Major jobs announcement kicks off Belfast investment summit

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The 1,000 new jobs at professional services firm EY will be based in Belfast and in the north west.

It has been organised by the UK Department for Business and Trade and the Northern Ireland Office, together with Northern Ireland's inward investment agency Invest NI.'Unique trading position'

"It will take courage on all sides to prioritise reconciliation and prosperity over division, but I know this can be done because it was done in spades 25 years ago [with the Good Friday Agreement]."Data, analytics, cyber securityEY Northern Ireland's managing partner, Rob Heron, said there had been increased demand across areas of the firm's business areas in recent years.

The Windsor Framework, like its predecessor the Northern Ireland Protocol, keeps Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods. The jobs being announced today by EY are in services rather than manufacturing, so the Windsor Framework has no bearing on them. "Unfettered and flexible access to the EU and UK makes this the only jurisdiction in the world from which business can sell into GB and the EU free of customs and regulatory barriers," it said.

 

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