The huge hike in energy prices is beginning to have a devastating effect on many businesses as they struggle to cope with the rising bills from their energy providers. And Colin Neill, chief executive of Hospitality Ulster, has commented on these rising prices, saying that the crisis is even worse than the one brought upon …
Energy Bills Causing Huge Headaches For Businesses And Consumers AlikeRead More
It was boom-time for supermarkets during lockdown when delivery sales were at an all-time high and they were the one of the few places that were allowed to stay open for business. But sales are slowing now with grocery sales dipping by 5.4% in the year up to the 12th of June. People Returning To …
We like to bring good news to you as much as we can so we thought we would relay to you the fact that the economy in Northern Ireland grew in the first 3 months of 2022, with many sectors getting back to the levels they hit before the pandemic in 2020. There seemed to …
Healthy Signs Of Growth For Northern Ireland EconomyRead More
A new report which has been commissioned by London City Airport has given the verdict that a return to air travel for business would help boost the economy to the tune of £1 billion. And it appears that the majority of business leaders are all for travelling by air with 64% of those surveyed believing …
Many Business Leaders View Air Travel As Essential For BusinessRead More
High Street Heroes NI is being launched on July 4th with the intention of highlighting the best independent retailers across the country. Retailers are a focal point for many local communities and they can bring people together in good times and bad. It is particularly good to celebrate the best independent retailers after the difficulties …
Today looks like being quite a day in Northern Ireland as Boris Johnson looks to make significant changes to the Protocol, much to the fury of the EU. How that pans out we will have to see, but today in our blog we thought we would focus on how independent businesses across the country are …
Independent Shops Find The Going Tough As Rising Costs Make Their MarkRead More
With economic forecasts for the UK being recently and worryingly downgraded, there has been further bad news with private business activity in Northern Ireland falling for the first time in over 12 months. The latest report by the Ulster Bank shows that in May there were reductions in output and new orders in the private …
Fall In Private Business Activity In Northern IrelandRead More
The Work From Home guidance, which has been in place in Northern Ireland for some months in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid-19, has now been officially lifted by the Stormont Executive. This will come as a big relief to many shops in towns and cities up and down the country who will …
