Clodagh Rice
Business Correspondent at BBC News NI
Business Correspondent, BBC Northern Ireland. Email ✉️ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Clodagh Rice
'Food shop is my biggest expense after the mortgage'Clodagh RiceBBC News NI business correspondentFood shopping taking up biggest chunk of NI incomesFood shopping accounts for the biggest proportion of households' "basic spending" in Northern Ireland, according to research from the Consumer Council. That is the highest level since it started monitoring these figures two years ago.
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3 weeks ago |
aol.com | Clodagh Rice
After many false starts, work is finally set to start on the Queen's Parade development project in Bangor later this month. Once completed, it will include new homes, a hotel, offices, a market plaza, retail, cafes and restaurants. The seafront site in County Down has been derelict for almost 30 years and has faced years of planning delays. Speaking on Tuesday, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said that "after years of expectation", the project would be "transformational for Bangor".
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Clodagh Rice
Work to begin on delayed Bangor seafront projectClodagh RiceBBC News NI business correspondentBangor MarineThe plans include public realm work, apartments, retail and a hotel and cinemaAfter many false starts, work is finally set to start on the Queen's Parade development project in Bangor later this month. Once completed, it will include new homes, a hotel, offices, a market plaza, retail, cafes and restaurants.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Clodagh Rice
New cyber security technology could create 'hundreds of jobs'Clodagh RiceBBC News NI business and economics correspondentBBCSteve Berry, ANGOKA chairman, says its investment in new software could help create more jobs in Northern IrelandA Belfast-based cyber security firm is investing almost £2m in software to help prevent the advanced manufacturing sector from cyber attacks.
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4 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Clodagh Rice
28 NI employers named for not paying staff minimum wageClodagh RiceBBC News NI business correspondentGetty ImagesTwenty eight businesses in Northern Ireland have been named for failing to pay their employees the minimum wage, according to the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). This comes after a significant uplift to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage came into effect in April.
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Wage growth in NI slowed last month according to NISRA. The typical monthly pay packet in NI was £2,385 in May, down £21 or 0.9% from April. However, it is still £152 or 6.8% higher than the same time last year
Over the year both payrolled employee numbers and earnings have increased. There were also decreases in the LFS employment and unemployment rates & an increase in the economic inactivity rate. https://t.co/aId6Mqz6eT https://t.co/85KFcRpAZU
