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Economy
Challenges to increase the circularity of the Northern Ireland economy
Northern Ireland’s economy is only 7.9 per cent circular, leaving a 92 per cent circularity gap. If the economy is…
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Economy
More fiscal devolution for Northern Ireland?
Chair of the independent Fiscal Commission NI, Paul Johnson, talks to David Whelan about the case for the partial devolution…
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Economy
Northern Ireland’s productivity gap
Research Fellow with the Northern Ireland Productivity Forum at Queen’s University Belfast, David Jordan outlines the key causes of Northern…
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Social economy
Placing social value at the heart of public procurement
Finance Minister Conor Murphy MLA outlines the initial impact of the newly introduced policy of mandatory scoring of social value…
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Social economy
Profit with purpose
Much has been said about the current economic situation and the increasing pressure that rising fuel, energy and food costs…
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Social economy
Knowing the value
Having established the social enterprise in 2015, Madlug CEO Dave Linton has created a corporation which has donated over 56,000…
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Social economy
APG on social enterprise re-established
The all-party group (APG) on social enterprise has been re-established following the Northern Ireland Assembly elections in May 2022. Without…
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Social economy
A Social Value Bill: Still waiting
Despite unanimous cross party support, Northern Ireland remains the only region of the UK without social value legislation. Returned Chair…
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Issues
The state of ill-health
Amidst the growing waiting list crisis in health and social care in Northern Ireland, public inquiries ranging neurology, urology, hyponatremia…
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Issues
matrix: Championing science and technology’s role in economic growth
Matrix is the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, an expert group drawn from business and academic leaders, which advises the…
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