Alliance Economy spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has welcomed an announcement of 200 new jobs in Belfast by international accounting firm KPMG. A total of £14 million will be invested in KPMG’s Belfast offices, to establish a new Centre of Excellence in Belfast, delivering a range of digital consultancy services. “Northern Ireland has been facing an […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has called for the Economy Minister to take responsibility for the disappointing university experience many students have received this year. East Antrim MLA Mr Dickson was speaking after receiving a response to a question from Diane Dodds on student support, in which the Minister stated she has asked local universities to […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has welcomed news students are set to receive a £500 payment to help alleviate some of the disruption Covid-19 has caused. Speaking after the Economy Minister Diane Dodds made the announcement today, Mr Dickson said that while it would be a welcome result for students everywhere, there remained too many groups […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has called for cool, calm heads from all political leaders, after the escalation of threats at Larne Port led to staff being sent home. Raising the issue in a matter of the day at the Assembly, Mr Dickson said the time had now come to cool all the rhetoric, rhetoric which […]
East Antrim Alliance MLA, Stewart Dickson, has called on the Economy Minister to take urgent action to ensure that all those previously excluded from Covid-19 grant schemes are provided with support before the end of the financial year. Mr Dickson said: “This has been an extremely challenging year for businesses across Northern Ireland as a […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has declared his support for Holocaust Memorial Day, saying it is a fundamental way to combat hatred in the modern world. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and extermination camp which is the site of the largest mass murder in history. “Holocaust Memorial Day is […]
Alliance Economy Spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has welcomed the launch of two Department for the Economy Businesses Support Schemes to help local tourism and hospitality firms with some of the pressures of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Bed and Breakfast, Guest House and Guest Accommodation Scheme, and the Large Tourism and Hospitality Business Support Scheme were […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has said we are “now in project reality” as the outworkings of Brexit make themselves clear to those who supported it. Speaking during an Assembly debate on the current disruption to products caused by Brexit, East Antrim MLA Mr Dickson said £50 an hour fines for truckers waiting to clear customs […]
Alliance Economy Spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has welcomed a Supreme Court decision in favour of small firms receiving pay-outs from insurance policies, as a result of disruption from the Covid-19 Pandemic. A test case was brought to the Supreme Court by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), after many insurers refused to pay to cover Covid-19 […]
Alliance MLAs Stewart Dickson and Andrew Muir have raised concerns over the increasing risk the Executive may have to hand back part of the COVID-19 support funding it has received from Westminster. Since the start of March, the Executive has received approximately £3 billion in funding to support individuals and organisations through the pandemic. However, […]