Economy
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Strategic district with good quality of life
Antrim and Newtownabbey covers a mixture of countryside and urban areas, and benefits from a strategic location and a healthy…
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Towards 2015
How Antrim and Newtownabbey are working together to deliver a successful merger. With local government reform back on track, Antrim…
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From two boroughs to one
A preview of the area’s population and politics. Antrim and Newtownabbey takes in a long strip of countryside but half…
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Procurement: a real economic driver
The Director of the Central Procurement Directorate (CPD), within the Department of Finance and Personnel, Des Armstrong talks to agendaNi…
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Getting it right first time
Stuart Cairns emphasises the need for good, early planning in procurement exercises. Interest in public procurement has never been greater.…
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Reforming procurement
While attending agendaNi’s procurement seminar in Belfast, Vincent Campbell, Director of the Irish National Procurement Service, talked to Owen McQuade…
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Making procurement ‘smarter’ to drive economic growth
Darren Lynch, Head of Operations Functional Excellence at Accenture, sets out six proposals for how procurement can save money and…
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Joining up business and education
Ian Coulter is the CBI Northern Ireland Chairman and a managing partner in Tughan’s Solicitors, Belfast. One of CBI Northern…
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For reasons unknown
The utilities sector needs to restore the confidence and credibility of the regulatory regime in Northern Ireland following the recent…
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Census of Employment: changing occupations
Jobs are growing in health services and vehicle-related manufacturing but falling in retail and the wider public sector. agendaNi analyses…
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