Today's Ireland business news from Insider |
Tuesday 22 September 2020 |
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Latest News | Turnover has risen at a Lisburn-headquartered quarrying business despite challenging trading conditions. The company's managing director also hailed his team for their response to the Covid-19 crisis. Read More… |
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Town and city centre revitalisation are in the news following the UK government's intentions to build and regenerate. David Jones, head of real estate in Belfast law firm Tughans, explains. Read More… |
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Digital signage software company ScreenCloud is creating 54 Northern Ireland jobs with a six-figure funding package provided by Invest NI. Read More… |
A Northern Ireland tech start-up has secured investment from a group of HBAN angel investors. Read More… |
Dublin-headquartered sales, marketing and support services group DCC has expanded its LPG business in both the US and Europe with a pair of acquisitions totalling £60m. Read More… |
Microsoft is set to acquire the parent company of one of the world's largest privately held game developers and publishers in a deal worth $7.5bn. Read More… |
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Coleraine-based Unitas Software has secured more than $1m of new export sales with major egg producers in the US and Europe. Read More… |
A new plan detailing how Belfast's economic recovery will be supported by the city council following the Covid-19 pandemic has been revealed. Read More… |
More than half of Northern Ireland SMEs expect to recover from the impact of Covid-19 within two-years; however, many have highlighted issues that may hold them back from doing so, according to new research from Ulster Bank. Read More… |
Premier Inn owner Whitbread is set to cut 6,000 jobs from its UK workforce as it attempts to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The business said it is a "regrettable but necessary step" to ensure it emerges with a "lower cost base, a more flexible operating model and a stronger more resilient business". Read More… |
Turnover has grown to more than £70m at online bathroom retailer Victoria Plum in the year of its acquisition by private equity firm Endless. Further growth has also been record in the current year, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
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Assetz Capital has restarted retail lending with a £1m residential bridging loan in Northern Ireland. Read More… |
The value of The Crown Estate's profits and property are expected to be badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
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Belfast-headquartered pharmaceutical contract research organisation Fusion Antibodies has made progress on its coronavirus antigen R&D programme. Read More… |
The managing director of Arla Foods UK has been elected as the new chairman of trade association Dairy UK. Read More… |
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