Economy
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Protocol provides short-term boost but recession looms
Figures depicting growth of the Northern Ireland economy mask the real time effects of rising inflation and a looming recession.…
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Protocol offers protection from ‘poorer and less productive’ UK by 2030
Northern Ireland will be the region of the UK to experience the least Brexit-induced economic decline due to the Protocol,…
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Skills: Retention and attraction key
Ambitions to bridge skills gaps in the Northern Ireland economy should not only focus on the retention of skills in…
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Where have all the workers gone?
Despite a furlough scheme designed to keep employees linked with their employer and prevent high levels of unemployment, a labour…
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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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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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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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Horizon Europe: ‘Plan B’
Northern Ireland is at risk of being excluded from the world’s largest international research programme as a result of the…
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10X Economy: Minister Gordon Lyons MLA
New Economy Minister Gordon Lyons MLA speaks to David Whelan about recovery from the pandemic, plans to boost consumer confidence,…
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Connecting Northern Ireland and growing the economy
Delivering a full fibre broadband service to homes and businesses in rural Northern Ireland, which has previously been starved of…
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