The North's largest business organisation, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed today’s progress toward the restoration of the Assembly on May 8.
FSB Policy chairman Wilfred Mitchell said: "The FSB welcome the progress made at Stormont today and hope that it will lead to the full restoration of locally elected and accountable Ministers who will be better placed to address the big challenges facing our economy.
"Today is clearly a good news story for Northern Ireland and we hope a turning point in the fortunes of our economy."