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<p>International investment makes an important contribution towards Northern Ireland's
prosperity.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Investment Summit, led by the Department
for Business and Trade in partnership with the Northern Ireland Office and Invest
NI, welcomed over 180 global investors to the region in September. The Summit showcased
Northern Ireland’s innovation, sector strengths and opportunities for inward investment
to a truly global audience.</p><p> </p><p>We are already seeing new international
investment in Northern Ireland’s key growth sectors as a result, along with established
companies already based in Northern Ireland announcing that they will be expanding
their operations in the region.</p><p> </p><p>My Department continues to work closely
with the Department for Business and Trade to maximise opportunities to encourage
investment. I attended the Global Investment Summit that the UK hosted in November
and met with many businesses interested in setting and scaling up in the UK. My clear
message to them was that Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom has all of the
right ingredients for economic success: exceptional talent, unique opportunities,
a tradition of creativity and a healthy spirit of private sector entrepreneurship.</p><p>
</p><p>A key factor for international investment is of course business certainty.
We thus welcome the restoration of devolved governance in Northern Ireland.</p><p>
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