Tuesday 1 February 2022

The manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland is enjoying high demand for their products - order books are full, the pipeline for future sales remains strong and optimism for growth is high. However, growing pressures on margins remain, with sharp rises in material and energy costs causing concern. On top of all this, and perhaps the greatest pressure point manufacturing businesses are feeling at the moment, is the reduction in the recruitment pool in Northern Ireland.
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Conor Cahalane, director at Promethean Financial Consultants Ltd, looks at who needs to register a trust and how do they do it.
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In the next in our series of announcements for this year's Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards, today we reveal those up for the Deal of the Year (transaction size below £2.5m) and the Transaction Services Team of the Year categories.
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Members of business angel network HBAN Ulster have reached the landmark of investing more than £10m into early-stage companies in Northern Ireland since the network was established in late 2018.
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A chain of fertility clinics which operates through a network of 24 sites across the UK and Ireland has secured a new private equity backer.
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Start Up Loans has provided more than £11m of funding across almost 1,400 loans to business owners in Northern Ireland since 2012, the British Business Bank has revealed.
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Diageo has unveiled plans for a £73m Guinness microbrewery and culture hub to be built in London.
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The chief executive of online estate agency Purplebricks has described the first half of its financial year as "challenging" after slipping to a pre-tax loss.
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Global investment bank Citi has unveiled plans for expansion with the creation of more than 300 jobs.
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Lidl Northern Ireland has revealed plans to create 180 new jobs in 2022 and is awarding pay increases worth £1.5m to all employees in recognition of their efforts throughout the pandemic.
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UK engine production declined by more than ten per cent during 2021, according to new figures.
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Following the successful Insider Made in Northern Ireland Awards 2021 held in Belfast in November, Insider hosted the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Roundtable event. A group of leaders from manufacturing businesses – many of them winners or shortlisted companies at the Awards, participated in the discussion.
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