Publications

This study focuses on the relationship between investment in research and development and innovation activity, and how this relates to business growth and productivity.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is an international project which seeks to provide information on the entrepreneurial landscape of 43 countries in 2020.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is an international project which seeks to provide information on the entrepreneurial landscape of 50 countries in 2021.

The Apprenticeships and Training Statistics consultation gave users the opportunity to comment on three statistical bulletins: Training for Success (TfS), ApprenticeshipsNI (AP

The NI Local Growth Dashboard has been developed by Queen’s University in conjunction with the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) and presents a number of growth metrics for start-ups and existing firms in NI.

The NI Local Growth Dashboard has been developed by Queen’s University Belfast in conjunction with the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) and presents a number of growth metrics for start-ups and existing firms in NI.

The Economic Advisory Group (EAG) published a review of Access to Finance in March 2013, which included 13 recommendations. The majority of these related to bank finance and have been taken forward by the Access to Finance Implementation panel.

In December 2021, DfE published the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland – The Path to Net Zero Energy and one of the commitment statements within the Energy Strategy is: “We will produce a comprehensive energy evidence programme to inform policy decisions”.

This independent report reviews the progress that has been made towards achieving the vision set out in Access to Success.

This research builds upon previous attempts to estimate the cost to the NI economy of workplace injury and ill health and seeks to address previously identified weaknesses in the available data.

Creating a globally competitive economy represents the overall ambition within the draft Industrial Strategy. Achieving this objective requires an understanding of Northern Ireland’s competitive strengths and areas where further improvement is needed.

The Department for the Economy has recently published a paper on NI Trade and Investment in a no deal scenario. Following the publication of the paper, the Northern Ireland Civil Service had requests from stakeholders in relation to providing a further breakdown of some o

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is an international project which seeks to provide information on the entrepreneurial landscape of 49 countries in 2022.

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) (2007) system is used to classify business and collect economic data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). 

The following issues are dealt with in this letter:-

In the context of establishing trade agreements post EU Exit, further information was needed on the flow of Northern Ireland services exports and imports to facilitate estimates of potential impacts, the identification of opportunities and to add to the understanding of the ch

This report benchmarks Northern Ireland’s skills base against a number of international economies for a range of indicators for which comparable data is available.

The Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey is a joint collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University collecting information on the attitudes, values and beliefs of the people of Northern Ireland on a wide range of social and economic issues

The Department for the Economy has just completed a number of meetings with key stakeholder groups in preparation for full public consultation on the future of the non-domestic Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.

This paper provides analysis of accompanied heavy goods vehicle (HGV) movements between Northern Ireland and Great Britain using mobile network data.