Northern Ireland
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Drivers Jonas cast as judge and jury in three-way Belfast battle
Drivers Jonas has been appointed by the DETR to settle a battle between three major retail proposals in Belfast city centre.
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MEPC spends £27m in Northern Ireland and Scotland
MEPC has spent over £27m on two deals in Northern Ireland and Scotland. It has paid £20m for the freehold interest in J Sainsbury Developments Damolly Retail Park in Newry,…
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Abbey creates 300 Belfast jobs
Abbey National is to open a call centre in Belfast creating 300 new jobs. Abbey won a regional development grant to help fund the move.
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NI peace aid package proposed
The Germans proposed a special aid package worth 500m euros to support peace in Northern Ireland at the heads of European Union (EU) governments’ summit in Berlin.
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NI aid concessions could hit Highlands and Islands
Concessions expected at the meeting of European Union heads of government in Berlin could complicate the UK’s campaign to secure Objective One status for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
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NI proposes to cut economic subsidies
Northern Ireland (NI) has unveiled proposals to introduce tax breaks and to cut grant support for industry in the province. The most radical proposals is deemed to be a low…
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NI and Highlands set to lose top EU aid status
Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands and Islands are likely to lose Objective 1 status after today’s European Union (EU) Berlin summit.
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M&S prepares sale and leaseback of up to 40 stores
Marks & Spencer hopes to raise £250m by in a sale and leaseback of up to 40 of its high street stores.
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Irish consultancy Sherry Fitzgerald goes for dual listing
Sherry Fitzgerald, a leading Irish property consultancy, plans to fund expansion through a simultaneous listing on the Irish and the London Stock Exchanges.
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Raytheon Londonderry site depends on bid for MoD work
Raytheon Systems hopes to open a centre in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It depends on successfully bidding to supply the ministry of defence with a S750m airborne radar system in partnership…
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Brussels denies £1.3bn NI aid in jeopardy
Brussels diplomats denied that a seven-year (£1.3bn) European Union aid package for Northern Ireland was in jeopardy because of the deadlock over the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons.
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Golden Vale to expand Coleraine cheese plant
Golden Vale is to expand and modernise its processed cheese plant in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. The Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland is giving it a £1.6m grant.