UUEPC Publications

• Remote working in Northern Ireland
  • Future of Remote Working in Northern Ireland: Full Report (1.2 MB)
  • Future of Remote Working in Northern Ireland: Executive Summary (393.2 KB)
• Research Collaborations
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Northern Ireland Report 2020 (1.9 MB)
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Northern Ireland Report 2021 (4.3 MB)
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: UK Report 2021/22 (13.5 MB)
• UUEPC Outlook Spring 2022: 'Strong growth, but risks abound'
  • UUEPC Infographic Spring 2022 (154.0 KB)
  • UUEPC Outlook Spring 2022 (605.9 KB)
• Northern Ireland Skills Barometer
  • Northern Ireland Skills Barometer 2021: Information Pack (6.1 MB)
  • Northern Ireland Skills Barometer 2021: Overview Report (3.6 MB)
• Management and Leadership Training in Northern Ireland SMEs
  • Engagement with and Impact of Management and Leadership Training in NI SMEs (3.1 MB)
  • Management and Leadership Infographic (567.3 KB)
• Disability and the Labour Market
  • Maximising potential: A review of labour market outcomes for people with disabilities in Northern Ireland (3.2 MB)

• Northern Ireland's Competitiveness
  • Addressing NI's Competitiveness Challenges (1.7 MB)
• Review of non-domestic rates and Covid-19 recovery
  • UUEPC evidence paper for the Committee of Finance (698.5 KB)
• UUEPC Summer Outlook 2021: 'Light at the end of the tunnel'
  • UUEPC Summer Outlook 2021 (606.4 KB)
• Strategic Innovation Opportunities for Northern Ireland
  • Strategic Innovation Opportunities for NI (1.7 MB)
• The Impact of Covid-19 on Business Start Ups
  • The Impact of Covid-19 on Northern Ireland Business Start Up Activity (856.4 KB)
• The Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor: Current Profile, Potential for Recovery & Opportunities for Cooperation
  • DBEC Executive Summary (627.0 KB)
  • DBEC Full Report (1.6 MB)
• Back to the Start-Up: A Review of Business Start-Up Support in Northern Ireland
  • Back to the Start-Up - Full Report (3.8 MB)
  • Back to the Start-Up- Summary Report (1.1 MB)
• NI Labour Market Briefing
  • NI Labour Market Briefing March 2021 (996.1 KB)
• UUEPC response to the Draft Budget for Northern Ireland
  • Department of Finance 2021-22 Draft Budget Consultation: A Response from UUEPC (893.1 KB)
• Rates Relief Extension Briefing Paper
  • Rates Relief Extension beyond March 2021; Briefing Paper (1.5 MB)

• The Competitiveness Scorecard for Northern Ireland
  • A framework for economic, social & environmental progress - The Competitiveness Scorecard for Northern Ireland (10.9 MB)
• Covid-19 and the Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors
  • Employment vulnerabilities in the Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors as a result of COVID-19 (1.8 MB)
• Covid-19 business impacts in Northern Ireland
  • The impact of Covid-19 on business activity in Northern Ireland - Full Report (3.2 MB)
  • The impact of Covid-19 on business activity in Northern Ireland - Summary Report (1.2 MB)
• Economic Consequences of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland
  • Covid-19 and the Northern Ireland Economy webinar (1.3 MB)
  • Discussion Paper 2: Revised estimates of the potential impact and a Council-level view (766.0 KB)
  • Discussion Paper 3: Pathways to economic recovery after COVID-19 in Northern Ireland (954.2 KB)
  • Economic consequences of COVID-19 (555.6 KB)
• COVID-19 and the NI Economy
  • Measuring job vulnerability and the impact of social distancing restrictions: Infographic (88.8 KB)
  • Measuring job vulnerability and the impact of social distancing restrictions: Report (1.9 MB)
• Labour market implications of COVID-19
  • How have restrictions on work impacted different types of workers in Northern Ireland? (1.9 MB)
• Rates Relief for non-domestic ratepayers
  • Policy Advice for Minister - Rates Relief Information Paper
• Public and private sector earnings
  • Public and private sector earnings: Briefing Paper (1.6 MB)
• Competitiveness in Northern Ireland
  • Drivers of Competitiveness in Northern Ireland (1.2 MB)
• Automation and the Northern Ireland economy
  • Automation in Northern Ireland: Summary report
  • Intelligent futures: Working with automation & digitisation to deliver sustainable employment and growth
• Research Collaborations
  • Health, equality and the economy (3.9 MB)

• Cluster Policy in Northern Ireland
  • Cluster Policy in Northern Ireland: Best practice and findings from consultation across three sectors
• NI Skills Barometer 2019
  • NI Skills Barometer 2019: Infographic
  • NI Skills Barometer 2019: Information Pack
  • NI Skills Barometer 2019: Summary Report
• UUEPC Summer Outlook 2019: 'A challenging global environment'
  • UUEPC Infographic Summer 2019 (234.0 KB)
  • UUEPC Outlook Summer 2019 (542.6 KB)
• Sub-regional Spare Capacity in the Labour Market
  • Spare Capacity in Belfast City Council's Labour Market (2.6 MB)
  • Spare Capacity in Belfast City Region's Labour Market (2.6 MB)
• Competitiveness
  • Competitiveness and Policy Making on the island of Ireland (722.1 KB)
• Department of Justice - The Economic Impact of ECOs
  • Problem Solving Justice - The Economic Impact of Enhanced Combination orders (ECOs)
• Productivity in Northern Ireland
  • Understanding Productivity in Northern Ireland (1.1 MB)
• Competitiveness Measurement in Northern Ireland
  • A critical review of competitiveness measurement in Northern Ireland
• Economic Impact of the Geoscience Industry on the Northern Ireland Economy
  • A critical review of competitiveness measurement in Northern Ireland (2.2 MB)
• National Living Wage in Northern Ireland
  • Economic Implications of the National Living Wage in Northern Ireland in 2018 - Interim Report Findings
  • Economic Implications of the National Living Wage in Northern Ireland in 2020 - Final Report
• Sub-regional Future Skills Needs
  • Belfast City Council - Future Skills Needs (3.7 MB)
  • Belfast City Region - Future skills needs (5.5 MB)
• Knowledge Economy
  • Knowledge Economy 2018: Open data (221.9 KB)
  • Knowledge Economy Report 2018
  • Knowledge Economy Report 2018: Full research findings
• Research Collaborations
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; United Kingdom 2018 Monitoring Report
  • Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report

• UUEPC Autumn Outlook 2018: 'Different dynamics - record breaking jobs but challenging times ahead'
  • UUEPC Autumn Inforgraphic 2018 (99.3 KB)
  • UUEPC Outlook Autumn 2018 (742.5 KB)
• Overview of Local Government Community Plans and Links to the Programme for Government
  • An overview of Community Plans & links to the Programme for Government (514.8 KB)
  • Aligning Central and Local Priorities in Northern Ireland: Full report (957.7 KB)
• UUEPC Winter Outlook: 'Global trade winds, local headwinds'
  • Outlook Winter 2018 (572.3 KB)
• Knowledge Economy: 'Identifying our location. Defining our destination. Estimating our arrival.'
  • Knowledge Economy 2017: Open data (246.4 KB)
  • Skills Barometer: Full slide deck
• Research Collaborations
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; United Kingdom 2017 Monitoring Report
  • Global Entrepreneurship Report UK: Northern Ireland report 2017
  • Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses: Building Small Business Britain
  • The Design Economy 2018; The state of design in the UK - Executive summary
  • The Design Economy 2018; The state of design in the UK - Full report

• UUEPC Summer Outlook: 'Better than expected, less than needed'
  • Summer 2017 (617.3 KB)
  • Summer 2017 Infographic (1.2 MB)
• Skills Barometer 2017: 'Skills in Demand'
  • Skills Barometer: Full slide deck (3.6 MB)
  • Skills Barometer: Infographic (2.9 MB)
  • Skills Barometer: Summary report (986.9 KB)
• Consumption led growth in an era of squeezed incomes
  • Consumer study: Full report (2.4 MB)
• The North West City Region Challenges and Opportunities of Brexit
  • Initial Analysis of the Challenges and Opportunities of Brexit for the Derry City & Strabane and Donegal County Council areas - The North West City Region (3.7 MB)
• Research Collaborations
  • Defying Gravity: A critique of the estimates of Brexit (2.0 MB)
  • The role of Gravity models in estimating the economic impact of Brexit: Working paper No. 490 (988.5 KB)
  • UU response to the NI Industrial Strategy (866.6 KB)

• Inactivity Discussion Paper
  • An anatomy of economic inactivity in Northern Ireland (1.4 MB)
• Understanding Productivity in Northern Ireland
  • Productivity in Northern Ireland (1.3 MB)
• Knowledge Economy Report
  • Knowledge Economy: 'Tracking Progress. Powering Prosperity' (7.1 MB)
• UUEPC Winter Outlook 2016: 'The Potential Impacts of Brexit'
  • Winter 2016 (631.4 KB)
  • Winter 2016 Infographic (6.9 MB)
• Further Education Outcomes
  • Factors contributing to student outcomes in Northern Ireland FE Colleges- An Econometric Analysis (1.0 MB)
• Competitiveness Scorecard for Northern Ireland
  • Competitiveness in NI: Full report (7.3 MB)
  • EAG Competitiveness Summary (1.7 MB)
• Cost of Division
  • Cost of Division: 'A benchmark of performance and expenditure' (3.8 MB)
  • Cost of Division: Overview Report (769.5 KB)
• UUEPC Spring Outlook 2016: 'A finely balanced recovery'
  • Spring Outlook 2016: Full report (613.8 KB)
  • Spring Outlook 2016: Infographic (2.3 MB)
• Measuring the economic impact of a reduced rate of Corporation Tax in Northern Ireland
  • Corporation Tax: Summary report (768.9 KB)
  • Corporation Tax: Technical report (1.4 MB)
• Research Collaborations
  • The Macro-Economic Impact of Brexit: Working Paper No. 483 (2.0 MB)

• Air Connectivity in Northern Ireland
  • A Literature Review (970.2 KB)
  • The Economic Impact of Changes to Air Fares and Short-haul Air Passenger Duty (1.3 MB)
• Knowledge Economy Report
  • Knowledge Economy: Full report (959.5 KB)
  • Knowledge Economy: Infographic (3.4 MB)
• Research Collaborations
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (1.0 MB)
  • PwC Cities of Opportunity : The urban rhythm of entertainment and media (5.3 MB)
  • The CBR Macro-Economic Impact of Brexit: Working Paper No. 472 (1.0 MB)
  • UK Economy Forecast Report (2.6 MB)

• UUEPC: Autumn Outlook 2014: 'Contrasting Fortunes in the Public & Private sectors'
  • Autumn Outlook 2014: Full report (1.2 MB)
• UUEPC: Spring Outlook 2014: 'Will the recovery last'
  • Spring Outlook 2014: Full report (602.9 KB)
• Small Business Rates Relief
  • Evaluation of Small Business Rates Relief: Full report (3.6 MB)
• Research Collaborations
  • PwC Cities of Opportunity 6: We the urban people (4.1 MB)

• UUEPC: Winter Outlook 2013: 'First Steps to Recovery'
  • Winter Outlook 2013: Full report (1010.6 KB)