northern Ireland to see what they thought the budget delivered …
The Northern Ireland economy is showing real signs of improvement. This is according to Ulster Bank’s Richard Ramsey who seems bullish about what is in store for businesses over the next 12 months after a recent survey of 200 firms by the bank showed lots of positivity. A Rise In Output And New Orders A …
The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland is set to be launched this autumn in a bid to help the smaller businesses around the country thrive and grow. The Investment Fund is being launched by the British Business Bank and it is expected that there will be a total of £70 million invested in Northern Ireland. …
With over 700 new businesses setting up in the month of January this year in Northern Ireland, the most start-ups during the last 4 months, it definitely bodes well for the future as we begin to show signs of coming out of the economic slump. This is according to the latest data from R3, the …
We have some very welcome news here today as it has been disclosed that retail store closures across Great Britain and Northern Ireland fell to their lowest levels in five years last year, with the rate of closures at its slowest since 2014. Rate Of Closures Down To Around 32 Per Day Overall there were …
