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Stormont’s Spend Local cards used in 3.7m transactions

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 14:25

Local News

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 ...

10 Mar 2022 at 13:33

Ireland

Charity issues warning amid ‘significant’ increase in number of homeless

The number of homeless adults and children is still rising, according to Department of Housing figures for May – with a charity warning that the figures will continue to increase as people struggle with the cost of living. The ...

24 Jun 2022 at 16:34

Derry News

Derry City and Strabane has largest productivity gap in NI at 23% below the UK average

SDLP Jobs and the Economy Spokesperson MLA, Sinéad McLaughlin, has challenged the persistent failures of the Department for the Economy in addressing skills and investment which has led to low productivity in Northern Ireland....

09 Nov 2022 at 14:33

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 ...

12 Jan 2023 at 11:33

Local News

Derry MLA presses Department for the Economy on Invest NI review

SDLP Jobs and Economy Spokesperson Sinéad McLaughlin MLA and SDLP Stormont Leader Matthew O’Toole MLA today met with top officials at the Department for the Economy. Ms McLaughlin and Mr O'Toole pressed the case for ...

01 Feb 2023 at 17:33

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 ...

15 May 2023 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Fibrus defends higher bills for broadband customers in rural areas

An internet provider has defended charging customers more on a new rural broadband network than it users in towns and cities. An Assembly committee heard Fibrus offers the same entry price to all customers in ...

16 Feb 2022 at 15:26

New car market fell 6% last month

Registrations of new cars fell by 6.0% last month, figures show. Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 144,288 new cars were registered in October. That compares to 153,529 ...

05 Nov 2024 at 13:41

Northern Ireland

People are not waking up thinking about Irish unity – Michelle O’Neill

People in Northern Ireland are currently not waking up thinking about Irish unity, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill has said. The republican leader said that while there would come a day when people would vote ...

05 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Northern Ireland

Gordon Lyons pledges to provide certainty for Invest NI ‘in the coming days’

The Economy Minister has pledged to provide certainty in the coming days about Invest NI’s ability to support new business ventures in Northern Ireland. Gordon Lyons was commenting on the financial ...

28 Feb 2022 at 12:55

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 ...

16 May 2023 at 17:33

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