NI high streets 'could be decimated' without rates relief

[View in browser]( [Belfast Telegraph]( Tuesday, 07 February 2023 [Weekly Business Digest]( Welcome to Business Telegraph, This week, we hear from a [Larne hotel owner representing 150 businesses, charities and clubs in the area]( feeling the devastating impact of the impasse at Stormont. The north west has had a boost with the announcement of a [£20m investment and 300 jobs by financial services company FinTru]( doubling its workforce in Derry by 2027. We talk to [Harland & Wolff chief executive John Wood]( about his ambitious plans to build the Belfast shipyard’s workforce up to 5,000 by 2035. Economists Eoin Magennis and Ana Desmond from Ulster University’s Economic Policy Centre weigh in on [Belfast-born CBI director general Tony Danker’s comments on remote working](. And [Sheridan Pennell, the boss of AV and production specialist S3 Creative]( is inviting entrants to the [Belfast Telegraph Business Awards]( category of Best Use of Digital and/or Social Media. Thank you and see you next week, Margaret Top Stories [premium] [NI high streets 'could be decimated' without rates relief]( [FinTrU’s £20m investment will create 300 new jobs in north west]( [premium] [Belfast’s £200m ‘Grand Central Station’ expected to be completed in 2025]( [NI shoppers facing extra £550 on their grocery bills in 2023, explains report]( [270 social housing units to be built across Northern Ireland in £40m project]( Interview [premium] [Harland & Wolff boss confident company could have 5,000 workers by 2035]( Opinion [Eoin Magennis and Ana Desmond: Working from home - Time to find out if CBI boss Tony Danker is right]( Other [Creative content is more important than ever, says local production company]( [Hotel with rooftop pool and restaurant earmarked for Belfast city centre]( [Belfast universities add one million square feet of new space in 2022]( What do you think of this email? [Positive]( [Positive]( [Negative]( [Negative]( [belfasttelegraph]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Follow us on Facebook]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL This email is from Belfast Telegraph part of Mediahuis UK Ltd. You received this email because you have signed up for the Belfast Telegraph Business Newsletter. [Contact Us]( | [Privacy Statement]( | [Cookie Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Copyright - 2023 All Rights Reserved