Ulster Business

A growing population means the impending need for improved and more efficient infrastructure. Economist John Simpson takes a look at ‘Infrastructure for an island population of 8 million’

An upward revision in the UK’s gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of 2009 has prompted suggestions the economy is maybe in better shape than we first thought. Angela McGowan, Northern Bank Chief Economist

For those trading south of the border or further afield, movements in the value of sterling can have a huge impact on profit margins. James Beattie, relationship manager with First Trust Bank’s Global Treasury Services

You would think an economic downturn would take its toll on the local innovation economy. Not so, says Timothy Brundle, director of innovation at the University of Ulster who believes there were more tech startups in 2009 than at the start of the dot com bubble…
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China’s exports rose in December 2009 for the first time in 14 months. As the country touted to overtake Germany as the world’s largest exporter resumes its upward growth trajectory, Ulster Business editor David Elliott travelled to Hong Kong to hear how Northern Ireland businesses can best take advantage of such an opportunity.
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