Postponing a major investment conference planned for Belfast next month in the hope Stormont can be restored by the time it starts would be a mistake, business leaders have said.
Retail footfall figures for Northern Ireland in July include a month-on-month increase of 5.4% for shopping centres and 5% for visitors to stores in Belfast.
It was only a few months ago that US President Joe Biden promised scores of American corporations were lining up to invest in Northern Ireland during a speech at Ulster University’s new Belfast campus.