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Economy Minister, Conor Murphy has announced that Chicago based fintech firm, SpiderRock Technology Solutions (“SpiderRock”), is making its first investment in the North by establishing a new engineering development team in Belfast.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has launched the Future Medicines Institute (FMI), a £55million industry-led collaborative initiative aimed at advancing the North’s Precision Medicine sector.
Economy Minister, Conor Murphy has announced that London-based fintech firm Ctrl Alt, is investing £1.5million to establish a new office in Belfast, creating 21 high-quality jobs.
Economy Minister, Conor Murphy, has announced that Japanese Cyber Security firm, Nihon Cyber Defence (NCD), is expanding in Northern Ireland.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced a £4.5 million investment by leading IT solutions provider, Ergo, to establish a new office in the North that will create 40 high-quality jobs over three years.
Invest NI has published its three-year Business Strategy ‘Our Future in Focus’ today.
Speaking about the strategy, Invest NI Chair, John Healy said: “This new business strategy is our commitment to delivering for Northern Ireland business and our economy.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced a £2.1 million investment by Dublin-based Data Platform Company, Spark, to establish a Data Analytics and AI Technology and Consulting Centre in Belfast.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has launched The Business Innovation Grant (BIG), a new £4.3 million initiative designed to help businesses across Northern Ireland embrace innovation and boost productivity and competitiveness.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced that Belfast company Fern Software has secured two multi-million pound contracts in Singapore.
Fern Software provides cutting-edge software solutions for the financial services sector.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has arrived in Singapore to lead an all-island trade mission to the world’s largest fintech trade event, Singapore Fintech Festival.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced a new Advisory Board designed to enhance Northern Ireland’s standing as a global leader in green technology and the net zero economy.
Economy Minister Conor Murphy today launched a new £11m Cluster Acceleration Programme.
Northern Ireland is uniquely positioned to become a global leader in green manufacturing, technology, services, and supply chain innovation. Rachel Sankannawar, Head of Green Economy Development at Invest Northern Ireland, explains why businesses should embrace the green economy and how Invest NI is helping them succeed.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving and as his tenure as US Special Envoy for Economic Affairs draws to a close, Invest NI’s Director of Trade & Investment, Anne Beggs writes in the Irish News about Joe Kennedy III’s catalytic impact on businesses right across Northern Ireland and laying the foundations for a legacy of growth opportunities.
Steve Harper, Invest Northern Ireland’s executive director, international and skills, sets out Northern Ireland’s unique competitive position.
John Hood, Invest Northern Ireland’s Director of Food & Drink reflects on a challenging year for businesses and provides a flavour of how the agency will continue to support the sector in 2020.
In the first of a two-part feature, we look at how NI companies are taking huge steps to help the fight against COVID-19.
Each year we report our end of year performances figures, highlighting in particular our progress against our 4 year Business Strategy targets which were set as part of the draft Programme for Government.
The sudden contraction of export markets, loss of supply chain and government decisions to lockdown whole countries and close all but essential businesses has sent shockwaves through economies right around the globe as COVID-19 has moved from continent to continent.
The immediate global impact of COVID-19 on businesses has been huge, both financially and operationally. It has caused disruptions to global and local supply chains, including the supply of essential raw materials and energy.
In this feature we look at the activity we undertook during 2019/2020 to support business growth, future investment and job creation across Northern Ireland. This activity will drive our outcome performance in future years.
In recent months, much of the world has had travel and business restrictions in place in the fight against COVID-19. Countries in Asia were among the first to go into lockdown, and are now amongst the first to emerge. As the restrictions ease and Asia moves to a ‘new-normal’ there are business opportunities for Northern Ireland companies to expand in the region.
COVID-19 has brought many challenges, but there are also opportunities and some Northern Ireland SME businesses are looking to take advantage of this.
This year, I had the opportunity to sit on the panel for the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. Now in their 54th year, the Queen’s Awards are considered by many as the highest UK official award for businesses and are awarded for outstanding achievement in the categories of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility.