NI’s fifth-generation family firm on staffing issues and potential student solution

[Belfast Telegraph]( Tuesday, 28 November 2023 [Weekly Business Digest]( [premium] [‘We’d be bigger if we could get the staff’: NI’s fifth-generation family firm on issues and potential student solution](   [Margaret Canning] Margaret Canning Business Editor Welcome to this week's Business Telegraph. We've spoken to Ronan McQuillan of McQuillan Companies, who tells us why its trouble with recruitment has led to new partnerships with Queen's and UU. He also talks about the [privileges of running a fifth-generation family business]( and the difficulties of operating without an Executive in place. A Dublin IT company has moved to new offices at The Boat in Belfast, and [has its eye on future expansion](. And another IT company, Cloudsmith, is flying high after [securing a funding injection]( not long after appointing a new CEO. In our opinion section, Lorraine Nelson takes [a closer look at the chancellor's autumn statement]( while Colin Lewis talks about why he thinks a ['bonfire of the quangos' is a better idea than potential revenue-raising options](. Thank you, and see you next week, Margaret [premium] [IT firm pushes boat out with new Belfast offices as it eyes ambitious expansion](   [Belfast software firm announces £8.8m funding round to ‘supercharge growth’](   [£57m investment sees Ballymena firm go ‘from strength to strength’](   [NI cookie bakery enjoying ‘phenomenal growth’ thanks to TikTok boost](   [Belfast business mum: ‘I was pregnant at 18 and told I’d be a failure… but I was out to prove them wrong’](   [Novelist on money: ‘I went to a private school but there was never money for anything else’](   --------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MIGHT LIKE --------------------------------------------------------------- Opinion [premium] [Reform of NI’s public service delivery is a solution of real merit for our financial woes](   And Finally... [NI’s first Pret a Manger store to open next week](   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