A recent study by Hays, the recruitment specialist, has found that job seekers applying for work are less likely to use AI (artificial intelligence) tools to help them with the application process than other parts of the UK. And the same is true for workers, who on the whole do not use AI tools as …
Job Applicants And Workers Less Likely To Use AI Tools In Northern IrelandRead More
The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland is still falling, it fell to 2.2% from February to April of this year and this is lower than any other region in the UK. Conversely the proportion of people working in NI was 71.3% and although this is the highest figure since before Covid-19 hit our shores, it …
There are many things that can give a business some encouragement for the future, but there is nothing quite like a sharp rise in new orders to give them that feel-good factor. Well this is exactly what has happened during the course of last month (May 2024) with new orders rising more quickly than they …
The NI Chamber of Commerce has created a new business led manifesto, ‘Mission: Business Growth’, in conjunction with Stratagem and developed in partnership with member businesses and trade bodies in a variety of sectors, which they believe would create real business growth in Northern Ireland. It has created this manifesto ahead of the upcoming General …
‘Mission: Business Growth’ Calls For More Support From Westminster Ahead Of ElectionRead More
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 …
Survey Reveals Many Chartered Accountants Have A Dim View Of This Years Economic ProspectsRead More
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 …
Number Of Visitors From Republic Triple In A DecadeRead More
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 …
