Arlene Foster hails growth in foreign direct investment

Enterprise minister Arlene Foster has welcomed research showing that the number of Northern Ireland investment projects gaining overseas backing rose by 41 per cent.
Data published by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in its latest paper, entitled UK's 2012/13 Inward Investment Annual Report, indicates that 1,559 investment projects across the UK were secured with foreign direct investment in the last financial year.
To put that into context, it represents an 11 per cent year-on-year increase.  read more>>>