INFLATION has risen at its fastest rate in 40 years to 9 per cent as energy prices soared in April, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown.
NORTHERN Ireland businesses are among one of the biggest beneficiaries of Chinese demand, with goods exports to China increasing by 47 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of last year, according to fresh data.
BELFAST City Council planners have given the green light to revised proposals seeking to add new recreational facilities to an existing purpose-built and managed student accommodation development on Nelson Street near the Ulster University's Belfast campus.
ULSTER Bank will close another nine branches in Northern Ireland within the next three months as part of the continuing inexorable march towards digital banking.