Economy
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Little sign of recovery for essential skills
The number of people participating in essential skills courses has failed to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels and now sits…
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Executive spending rules adjusted for social need
The Department of Finance has formally published an interim fiscal framework which mandates per capita public spending in Northern Ireland…
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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough: The Economic heart of NI
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has gained a prestigious reputation both locally and regionally for being a highly…
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Finance and economics perspectives on constitutional change
An all-party Oireachtas committee has found that there is “no insurmountable economic or financial barriers to unification” in a report…
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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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