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County Derry among lowest areas for Spend Local transactions and income

County Derry was among the areas to benefit least from the Department for the Economy (DfE)'s High Street Scheme last autumn. The scheme was introduced as part of a range of measures introduced by DfE to stimulate economic recovery in the region, ...

10 Mar 2022 at 13:00

Business

£137 million economy injection following Stormont’s Spend Local Card Scheme

Stormont’s high-street vouchers were used in 3.7 million transactions in Northern Ireland, injecting almost £137 million into the economy, new figures show. Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said around 1.4 million of the £100 Spend Local cards were ...

28 Feb 2022 at 19:22

Local News

Invest NI: Supporting local businesses to develop innovative projects

We speak to Mary Gormley, regional development manager for Invest NI, about the Economic Recovery Innovation Grant and the benefits of progressing along Innovate NI’s Innovation Framework. According to the UK Innovation Survey carried out in ...

24 Dec 2021 at 11:20

Local News

Trading Standards Service inspections reveal short-weight bags of coal may be contributing to cost-of-living crisis

An investigation by the Department for the Economy’s Trading Standards Service (TSS) has found that short-weight bags of coal may be contributing to the cost-of-living crisis. Over the past three months TSS officers have visited 35 retail ...

12 Jan 2023 at 10:55

Northern Ireland

Stormont officials examining potential increase in student fees to £7,000

Stormont officials have been asked to examine the revenue-raising potential of increasing university student fees in Northern Ireland to £7,000. It comes as the Department for the Economy faces making 16% cuts to services due to a ...

15 May 2023 at 17:08

Northern Ireland

Cost of Covid-19 response in NI over £7.79bn, Audit Office report says

The cost of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland is estimated to have reached more than £7.79 billion, a new Audit Office report has found. The report said that lessons needed to be learnt from the pandemic ...

27 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Top A-level grades fall in Northern Ireland but remain above pre-pandemic levels

The number of A* and A grades awarded at A-level in Northern Ireland has dropped for the second consecutive year. More than 26,000 students across the region received their AS and A-level examination results on Thursday ...

17 Aug 2023 at 12:02

Local News

Geothermal roadshow set to ‘rock’ the North Coast and North West

An interactive mobile discovery centre designed to help visitors ‘unearth the heat beneath their feet’ is set to visit a town near you this year as it embarks on a geothermal energy information roadshow across Northern ...

19 Feb 2024 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland ‘faces bleak future if cuts to higher education go ahead’

The next generation faces a “bleak future” if proposed cuts to higher education go ahead, the head of Queen’s University Belfast has warned. The university’s president and vice-chancellor Professor Ian Greer also said ...

16 May 2023 at 18:45

Home

'Department for the Economy budget makes for extremely grim reading for the local economy and businesses' - Chamber CEO

Speaking after the announcement of the Department for the Economy’s budget allocation for 2023/24, Derry Chamber Chief Executive Anna Doherty said: “The announcement by the Department for the Economy regarding its ...

17 May 2023 at 09:15

Northern Ireland

Business chief calls for ‘meaningful debate’ on how Northern Ireland is funded

It is time for a meaningful debate on how Northern Ireland is funded, the head of a leading business organisation has said. Ann McGregor, chief executive of the Northern Ireland Chamber, also called for an urgent ...

16 May 2023 at 11:22

Local News

'Cuts at Department for the Economy threaten long-term damage' - Sinéad McLaughlin

Cuts from the Department for the Economy (DfE) are threatening to do "significant long-term damage" to the North's economy, according to SDLP Jobs and Economy spokesperson, Sinéad McLaughlin. It followed news ...

16 May 2023 at 17:30

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