HOMEWARES firm Dunelm has revealed falling annual profits as it battled rising costs, but forecast a return to earnings growth in the year ahead.

PLANNERS at Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council have given planning approval for £90 million scheme to build 300 houses and new community facilities at Craighill Quarry in Ballyclare.

OWNERSHIP of electric-powered vehicles in Northern Ireland has soared by 133 per cent in the last two years - much higher than any other UK region - new figures show.

MOY-based sustainable distillery Symphonia Spirits has hit the right notes with supermarket giant Tesco after securing a significant listing for its Irish apple gin across most of its stores in Northern Ireland and via Tesco online.

THERE is now a very real prospect that the Bank of England could pause interest rises on Thursday in the wake of a surprise fall in the UK rate of inflation.

PLANS for a new Premier Inn Hotel at Belfast International Airport have been approved.

AMIDST the worst cost-of-living crisis in living memory, it has emerged that one in seven people in Northern Ireland don't have a single penny in savings.

DERRY-headquartered Alchemy Technology Services has paid an undisclosed but "significant" sum to acquire a leading London-based insurance industry consultancy.

A NEW hospitality group has been formed to relaunch Lisburn’s Haslem Hotel and Lark Bar.

COFFEE chain Bob & Berts is set to open its second store in Belfast city centre.

Commercial public service broadcasting channels – ITV, STV, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5 – are subject to tighter advertising controls than others.

A MAJOR new project has been launched to get more than 1,000 people with disabilities or health issues into employment in Northern Ireland within the next two years.