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Hit Pleasurelands This Summer

Following a horrible 18 months with Covid 19 the summer and sun has hit the shores of Newcastle Co. Down. If you fancy some fun in the sun then look no further than Pleasurelands fun fair situated on Main Street in Newcastle. For me the fun fair experience always brings back memories with my friends […]

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Elk Digital Hits the Airwaves

Elk Digital, the brainchild of Ryan McCann, Mark Hughes and Amy Magee at Elk Creative Digital is the new local platform for all things radio, podcasts, talk shows and video streaming. The studio located in the heart of Warrenpoint represents the opportunity to develop your brand via media. We now live in the digital age […]

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Newry Tae Kwon Do Club Excited About Reopening

A local Tae Kwon Do club is excited about its reopening following the easing of Covid 19 restrictions. It has been a rocky year to say the least for the local martial arts club but now that the Executive has eased restrictions regarding indoor sports, it comes as a welcome relief for club owner Cathal […]

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Northern Ireland Tech Entrepreneur Launches FREE App to Help Motorists

“Where did you put the letter I got the other day?” “I didn’t touch it, but you leave everything lying about, so it’s your own fault if it’s in the bin, which, by the way, was emptied this morning!”It’s a conversation that’s played out in households every day.And it has led to, ahem, heated debates […]

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MURPHY EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER LEVELLING UP FUND

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has expressed concern over the Levelling Up Fund. Responding he said: “The fact that this fund will be controlled from Westminster shows blatant disregard for devolution and is unacceptable. “If the British Government were serious about ‘Levelling Up’ then they should be providing a Barnett Consequential to enable funding decisions to […]

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MINISTER LAUNCHES ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACTION PLAN

Northern Ireland’s economic recovery will be driven by innovation, investment and a skilled workforce, according to Economy Minister Diane Dodds. The Minister was speaking as she launched the Economic Recovery Action Plan which sets out a road map to rebuilding the economy from the impact of the pandemic. The Minister said: “As we move slowly […]

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DODDS EXTENDS FREE ACCESS TO SME SKILLS PROGRAMME

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced that a skills development support scheme will remain free for businesses until the end of March 2022. Skills Focus is a post-employment training programme that is open to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including social enterprises, with fewer than 250 employees. Last May the Minister announced that the usual […]

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REGIONAL HUBS SIGNAL NEW ERA FOR CIVIL SERVICE – MURPHY

Finance Minister Conor Murphy has announced plans for a number of new civil service regional hubs. Commenting on the economic and environmental benefits, Finance Minister Conor Murphy said: “These regional hubs will transform how civil servants work – enabling them to be based closer to home, reducing travel time and lowering carbon emissions while importantly […]

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LYONS ANNOUNCES £1MILLION MICRO FOOD BUSINESS SCHEME

A £1million capital grant scheme to help existing micro food and drink manufacturing businesses to upscale production to secure new markets for their products will open in March, Rural Affairs Minster Gordon Lyons MLA has announced. The aim of the scheme is to enable eligible businesses that are processing primary agricultural or horticultural produce to […]

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Try Yoga with Paddy to Beat the Lockdown Blues

Covid 19 has engulfed us into a lockdown of boredom and procrastination. However a lot of businesses are now offering the opportunity to avail of their services via zoom which looks like the new way of doing things moving forward. Yoga with Paddy a business headed up by Newry man Patrick Doran aims to provide […]

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INNOVATION IS VITAL FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY: DODDS

Innovation is crucial for Northern Ireland’s economic recovery and to our future success locally and globally. That was the key message from Economy Minister Diane Dodds after she began a series of meeting with senior leaders from partner companies in the Belfast City Region Deal. The Minister’s first meeting focussed on the progress of two […]

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LABOUR MARKET STATISTICS

The labour market statistics have been published by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. Almost 10,500 redundancies proposed since March 11,000 collective redundancies were proposed in the twelve months to the end of December, more than double the number recorded in the previous twelve months. Almost 10,500 were proposed in the ten months since […]