Category: Business & Economy
Northern Ireland Catching Up On Broadband
by beano on 02 Jun 2007 at 16:08. Categories: Internet, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Irish Republic, Business & Economy
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are catching up to England for levels of broadband uptake according to figures released by Ofcom this week.
In 2005 England was leading the way with 36% of homes connected to broadband. Scotland followed with 31% w… more »
Northern Ireland Smoking Ban Takes Effect
by beano on 30 Apr 2007 at 18:52. Categories: Northern Ireland, Everything Else, Business & Economy, Culture
Smoking ban comes into force today, 30th April 2007... and not a moment too soon.
Today sees the coming into force of the ban on smoking in places of work meaning that smoking will no longer be allowed in bars, clubs and restaurants. I can't wait to b… more »
Employers Urged to Look Past Class
Not social class, degree class. A recent report has shown that men are being passed over for well-paying jobs because they're taking tougher courses at university than women. One-third of graduate jobs being advertised to graduates of any discipline wi… more »
When's A Democracy Not A Democracy?
by beano on 18 Feb 2007 at 13:43. Categories: Northern Ireland, Sport, Business & Economy, Myths and Lies, Education
Ah this ever-so-democratic Labour government, which has gone to war in the interests (in part at least) of "spreading democracy" to the middle-east. While I've never been particularly pro-war or anti-war, I do find the way the government have been acting… more »
Northern Ireland Gas Rip-Off
I've already discussed the rip-off charges imposed on Northern Irish customers trying to order PC components over the internet, but today seems an opportune momoent to highlight an even more reprehensible Northern Ireland consumer extortion - Phoenix Gas… more »
Piracy Is Theft
... or so we're told, but what is piracy exactly?
When people are profiting by selling bootleg DVDs at Nutt's Corner that's blatantly wrong. When someone downloads a track from a file-sharing network before taking the plunge to by an album, that's ma… more »
The Northern Ireland Delivery Rip-Off
There is a 2007 update to this post containing more recent information.
Over the years, I've bought numerous items from online mail order computer/electronics stores, and almost every time have been surprised by the high surcharge on deliveries to Nor… more »
Traffic Chaos... In The Sky
by beano on 10 Aug 2006 at 15:33. Categories: International, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, England, Business & Economy
Flights into and out of Belfast and Londonderry have been among those hit by delays and cancellations today due to a major security alert at Heathrow. In particular, flights to and from the London airports have been affected, and passengers are being mad… more »
As British As Finchley
by beano on 27 Jun 2006 at 20:45. Categories: Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Local Wackos, Business & Economy, Direct Rule
MPs from the DUP and UUP have joined with the SDLP and Sinn Fein in urging the Minister for Social Development, David Hanson, not to repeal Northern Ireland's antiquated licensing laws by bringing the licensing procedures inline with those in England and… more »
Gordon Brown in Northern Ireland
The Chancellor is in Belfast today and will meet with the local political parties (lucky guy) as well as business leaders (I wasn't aware we had any). This quote stuck out to me:
"The first message to him has to be that you can't penalise people now for… more »