Belfast Business & Economy
- Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, its urban heart and its engine for economic growth.
- Top 5 fastest groing regional economy in the UK.
- Unemployment has fallen by 17% - 10 times the UK average.
- January 2006 was the 34th consecutive month of growth in the private sector according to the Ulster Bank's Purchasing Managers Index.
US investors such as the All State Corporation, Liberty Mutual and Citigroup
have joined major investments from HBOS, Abbey and Prudential to create a
Belfast financial services cluster.
Another emerging cluster is mobile telecoms where specialist technologies have
been developed by local companies such as Aepona and Mobile Cohesion. Life and
Health Technology is another sector showing significant growth, supported by
the NI Bioengineering Centre at the University of Ulster.
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