With inflation beginning to run rampant, energy costs skyrocketing and proving a real drain on business finances, the fact that for many companies it is time to pay back some of the Covid recovery loans they used during the pandemic cannot have come at a worse time. And this is why we are seeing four …
Covid Loan Repayments, Inflation & High Energy Prices Making Life Tough For BusinessRead More
In Northern Ireland workers are still being encouraged to work from home as we emerge blinking from the pandemic, but there is a steady trickle of people going back to the office and this will continue further over the next few weeks and months. There Are Benefits To Working From Home There is no doubt …
The Future Will Be A More Balanced Approach Between Working From Home Or The OfficeRead More
CBI Northern Ireland have set up an event on Thursday, April 28th, which will bring both business leaders and political leaders together. At this event they will look back at the tumultuous year that has just passed and look at the challenging months ahead and how best to negotiate all the hurdles that are likely …
Business & Political Leaders Meet To Discuss Challenging Months AheadRead More
Businesses over the last two years have in the main been concentrated on surviving the pandemic and all it has thrown at them. But now the agenda is beginning to shift and there is no doubt that the sustainability of a business will go a long way to deciding how successful they will be in …
Sustainability Becoming A Key Part Of Business StrategyRead More
The Rural Business Development Grant Scheme is to be launched at the start of next month in a bid to help rural micro businesses that have been badly affected by the pandemic and all its ramifications. The new Grant Scheme, which will be open for applications on May 4th, running until May 31st, will hopefully …
Rural Business Development Grant Scheme For Businesses To Be LaunchedRead More
For the second consecutive year the month of May is going to celebrate the manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland. The organisers want to show the wider community the great potential of manufacturing here, focusing on all the best it can offer, the innovation it is showing and the people who are involved in the sector. …
A new report has claimed that business confidence has taken a hit in Northern Ireland due to the impact of the conflict in Ukraine. The military aggression that Russia are dishing out to their neighbours, leading to a raft of sanctions being doled out to them in a bid to curb their actions, has brought …
Ukraine Conflict Has Dented Business Confidence Claims New ReportRead More
It has been a tumultuous few years in all of our lives. We have had Brexit which has had such a huge effect on the way we do business here in Northern Ireland, followed by the worldwide pandemic of Covid-19 which has changed the landscape so dramatically and has had such a profound effect on …
Has Covid Been Permanently Banished From The Front Pages?Read More
