HeyJaredAngela McGowan
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Angela McGowan: Government must support business to reduce costs if politicians are to tackle cost-of-living crisis (opens the original)
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Businesses across Northern Ireland are contending with mounting labour costs, rising energy bills and renewed concerns about inflation in quarter four as the conflict in the Middle East drives up input costs. Firms are delaying investment and slowing recruitment, contributing to weaker economic growth and a softer labour market. They are also acutely aware of the financial pressures facing their employees and households across Northern Ireland, but their ability to absorb an avalanche of higher
Angela McGowan: Northern Ireland must not be left outside the UKâs growth story (opens the original)
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Growth is a challenge right across the UK but with a new administration in Downing Street, there is a desire to really move the dial on the economy. But when I speak to local chief executives, there is a growing sense of competitive disadvantage relative to the rest of the UK that needs to be corrected. Business leaders tell me that they face many of the same pressures as companies elsewhere in the UK, while also having to battle higher electricity and transport costs and an additional post-Brex
Angela McGowan: Businesses see confidence improve - but costs continue to weigh (opens the original)
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Since my last column, quite a few things have changed. For a brief spell in June the sun even shone - something Northern Ireland had almost forgotten. A US-Iran agreement reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Sir Keir Starmer announced he will step down as Prime Minister, and the political spotlight is now on Andy Burnham as the presumptive prime minister-in-waiting. Things can turn around quickly in politics, and sometimes business and household sentiment can change just as rapidly. However, fixing th
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