Northern exposureOpen for Business/Northern Ireland: 'Investment goes where, (a): it is wanted; (b): where it is safe; and (c): where it is…Fri Jun 29 2007 - 01:00
NI, Republic should 'integrate industrial efforts'A marriage of convenience between industrial development bodies in Northern Ireland and the Republic could create a radical new…Sat Oct 18 2003 - 01:00
Belfast business park goes from strength to strength despite communities' conflictAs marching season gets into full swing in Northern Ireland, Francess McDonnell reports on what it's like to do business on the…Sat Jul 12 2003 - 01:00
Taiwanese group reveals plan to create 150 jobsA hi-tech Taiwanese group plans to invest more than £27 million sterling and create 150 jobs over the next three years in Omagh…Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:00
Acquisitions fuel €60m rise in Gallaher profitNew acquisitions fuelled a £37 million sterling (€60 million) rise in unadjusted profits for the tobacco group Gallaher last …Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:00
Mackie site could host emerging firmsThe empty shell of one of the North's former leading listed engineering companies could hold the key to solving unemployment …Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
Mobile operators challenge legislationMobile phone operators have launched a campaign to persuade the Northern Ireland Assembly not to introduce new planning legislation…Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
Shipyard in hands of banksTwo British banks, Barclays and Lloyds TSB, which have so far failed to respond to a £199 million sterling (€325 million) claim…Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
Exports helped Norbrook grow turnover 20% to €97mStrong export sales helped Norbrook Laboratories, the Newry-based pharmaceutical group, grow its turnover by a record 20 per …Sat Mar 02 2002 - 00:00
Audit report takes Northern Ireland Tourist Board to task on inappropriate spendingThe Northern Ireland Tourist Board has been heavily criticised by the North's public accounts watchdog for allowing a senior …Wed Feb 27 2002 - 00:00
Spending by tourist board's NY office under spotlightLavish hospitality spending by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board's New York office will come under the spotlight today in a …Tue Feb 26 2002 - 00:00
North's food sector gets together to devise blueprint for industryA new think-tank bringing together some of the best-known names in the North's food sector will devise a blueprint for the region…Sat Feb 23 2002 - 00:00
Profits at Mayflower bus-builder slide €33mMayflower Corporation, the British bus-builder that employs 200 people in Northern Ireland, suffered a £20 million sterling (€…Wed Feb 20 2002 - 00:00
TBI in talks with British Midland on reinstating two Heathrow flightsTBI plc, the owner of Belfast International Airport, is in talks with BMI British Midland about reinstating two of the airline…Tue Feb 19 2002 - 00:00
NI petrol stations selling illegal fuelThe majority of the North's 700 filling stations are selling illegal petrol and diesel supplied by cross Border fuel smugglers…Sat Feb 16 2002 - 00:00
Deal speculation drives Galen upGalen Holdings' share price has been driven upwards in the past 24 hours on the back of industry speculation linking it to a …Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:00
Woman to the fore of business plan for NorthDynamic Northern entrepreneur Teresa Townsley is confident that many other businesswomen will join her in Invest Northern Ireland…Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:00
Elan's stake in Galen holdsGalen Holdings does not believe the resignation of Elan's chief financial officer from its board of directors will have a material…Thu Feb 14 2002 - 00:00
North's economic body presents corporate planThe North must address its historic low business birth rate and internationalise its ambitions to gain critical economic mass…Tue Feb 12 2002 - 00:00
Bombardier softens its stance on redundancies in BelfastBombardier Aerospace has told its Northern Ireland workforce there will be no further redundancies at its Belfast, Co Antrim, …Sat Feb 09 2002 - 00:00
Newry firm seeks listing in LondonA Newry-based financial software start-up will become the first Northern Ireland company in five years to seek a listing on London…Sat Feb 09 2002 - 00:00
Bombardier not interested in offerBombardier Aerospace has dismissed an unsolicited offer to purchase up to 20 million of the Canadian group's shares at below …Thu Feb 07 2002 - 00:00
Empey's draft plan sets out to encourage 6,000 start-up firmsThe Department of Enterprise in the North has presented plans that include encouraging 6,000 business start-ups in Northern Ireland…Wed Feb 06 2002 - 00:00
No job losses at Fujitsu as TriVirix buys Belfast baseFujitsu, the Japanese chip and PC giant, is to sell its manufacturing facility in Northern Ireland for an undisclosed sum to …Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00
Galen may offload further divisions to founder McClayGalen Holdings, the Northern Ireland pharmaceutical group, may consider selling off further businesses in its clinical trial …Sat Feb 02 2002 - 00:00
Solectron reviews operation in NIThe American electronics group Solectron is to review its "loss- making" operations in Northern Ireland which is likely to lead…Wed Jan 30 2002 - 00:00
Electricity costs not falling fast enough, says watchdogElectricity costs are not falling fast enough in the North, says the industry watchdog who is carrying out a price reviewTue Jan 29 2002 - 00:00
Gendel secures €3.3m to fund pioneering drug delivery researchGendel the Northern Ireland biotechnology start-up, has secured £2 million sterling (€3Tue Jan 29 2002 - 00:00
AuIron to apply for lignite mine leaseAurion Energy, the Australian resources company, will apply for a mining lease to develop a controversial lignite coal-mine in…Tue Jan 29 2002 - 00:00
Shares in Lamont suspended during talksShares in Lamont Holdings, the Northern Ireland-listed textiles group, have been suspended while it negotiates a refinancing …Sat Jan 26 2002 - 00:00
Bombardier in talks to secure work at BelfastBombadier Aerospace is in talks with a number of potential customers in a bid to secure new design engineering work that could…Sat Jan 26 2002 - 00:00
Bombardier optimistic 1,000 jobs will be savedBombardier Aerospace believes it has made "significant progress" in protecting more than 1,000 jobs under threat at its Belfast…Wed Jan 23 2002 - 00:00
Dunloe Ewart to modify €224m Belfast proposalDunloe Ewart will reduce and revise a proposed £150 million sterling (€244 million) development in Belfast and withdraw objections…Tue Jan 22 2002 - 00:00
Unions and employers unite against sectarianismSenior business leaders in the North stood shoulder to shoulder with trade-union activists in Belfast yesterday in a singular…Sat Jan 19 2002 - 00:00
Businesses urged to back northern anti-sectarian movementBusinesses across the North are being encouraged to give their employees the opportunity today to take part in the series of …Fri Jan 18 2002 - 00:00
Unrest in North threat to economyThe escalation in violent clashes between Nationalists and Loyalists in North Belfast will put jobs and investment at risk unless…Wed Jan 16 2002 - 00:00
Sainsbury makes 'significant improvement'Improved trading across Sainsbury's seven stores in Northern Ireland during Christmas and the new year helped boost the British…Tue Jan 15 2002 - 00:00
Healthcare rivals seek to buy out TrinityTakeover negotiations between BetterCare, the Belfast-based healthcare provider, and Trinity Care, its publicly listed rival …Tue Jan 15 2002 - 00:00
Viridian agrees to valuation of former assets for UK government clawbackThe public purse in Northern Ireland could receive a multimillion pound boost from Viridian, which has agreed to the appointment…Tue Jan 15 2002 - 00:00
Investment under threat as violence erupts on the streetsA £1.5 million sterling (€2,4 million) investment package creating badly needed jobs in north Belfast hangs in the balance today…Tue Jan 15 2002 - 00:00
Tourism chiefs fear NI riots will deter holiday-makersViolent unrest on the streets of north Belfast will seriously damage Northern Ireland's potential tourism revenue this year unless…Sat Jan 12 2002 - 00:00
Galen to sell division to founder McClayPHARMACEUTICALS : Galen Holdings, the Northern Ireland specialist pharmaceutical company, will sell one of its divisions to …Fri Jan 11 2002 - 00:00
Business in North favours euro entryBusiness people in the North have voted by an overwhelming 70 per cent in favour of Britain joining the euro in a new poll conducted…Thu Jan 10 2002 - 00:00
Business in North wants rates to hold at 4%Business leaders in the North want the Bank of England to leave interest rates on hold today, at a 37-year low of 4 per cent.Thu Jan 10 2002 - 00:00
EasyJet landmark in NorthEasyjet channelled close to one million people through its Northern Ireland operations last year, the low-cost airline said.Wed Jan 09 2002 - 00:00
UK house prices up in DecemberA rapid rise in UK house prices in December will increase pressure on the Bank of England to increase interest rates this week…Wed Jan 09 2002 - 00:00
Business in North seeking stability in interest rates to bolster confidenceBusinesses in Northern Ireland are lobbying for interest rates in the United Kingdom to be left on hold next week as the Bank…Sat Jan 05 2002 - 00:00
New currency welcome in NorthBusinesses in the Border towns of Newry and Derry are expecting a surge in the number of euro notes in circulation today as consumers…Thu Jan 03 2002 - 00:00
UK seeking former Powerscreen directorThe Irish Attorney General's office has confirmed it is in possession of a warrant from Britain's Serious Fraud Office requesting…Mon Dec 24 2001 - 00:00
Nevada upbeat despite slowdownNevada tele.com, the all-Ireland telecoms and internet company, has said its investment programme remains on target despite industry…Sat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
