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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 13:33

Northern Ireland

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

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 situation that has forced Stormont’s business ...

28 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Business

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

28 Feb 2022 at 20:33

Northern Ireland

SSE Airtricity announces 42.7% increase in gas prices

SSE Airtricity Gas Supply has announced a 42.7% price increase for domestic and small business customers in the Greater Belfast and western areas. The price hike means that the average domestic gas bill will increase by £373 to £1,243 per ...

01 Jun 2022 at 14:48

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 on the region’s constitutional ...

05 Apr 2022 at 14:25

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 ...

12 Jan 2023 at 11:33

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 Northern Ireland, but ...

16 Feb 2022 at 15:26

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 ...

15 May 2023 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

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

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 ...

27 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Professional services firm to create 1,000 jobs in Northern Ireland

A professional services firm has announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs in Northern Ireland over the next five years. The expansion from EY will bring its workforce in the region to 1,900 and enable it to ...

13 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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