Northern Ireland

£4m Investment Into Northern Ireland Hospitality Businesses

A total of £4 million is being invested into three top hospitality businesses in the Belfast and Bangor areas. Iconic Belfast bar and restaurant T...

Hotelier Says Brexit Would Have 'Disastrous' Effect on Northern Ireland Tourism

A prominent Northern Ireland-based hotelier has claimed that the UK leaving the EU would be detrimental to tourism, particularly in Northern Ireland. In...

Profits Rise For Northern Irish Meat Processor Dunbia

Leading Northern Irish meat processor Dunbia saw profits rise by more than 40 per cent last year, on turnover of £826 million. Based in Dungannon,...

Hospitality Ulster Warns About Struggling Sector

Food and beverage sales across Belfast have been approximately five per cent down throughout the year compared to 2014 figures, according to Hosp...

Hotels Sales in the North Rise, Still Behind South

The hotel market in Northern Ireland has seen a huge rise in sales in 2015, but still lags far behind the South in terms of activity. A total of nine ho...

Northern Ireland Parliament to Examine VAT Rate

The Northern Irish Parliament has launched an enquiry into whether its VAT rate - currently at 20 per cent - has a detrimental effect on the tourism trade....

Hugh Wallace Critical of North's Hotel Sector

Hugh Wallace, one of Ireland's most well-known architects and RTE's Home of the Year judge, has criticised the Northern Irish hotel sector, saying its...

Minister Urges Stormont to Reduce VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector

The Northern Irish Minister for Enterprise has vowed to lobby on behalf of hospitality business owners to get VAT reduced to a similar rate as in the Repub...