Economy
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A new dawn for public procurement?
Arthur Cox Partner Peter Curran outlines the commercial and legal implications of the new EU Procurement Directive. There has been…
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UK procurement reform rolls on
agendaNi reviews the progress made in Whitehall over the last 15 years. Ever since the 1990s when public concern about…
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Prioritising cash release
Sustained cash release should be the number one priority for Public Sector bodies to fund further investment, David Brown writes.…
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Office of Government Procurement delivers results
Michael McKernan takes stock of the Republic’s reform process, stimulated by the financial crisis. In recent years, almost every government…
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UUP seeks procurement reform
agendaNi sums up the Ulster Unionists’ main proposals on procurement reform and the consensus in the Assembly that more action…
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Parliament turns spotlight on local banking
MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee are focusing on how to improve banking in the province. agendaNi sums up…
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Banks address MPs
The four main banks have given evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s banking inquiry. Ulster Bank Ellvena Graham (Head,…
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Global Irish Economic Forum
Michael McKernan looks at how the event has generated new economic links with the Irish diaspora. The Global Irish Economic…
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UK-Irish joint trade initiatives
Michael McKernan considers the pros and cons of joined-up trade missions, as part of increasing co-operation between London and Dublin.…
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Northern Ireland’s exports in numbers
agendaNi sums up the official figures for export trade. The overall recovery in Northern Ireland’s exports has been impressive and…
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