Economy

Prioritisation in a time of constraint

Department for the Economy (DfE) Permanent Secretary Mike Brennan talks to David Whelan about 10X prioritisation in a challenging budgetary…

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Whole-system thinking key to decarbonisation

Nathan Sanders, Managing Director of Distributed Energy at SSE Energy Solutions, discusses how the organisation’s whole system approach can aid…

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‘Substantial’ north/south goods trade growth since Brexit

North/south goods trade has grown “substantially” since Brexit, a report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found,…

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Northern Ireland economy: Overview Protocol boost masks structural problems

As Northern Ireland’s economy jostles its way out the other side of the Covid-pandemic shock, short-term growth is occurring in…

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Unearthing the heat beneath our feet

This summer, the Department for the Economy (DfE), with scientific support from our team at the Geological Survey of Northern…

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10X Delivery Plan 2023/24

In an unprecedented move, officials in the Department for the Economy (DfE) have opted to publish an economic action plan…

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Northern Ireland’s bank branches are disappearing, but who is left behind?

Scott Kennerley, Director of Financial Services at the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland explains the impact of bank branch closures…

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We are not partying with super-parity

Lisa Wilson, senior economist at the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), says that issues of super-parity are one of the…

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Net Zero Belfast

When it comes to carbon, there are only two numbers that really matter – 1.5 million and zero, write Clare…

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Why a single-vendor SASE approach matters

Despite some recent high-profile moves to encourage a return to the office, it is fair to say hybrid work is…

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