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Small Business Loan Fund a real success: Hamilton
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton MLA visited renewable energy business Coolsky Ltd in Newtownards, a local business supported by the NI Small Business Loan Fund. The Fund provides access to finance for...
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NEET Strategy Forum funding given
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry, today announced £108,000 funding to continue the work of the NEET Strategy Forum (NSF). In developing the Executive’s strategy, ‘Pathways to...
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Apprenticeships Strategic Advisory Forum appoints Chair
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has announced the appointment of Dr Bryan Keating as Chair of the interim Strategic Advisory Forum on Apprenticeships. Following a second meeting of...
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New NI Rual Community Capital Grant Programme
DARD Minister Michelle O’Neill has announced a new funding programme specifically designed to improve the lives of those living in rural communities. The Rural Micro Capital Grant Programme will be...
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£3.7m Ballyclare School refurb planned
Education Minister John O’Dowd has cut the first sod on a refurbishment scheme at Ballyclare Secondary School. Total costs for the project are £3.737m. In March 2013 the Minister announced that...
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£1.4m Belvoir youth centre opens
Young people in Belfast’s Belvoir area are making the most of a new youth centre opened by Education Minister John O’Dowd. The new build includes a Sports Hall, IT facilities and social meeting places...
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NI Unite calls off action
Transport Minister, Danny Kennedy has welcomed the decision by trade union UNITE to call off industrial action next week. The Minister said: “Following a meeting with UNITE union today, I have agreed...
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Multi-million pound investment in Strabane
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has announced McColgan’s Quality Foods Ltd is creating 43 jobs in Strabane through a investment of over £7.3m in Strabane. McColgan’s, which...
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NI welcomes new Consumer Council board members
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has announced the appointment of a new Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson to the Board of the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland. Sheila...
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Future regeneration of Dromore outlined
Social Development Minister, Mervyn Storey MLA, has launched a new vision for the future of Dromore town centre. Key proposals in the Dromore Masterplan include: creating a River Lagan corridor...
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£1m refurbishment begins at Acorn
Education Minister John O’Dowd has visited Acorn Integrated Primary School in Carrickfergus as £1m refurbishment project gets underway. The project will provide a three classroom extension which will...
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£438,000 for Rhyl debt advice centre
Communities and Tackling Poverty Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has announced funding of £438,194 to transform the ASK Centre in Rhyl so it can provide high-quality debt advice to even more local people....
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£186,000 training centre in Merthyr
Communities and Tackling Poverty Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has announced funding of £186,565 to create a new media centre in Merthyr set to give local youngsters valuable training opportunities. The...
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NI Skills crisis threatens local growth: CBI
More than half of businesses in Northern Ireland fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers to succeed in the future, according to the 2015 CBI/Pearson Education and Skills...
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Borth coastal defence projects launched
The old coastal defences at Borth were constructed during the early 1970s and after 40 years the lifespan of the defences have reached an end. A number of studies were undertaken, following concerns...
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£3.8m Ballymoney High School build progresses
Education Minister John O’Dowd today visited the site of a £3.8m improvement project at Ballymoney High School. The project includes a new two-storey modular building which will provide specialist...
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Arts are a right: Ní Chuilín
Arts are not a luxury, they are a right, c has said. The Minister set out her position when she spoke at the cultural participation, marginalisation and resistance event tonight. The event was...
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£47.6m boost to NI NHS
In addition to the £40m for waiting lists, a further £7.6m has been secured to meet a range of priority pressures across essential front line services. Included in this are: £4m for Trusts and primary...
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£1.5m Investment for Portstewart
Social Development Minister, Mervyn Storey MLA, has today announced funding of £1.5m to regenerate Portstewart’s promenade. The joint initiative will include £750,000 from the Department for Social...
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£16m pledged to help NI’s most vulnerable
Almost 5,000 people in Northern Ireland have more money in their pockets today than they did last year. Announcing the success of his Department’s Benefit Uptake Programme for 2014/15, Minister Storey...
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