Northern Ireland drivers are being warned of the dangers of using refillable vapes behind the wheel, as a ban on disposable vapes comes into effect next month. The sale of

For many sectors across the island, not least pharmaceutical, and our many food and drink exporters, uncertainly is now a factor when it comes to business planning. Trump’s newly imposed

It was an Irish man, Richard Cantillon, who was generally recognised as having introduced the word ‘entrepreneur’ to the economic lexicon. Originally from Kerry, Cantillon lived much of his working

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the recruitment landscape. From filtering CVs to matching candidates with job roles at scale, AI is making broad steps toward a faster, more efficient hiring

Business First Meets Jan Parke, Financial Controller at Titanic Hotel Belfast, who this Sunday, will join other members of the hotel’s executive team to run the Belfast City Marathon for

Male drivers in Northern Ireland are still committing more motoring offences than female drivers, as males accounted for 8 in 10 of all motoring offences detected between 1st December 2023

The second Access to Finance report published by Enterprise Northern Ireland and the British Business Bank has found that 20% of SMEs in Northern Ireland experience barriers to accessing finance

About seventy years ago Edith Penrose pointed out that, when small businesses grow, they don’t scale up but change their organisation structures so much that “we have to look on

Jonathan McAlpin, Chief Executive, East Belfast Enterprise, said of the closure of Connswater: “The sad closure of Connswater shopping centre is a devastating blow to East Belfast. For decades, Connswater has been

If you have been to business school, what did you study? Was it business subjects like finance, operations management, marketing, organisational behaviour and economics? But what about the other sets