Northern Ireland
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Sainsbury’s commits to Northern Ireland
Saturday’s bombing in Northern Ireland has failed to deter J Sainsbury from further investment in the province. The superstore giant has taken a new lease on a 3,716 sq m…
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Clinton Cards’ Bangor deal sets Northern Ireland record
Retail rents in Northern Ireland have reached a new landmark level. Local agent Lisney reports a letting at Bloomfield Shopping Centre in Bangor, County Down, at over £1000 per sq…
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TBI weighs up Belfast City Airport bid
TBI is weighing up a bid for Belfast City Airport after a Commons Select Committee urged the government to abandon objections to Northern Ireland’s two main airports having the same…
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Sainsbury’s continues to expand in Northern Ireland
Sainsbury’s has applied to build a 5,950 sq m (64,000 sq ft) supermarket at Longwood Road, Newtonabbey, outside Belfast in Northern Ireland.
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Stakis to open Belfast hotel
Today Stakis opens its £18.3m Stakis Park Hotel at Templepatrick, near Belfast. The 4-star hotel has 130 bedrooms, a health and fitness club and meetings facilities for 400 delegates.
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Public Accounts Committee denounces Belfast Airport sale
The Commons Public Accounts Committee has denounced the privatisation of Belfast Airport. The airport was originally the subject of a management buyout for £32.8m in July 1994 but was sold…
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Brown’s sell-off will raise £1bn a year
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced plans to sell a range of assets over the next three years. The sales will raise £1bn a year to be used for public investment.
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Northern Ireland bids for a share of call centre business
The Financial Times in its weekly article on the property market looks at the attempt of Northern Ireland to win a slice of the call centre business.
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Prudential signs up for 50,000 sq ft Belfast call centre
The Prudential has signed up for a 4,877 sq m (52,500 sq ft) office building at Clarendon Dock in Laganside, Belfast.
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Safeway to close two Ulster supermarkets
Safeway is to close two supermarkets in Northern Ireland less than a year after moving into the province. It is to shut stores in Londonderry and Portadown, County Armagh.
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Northern Ireland economy to see a peace dividend
The Northern Ireland economy is expected to benefit from the “yes” vote in the referendum. The immediate impact will be seen in foreign investment and tourism.
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Londonderry looks to time after troubles
The Times takes an in-depth look at Londonderry in Northern Ireland as it faces the future after the civil strife of the last thirty years.