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Department for Economy announces £15000 engineering bursaries for women and girls

Sinn Féin MLA Ciara Ferguson has welcomed the Department for Economy's announcement that it will offer eight bursaries worth £15,000 for eligible women and girls to study engineering or related subjects at higher education institutions in Britain ...

05 Jul 2022 at 15:30

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s unpaid carers being left behind by new law, campaigners warn

Carers in Northern Ireland are being “left behind” as a legal entitlement to unpaid leave comes into effect in the rest of the UK, campaigners have warned. Under the Carer’s Leave Act, which comes into force on Saturday in England, Wales and ...

05 Apr 2024 at 00:01

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Further Education severance scheme branded 'irresponsible use of public money'

The row over the voluntary severance scheme (VSS) currently being rolled out across the Further Education (FE) sector is rumbling on. The University and College Union (UCU) has challenged the Economy Minister Conor Murphy’s rationale for ...

04 Mar 2024 at 16:59

Northern Ireland

Urgent improvement needed to improve skills base in NI, auditor says

Urgent improvement is required to ensure that the level of skills exist within the working population to allow Northern Ireland to achieve its economic ambitions, a new Audit Office report has said. Comptroller and Auditor General ...

18 Sept 2024 at 00:01

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Sheerin: Delay in company director scheme 'unacceptable'

A local MLA has criticised a delay in a Department for Economy scheme to provide financial support to company directors. Mid Ulster MLA Emma Sheerin has called on the Minister for Economy, Diane Dodds to release details of a ...

13 Jan 2021 at 08:30

Northern Ireland

Invest NI to shift focus to economic productivity following review

Stormont’s business support agency is to shift focus from job creation to overall productivity in the economy following the findings of an independent review earlier this year. The Department for the Economy (DfE) has ...

04 Oct 2023 at 16:19

Local News

New voice for local businesses in County Derry

A new initative which aims to support County Derry businesses by providing access to intelligent online marketing and customer experience development tools has been launched. 'Voice For Locals' is a levelling up ...

24 Mar 2022 at 22:00

Local News

Departments must now live within means following funds allocation – Archibald

It is imperative that Stormont departments “now live within their funding envelope” following the allocation of extra funds in the January monitoring round, Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald has said. ...

17 Jan 2025 at 10:00

Business

Stormont criticised over lack of investment in all-Ireland tourism body

A leading Northern Ireland hotelier has criticised Stormont for what he claimed is an “embarrassing” lack of funding of cross-border body Tourism Ireland. Howard Hastings, managing director of the ...

27 Jan 2022 at 16:52

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Derry Against Fuel Poverty protest at Economy Department

Local activists from campaign group Derry Against Fuel Poverty is currently protesting at Department for Economy at Adelaide House in Belfast city centre. Department for Economy is the government ...

13 Dec 2022 at 14:29

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Staff Voluntary Exit Scheme halted at Derry's NWRC

The Voluntary Exit Scheme which had been offered to staff at the North’s six further education colleges has been halted. The move follows discussions last week between Economy Minister Conor ...

20 Feb 2024 at 17:45

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Minister urged to stop 'misguided' FE redundancies

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has been urged to intervene and stop the “misguided redundancy scheme" currently ongoing in the North's six further education colleges. Representatives of ...

15 Feb 2024 at 13:00

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