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Food prices are estimated to have grown by 0.2% in the last month and increased by 6.7% in the last 12 months.

THE UK Chancellor’s move to cut fuel duty by 5p per litre and raise the national insurance threshold does not go far enough to address spiralling fuel and energy costs, the Finance Minister has said.

AROUND 450 hospitality businesses eligible for a Covid-19 support grant have not applied for the scheme, the Department of Finance has said.

Mary Lou McDonald was reacting after a decision to plant a tree at Stormont to mark the Jubilee.

ON Wednesday the British Government’s spending review will confirm the Executive’s block grant for the next three years.

A £1 million fund to remove unsafe cladding from private residential buildings in Northern Ireland has opened for applications four years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed its dangers.

A MORITORIUM introduced to protect business tenants struggling to pay rent during the pandemic has been extended until March 2022.

FINANCE minister Conor Murphy has urged the main banks in the north to stop all branch closures for at least 12 months.

EACH year the Executive spends around £3 billion on goods, services, and construction works.

MORE than 13,000 businesses across the north will start sharing in a £72.3 million support fund from today.