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Economy
Ards and North Down
Offering many beautiful rural and urban locations, ease of access to Belfast, an established tourism infrastructure, a flourishing arts scene,…
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Economy
Home grown brands top shopping list
In an era of growing consumer choice at the supermarket local Irish brands are still holding their own when it…
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Economy
Social Clauses
A new framework for managing the social benefits of central and local government spending has been approved and implemented with…
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Economy
CPD infrastructure action plan
Des Armstrong, Director of the Central Procurement Directorate (CPD) outlines the central issues that CPD has put forward in its…
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Economy
Collaborative procurement
Categories of savings from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 Electricity – £7,023,614 Security services – £1,437,481 Biomass –…
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Economy
InterTradeIreland helps cross-border joint venture secure Exploris Aquarium public tender
Northern Ireland’s only aquarium, Exploris, is to reopen in summer 2016. When Ards and North Down Borough Council issued the…
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Economy
Exploiting technology for better procurement
Assistant Director of Procurement and Logistics at the Business Services Organisation, Peter Wilson talks to David Whelan about the positive…
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Economy
A new dawn for utilities and concession contracts
William Curry, Partner and Head of Procurement at leading law firm Arthur Cox, explains the latest UK procurement legislation. While…
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Economy
Investing in the public good
Each year, £3 billion of public money goes into the pockets of the private sector in Northern Ireland. Of course…
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Economy
Strategic advice in contentious public procurement
Caroline Prunty, Head of Commercial Litigation at MMW is a member of the Procurement Lawyers Association and her ‘very competent’…
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