- Support the creation of 20,000 new jobs
- Make Northern Ireland the best place in the UK to do business
- Work to reduce corporation tax
- Build Northern Ireland's reputation internationally as a centre for creative industries
- Work towards ensuring affordable daytime childcare across Northern Ireland
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- Oppose British government cuts
- Work to raise additional revenue at the executive to help offset the impact of cuts
- Develop all-Ireland economic recovery plan
- Reshape how government, the private and the public sectors have traditionally operated
- Fiscal powers must be devolved to Stormont
- Need to implement strategies to end inequality
- Ensure the government fulfils its commitment to deliver an investment strategy worth 拢18bn over 10 years
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- Take a measured approach towards Northern Ireland's role in eliminating the UK's structural deficit, recognising the public sector's importance to the local economy
- Aim to secure the devolution of powers to the assembly to enable it to set the rate of corporation tax
- Lower the corporation tax rate progressively over several years
- Maximise the opportunity of turning Northern Ireland into an enterprise zone with a long-term strategy to rebalance the economy and boost the private sector
- Seek a cross-departmental enterprise strategy which encourages research, redevelopment and innovation
- Aim to deliver an increased proportion of assembly research and procurement contracts to small and medium sized enterprises
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- Restructure the assembly budget to rebalance the economy, protect the most vulnerable and outline a serious job creation plan
- Cut corporation tax in Northern Ireland to bring it into line with rates in the Irish Republic;
- Make progress on North-South development and save money through new economies of scale, reduced duplication and increased specialisation
- Implement proposals to redirect extra finances to build schools and roads, bringing unemployed construction workers back to work
- Invest properly in Green New Deal, the agri-food industry and tourism to create tens of thousands of jobs in the next three years
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- Address the 拢1bn annual cost of division and reinvest the resources in modernising public services and economic drivers
- Drive a skills strategy to meet training and employment needs
- Implement a Green New Deal to create jobs while protecting the environment
- Tackle red tape for business and improve access to finance
- Ensure that public investment encourages business growth through reformed planning, better procurement and support for key industries
- Rebalance the economy towards a larger private sector, higher productivity and greater exports, with a lower rate of corporation tax a key element
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- Protect the public sector
- Oppose reducing the top rate of corporation tax which would mean up to 拢300m being slashed from public services
- Reduce the small profits rates to boost the small business sector
- Oppose budget cuts at both Westminster and Assembly levels
- Suspend new road building projects to raise money
- Oppose the privatisation of water
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- Prioritise job creation through an employment strategy that maximises private sector potential, while rebalancing public/private structure
- Oppose tax-raising powers for Stormont to protect vulnerable public sector and SMEs
- Reject aligning Northern Ireland economy with the Irish Republic, focusing instead on realising the full potential of east-west links and global export markets
- Encourage entrepreneurial culture by removing burden of bureaucracy
- Reject the plans contained in the Stormont budget
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