POST-pandemic, it was unclear what the future would hold for Belfast city centre and its commercial office sector, as working from home became commonplace and the centre suffered.
WITH the corporate world now very much back to business for 2023, we can begin to see a picture of what this year might look like from a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) perspective.
WE ended 2022 much like the previous two years, with a bleak economic outlook and hopes that the busy Christmas period will be enough to see businesses through even the beginning of 2023.
SINCE October 2021, Land & Property Services (LPS) has been working with the business community to gather rental evidence and other information to help assess new values on almost 75,000 non-domestic properties in Northern Ireland.
MANY owner-managed businesses in Northern Ireland have entered January determined to reduce their business costs to prepare for the turbulence 2023 may bring.
WITH 75,000 businesses in Northern Ireland receiving their draft valuation of their business rates last week, it was a stark reminder of the need for radical reform of our broken, antiquated, and expensive rating system.
IF you offer advice or professional services to businesses, you should ensure you are protected from client claims should a mistake or an error leave you vulnerable to a claim for client losses.