Business

26 OctoberMonday

• 01:57 Business·2 min read Cruise calls to Wrenhaven double, but residents ask for limits The port expects 64 cruise ship visits this year, bringing an estimated €14m into the city, while Old Quay residents want a cap on the number of ships on a single day.

25 OctoberSunday

• 22:39 Business·1 min read Harvest season: rice pours into a waiting trailer Paddy streaming from a combine’s unloading auger quickly filled the trailer at the edge of the field.
• 21:02 Business·1 min read Forestry harvester at work in a winter woodland A timber machine working through a snowy birch wood stacks felled trunks by the track.
• 19:25 Business·1 min read Combines side by side in a wheat field: the harvest from above Drone footage shows two combine harvesters unloading grain into a moving tractor trailer.
• 09:17 Business·2 min read Saltings shipyard wins order for three electric harbour ferries The contract, worth around €27m, will keep the yard's slipways busy until 2029 and replace the diesel boats that cross between Old Quay and the Saltings.

24 OctoberSaturday

• 13:11 Business·1 min read Tea gardens: green terraces on the hillsides ▣ 10 photos From Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Rwanda to Japan, the rhythmic green patterns of tea plantations.
• 09:28 Business·2 min read Pop-up shops push Wrenhaven high-street vacancy rate to a six-year low A scheme offering empty units to start-up traders on short, cheap leases has filled 37 shopfronts, and a third of the tenants have now signed longer contracts.

23 OctoberFriday

• 07:51 Business·2 min read Greyling Hills sawmill switches to engineered timber for apartment blocks Hartshorn Timber has invested in a press that glues layers of local spruce into large structural panels, and has won its first order for a six-storey housing scheme.

22 OctoberThursday

• 23:11 Business·1 min read Harvest time in the vineyards: from grapes to landscapes ▣ 11 photos Frames showing the season's work and scenery in Europe's vineyards.
• 17:42 Business·3 min read Port of Wrenhaven handles record container volumes as Asher Point deep-water berth opens The port moved more boxes in the past quarter than in any three months on record, helped by a new 400-metre berth that can take the largest ships now calling in the region.
• 08:17 Business·2 min read Old Quay market traders adopt card payments as cash use falls Almost every stall at the weekend market now takes cards after a group deal cut fees, though traders say they will keep accepting coins for regulars who prefer them.
• 06:17 Business·3 min read Asher Valley villagers club together to buy their own wind turbine More than 600 residents of Holloway and two neighbouring villages have bought shares in a single community-owned turbine, with stakes starting at €250 and profits promised to stay in the valley.

21 OctoberWednesday

• 23:11 Business·1 min read Beekeeping: honey season at the hives ▣ 10 photos From mountain slopes to woodland edges, beekeepers' colourful hives and combs full of work.
• 08:29 Business·3 min read Old Quay fish auction goes online as inland restaurants join the bidding Buyers can now bid for the morning catch from a phone or laptop, and fishers say prices at Wrenhaven's oldest market have become noticeably less volatile since the switch.
• 06:19 Business·3 min read Empty Harbourside office blocks to become 600 flats as remote work reshapes the docks Three office buildings that have stood largely vacant since staff began working from home are being converted into homes, the biggest scheme of its kind the city has approved.
• 02:21 Business·3 min read Coastal guesthouses fill quiet months by bundling walks and food breaks Small hotels and guesthouses around Greyling Bay report a rise in out-of-season bookings after joining forces to sell guided walks, cookery sessions and harbour suppers as short-break packages.