Tourism update: 2024
Introduction Tourism in Northern Ireland accounted for £2.3 billion or 5% of the region’s Gross Value Added in 2019. The sector supported 70,200 jobs in… Read More »Tourism update: 2024
Economy
Addressing the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
This blog article focuses on key UK Government, Northern Ireland Executive and Departmental initiatives which are currently in place to address the digital divide in… Read More »Addressing the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
An overview of the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
This blog article provides a brief overview of the ‘Digital Divide’. Drawing on the Northern Ireland experience, it explores key characteristics of the Digital Divide,… Read More »An overview of the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
High street regeneration: What can we learn from other cities?
Data recently released by the footfall-counter Springboard highlights how the number of shoppers in the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) town centres was down by a third… Read More »High street regeneration: What can we learn from other cities?
Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit goods trade
This blog article complements the Assembly Research and Information Paper Internal Market Act 2020 and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. It explains Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit… Read More »Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit goods trade
Is Northern Ireland ‘Open’ for business? Examining the social and economic impact of sporting events
This article draws on recent experiences of Government-funded sporting events in Northern Ireland (NI), highlighting a number of those events, in particular their economic and… Read More »Is Northern Ireland ‘Open’ for business? Examining the social and economic impact of sporting events
Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2018
This blog post provides an overview of Northern Ireland’s (NI) current position with regard to trade in goods and updates our previous blog on NI’s… Read More »Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2018
Regional devolution for Northern Ireland: What’s the big deal?
On 26 March 2019, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (NI) signed an agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) Government, the NI Civil Service… Read More »Regional devolution for Northern Ireland: What’s the big deal?
Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2017
Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the most recent HMRC annual trade data, see here. This blog post… Read More »Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2017
Women’s economic transition to retirement
While women are increasingly better educated than men, they earn less, feel less financially secure, provide the bulk of unpaid care, have smaller pensions, face… Read More »Women’s economic transition to retirement
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