Business & Enterprise

Cork City Council planners have held workshops this week as they prepare to draw up development masterplans for 220 hectares of docklands along the River Lee.

In England, the number of residential planning approvals increased by 9 per cent during the first quarter of 2017 compared to 2016, to 12,300, according to latest government statistics.

Local authorities in Northern Ireland have assumed responsibility for key economic development powers from central government, including the transfer of responsibility for the NI Business Start Up Programme (NIBSUP), formerly managed by Invest NI.

The government’s industrial strategy aims to address the country’s long-term economic challenges, but the strategy could be stifled by the...