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COMPETITION: Leading figures from across Britain and Ireland's media, public relations and business industries gathered in Belfast this week to begin the judging process for the Coca-Cola CIPR Media Awards 2013. The judging panel - led by revered journalist

BT celebrates jump in profits

TELECOMS giant BT unveiled a bigger-than-expected jump in profits yesterday as it highlighted its financial firepower ahead of its £738 million Premier League battle against Sky.

A day after announcing it will

A'gulf' between supply and demand in marketing jobs
By OPINION RICHARD HOUDMONT

AS UNDERGRADUATES sit their final exams, many will also be worrying about finding a job. Of course it depends to some extent on what they are studying, for example, marketing graduates have above-average employability and

Chamber urges firms to 'grow something brilliant'

THE Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce used the visit to Ballymena of London mayor Boris Johnson to launch a new campaign called Growing Something Brilliant which it hopes will inspire businesses to set up, grow

Tour specialist launches air holiday division

BELFAST-based tours specialist Travel Solutions has launched a dedicated air holiday division.

Established in 1996, its main business since has been running an award-winning coach-holiday

'Positive' times forecast for UTV as revenues fall

BELFAST-BASED media group UTV insisted yesterday there are better times ahead - despite posting a 5 per cent fall in group revenues in the first quarter of this year.

Advertising income dropped

Retailing behemoth in further profits growth

RESULTS: Sainsbury's unveiled an eighth year of profits growth in a row S AINSBURY'S boss Justin King committed his future to the retailer yesterday as it unveiled an eighth successive year of profits growth under his 788m,

IN THE NEWS

Another survey reports house prices on way up

THE latest barometer for the state of Northern Ireland's housing market has confirmed what other surveys have reported - house prices are back on the up.

The latest University of Ulster quarterly house price index found the average cost of a new home during the first quarter of 2013 was just over £131,000.

Weighted across house types, that represents an increase just shy of 2 per cent over the past year.

The survey, produced along with the Bank of Ireland and the Housing Executive, perhaps gives the most accurate picture of the north's housing market.

Hotel group Hastings appoints its first female head concierge

COLLEEN Grant says she is "over the moon" at becoming the north's first female head concierge at the four-star Slieve Donard hotel in Newcastle, Co Down.

50 per cent of people in debt blame spiralling cost

HALF of those with debt concerns in Northern Ireland blame the spiralling cost of living like food

Sunblest Scotland

DEAL: Irish brand Sunblest has landed a lucrative listing on the shelves of Asda in Scotland. Sunblest

New events added to CultureTECH

CREATING a "pop-up" Invest NI office is one of the more intriguing aspects of the CultureTECH digital

70,000 without enough money to pay for basics

MORE than 70,000 people in the north - that's one in 20 - don't have enough money each week to cover

Bid to find buyers for vacant sites nears end

THE long-running process to find buyers for a number of vacant sites with power firm Northern

Vibration-risk warning

THOUSANDS of construction workers in the north who regularly use vibrating machinery are at risk of