Northern Ireland business activity falls at slowest rate in current eight-month period of decline.
Today sees the release of July data from the Ulster Bank Northern Ireland PMI®. The latest report – produced for Ulster Bank by Markit – showed a much slower decline in business activity than in June, largely reflecting a less marked reduction in new order intakes. Despite a rise in the seasonally adjusted Business Activity Index from 43.6 to 47.6 in July, the latest reading was still below the 50.0 value that separates expansion from contraction.
Picking up the Pieces. Incomplete developments and the challenges of boom and bust!
Niav O’Higgins Partner and Head of Construction & Engineering, Arthur Cox Introduction: Construction is one of the sectors most severely hit by the recession, [...]
Spanwall appointed by ALUCOBOND.
Belfast based architectural façade specialist Spanwall, has just been appointed as approved fabricator in Ireland for the global market leading composite brand ALUCOBOND manufactured by [...]
€90million in additional lending to 5,500 micro-enterprises will be made available under a new Government scheme.
Minister publishes Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill - Scheme expected to be operational in early autumn. Over €90million in additional lending to 5,500 micro-enterprises will be [...]
Microsemi Marks 20 Years in Ireland and Names Ennis as its European Headquarters
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today officially named its Ennis, Ireland facility as its European [...]
MAKING THE BEST EVEN BETTER – Geocel
Sealant specialist Geocel is relaunching a new improved version of one of the most popular Dow Corning sealants on the market, 794. The new sealant, [...]
Want to cut costs? ISS has the facility!
One way of cutting down business costs is outsourcing non-core activity, says Paul Lynch, Managing Director of ISS, Ireland’s leading facilities management company. In today’s [...]
Corporate Manslaughter and Safety in Construction
Deaths in the workplace are something which not alone cause personal grief and suffering but can also lead to unwanted adverse publicity and prosecutions for [...]
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