Would-be investors in Northern Ireland are more interested in its talent and technology than the dual market access offered under the Brexit protocol, the head of Invest NI has said. At a jobs announcement in Belfast on Monday, Mr Holland was asked whether the dual market access offered under the Northern Ireland Protocol was emerging as a key factor in Invest NI’s discussions with potential foreign investors. “I think the USP for Northern Ireland is talent, its technology and its balance of quality of life versus cost of operations,” he said. DUP Economy Minister Gordon Lyons, who was also at the announcement, said it was the protocol, not his party, that was creating instability at Stormont. “It’s the protocol that is creating instability right now and it’s the protocol that is causing economic harm in Northern Ireland,” he said.

Source: Irish Examiner September 13, 2021 16:07 UTC