The completion of the transfer of power from Westminster to Belfast has resulted in more opportunities to exploit cross-Border trade, according to the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The NICCI was speaking after its recent Business without Borders event aimed at building links between businesses in the Republic and the North. The venue was Ulster Bank headquarters in Belfast.

Pictured above at the NICCI seminar are Mr Hugh Governey (left), president, Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Mr Sean Farren, Minister of Higher Education, and Mr Owen Lamont, president, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry.