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Agribusiness
Going for Growth still on the agenda
Ambitions to enhance Northern Ireland’s production agriculture have fallen short of targets, however, the return of devolution has provided fresh…
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Economy
Social Enterprise vital to an inclusive economy
Finance Minister Conor Murphy MLA, Chair of the Procurement Board, discusses the transition to place social enterprise at the heart…
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Economy
Profit with purpose
“Profit with Purpose” lies at the heart of the social enterprise movement. A movement of socially focused businesses and a…
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Economy
Progressing a Social Value Act for Northern Ireland
In January 2017, the then Minister of Finance, with the support of the Northern Ireland Procurement Board (NIPB), agreed to…
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Economy
Social economy: Resilience and growth
The number of social enterprise organisations in Northern Ireland has almost doubled in the last five years, the amount of…
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Economy
EU action plan for the social economy
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has moved to develop a European Action Plan for the social economy. Von…
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Economy
Social enterprise of the year with big plans for the future
2019 was a big year for Employers For Childcare. Our 20th year in business was a year of huge achievements,…
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Economy
Value added employment
Nigel Hampton, Director of IncredABLE, discusses the pathways to meaningful employment provided by the organisation and provisions for differentiated support…
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Digital and technology
Project Stratum progress
Project Stratum, the Government’s plan to deliver Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband to almost 79,000 premises has moved a step…
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Digital and technology
Cloud 2020: The advantages of being a late adopter
As a new wave of cloud migration takes off for Northern Ireland in 2020, Capita’s Account Director, Gary Martin, discusses…
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