Just three per cent of businesses are registered in NI’s second city…

| Readers 43

The Londonderry Sentinel has some fascinating figures released by the DFP minister Sammy Wilson:

New figures detailing the number of registered businesses in each constituency show there were only 2,205 in Londonderry in January.

Only West Belfast (1,430) and North Belfast (2,185) had fewer whilst East Londonderry (3,900) and West Tyrone (5,095) had roughly twice as many as the Foyle constituency.

And it notes:

It follows the revelation in March that over 800 business premises in Londonderry lie desolate.

There are 13 empty factories, 270 empty warehouses and stores and 167 empty shops in Londonderry at present, according to the Finance Minister Sammy Wilson. A total of 817 unoccupied non-domestic properties were vacant here at March 18. This was up from 787 two years ago.

Discover more from Slugger O'Toole

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Recent posts

Michael Hehir

Voting, border poll, and NI’s future: What the non-committed think…

Brian O'Neill

People leaving the workforce costs UK ‘£16bn a year’ in lost tax…

Brian O'Neill

Queen’s study shows Flavonoid-rich foods and drinks may cut risk of dementia…

We are reader supported. Donate to keep Slugger lit!

For over 20 years, Slugger has been an independent place for debate and new ideas. We have published over 40,000 posts and over one and a half million comments on the site. Each month we have over 70,000 readers. All this we have accomplished with only volunteers we have never had any paid staff.

Slugger does not receive any funding, and we respect our readers, so we will never run intrusive ads or sponsored posts. Instead, we are reader-supported. Help us keep Slugger independent by becoming a friend of Slugger. While we run a tight ship and no one gets paid to write, we need money to help us cover our costs.

If you like what we do, we are asking you to consider giving a monthly donation of any amount, or you can give a one-off donation. Any amount is appreciated. 

Give a monthly donation Give a one-off donation