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Retail guru ‘honoured’ to host Belfast Business Awards

Space NK founder Nicky Kinnaird has said she is “honoured” to be hosting the Belfast Business Awards this Spring which are organised by Belfast City Council.
The Belfast Business ‘Oscars’ will take place in the newly refurbished City Hall on Thursday 29 April with 19 awards presented in recognition of the fine work of business enterprises, [...]

Verdict on Ritchie will be harsh if SDLP falls further

Recently the SDLP has not been blessed with much luck.
Lack of succession planning resulted in an entire generation of very talented people retiring at one swoop. Political demographics and the break up of traditional allegiances have meant that electorally speaking the tide has been out for a long time.  In 2005 Alasdair Mc Donnell unexpectedly [...]

Stormont Watch 5th February

THE WEEK THAT WAS….
“The sand of the desert is sodden red – Red with the wreck of a square that broke.  The gatling’s jammed and the colonel dead, And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.  But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks – “Play up! Play up! And play the game!”
Given [...]

Belfast Harbour Releases 2009 Trade Figures

Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland’s largest seaport has reported that  tonnages fell by 4.4% last year in line with forecasts as the impact of the recession continued to be felt.  There was, however, double digit growth in Dry Bulk trades associated with the agri-food sector and passenger numbers also increased by 3% to 1.33m, double the rate [...]

Tuesday at the Assembly

Environment Minister Edwin Poots gets things underway today bringing the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill to its Consideration Stage.
Finance and Personnel Minister Nigel Dodds will be at the Dispatch Box before the Assembly Commission face their periodic grilling on housekeeping issues on the hill.
Private Members Business sees a SF motion calling on the Health Minister [...]

SDLP must present change that is new

In a week when the media pack hounded Tony Blair over the justification for the Iraq War over fifty countries endorsed and funded an incentive and bribe package for terrorists. Of course, the bribe and buy strategy is a well trodden path here in Northern Ireland..
Watching Blair perform in the Chilcott Star Chamber one could [...]