NI economy

FD Technologies, the Newry-based technology firm, is on the brink of being taken over by a US company.

The rise in National Insurance contributions means it is more expensive for businesses to employ people.

This first £25m investment includes a new security hall and duty free area, as well as a new forecourt outside the front of the building.

People who heat their homes with oil have been advised to buy now despite the upcoming summer months.

Parcel companies need to be signed up to a trusted trader scheme because of the changes.

The healthy food company's products have disappeared from the shelves of some of NI's biggest supermarkets.

It comes days after Airbus finalised a deal to take over part of the Spirit AeroSystems operation in Belfast.

The deal was first announced in July last year as part of a wider break up of the Spirit business.