An Ulster Unionist MLA has set up a new consultancy business during Stormont's absence.
Former party leader Steve Aiken has registered with Companies House a new firm called Periscope Global Solutions Ltd.
The business, which appears to nod to the South Antrim MLA's former career as a Royal Navy submariner, will focus on "management consultancy activities".
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It is the latest example of MLAs seeking other work during the collapse of the devolved institutions.
Mr Aiken told Belfast Live: "During the current and enduring Assembly hiatus I've been asked to consult for a variety of organisations and businesses across these Islands.
"I've also been asked to lecture and appear in the media on a variety of areas outside NI politics.
"Setting up a management consultancy was the most appropriate way to effectively manage this work.
"All dividends etc will be reported in accordance with the Assembly's rules.
"It is hoped that the current impasse at Stormont doesn't last and that we can all get back to our primary role, that of being legislators for Northern Ireland."
Periscope was incorporated last month and Mr Aiken last week added the business to his Assembly register of interests.
The hours he intends to work on the business and his expected remuneration are still "to be determined", he said on the register.
Since last year the DUP has been blocking Stormont's Executive and Assembly in protest against post-Brexit trade barriers with Great Britain under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The Windsor Framework was agreed between the UK and European Union earlier this year in a bid to address issues with the arrangements, but the DUP has continued to raise concerns.
Mr Aiken's new business emerges after party colleague Robbie Butler was shortlisted for the job of Children's Commissioner.
The UUP deputy leader said it was a "very special job" and insisted his application did not indicate a disillusionment with politics.
In March, Alliance's Patricia O'Lynn stepped down as an MLA for North Antrim less than a year after being elected to take up a role at Queen's University Belfast.
The 33-year-old said the ongoing political impasse at Stormont had been "frustrating".
Alliance South Down MLA Patrick Brown also took on work as a part-time consultant for an enterprise agency.
He recorded he was working for Down Business Centre, earning £1,188 per month to be paid to a property firm for which he is a director, Brown Estates.
Several other MLAs have work outside of Stormont in a variety of roles.
DUP MLA Trevor Clarke is a partner in a car sales business earning up to £3,000 working eight hours per month. SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan is a director of a hospitality business, receiving up to £15,000 in the past financial year after working around 10 hours per week.
The financial interests of MPs have also been scrutinised in recent months.
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane was 20th in a list of MPs earning the most from jobs outside of Parliament, according to an analysis by Sky News and Tortoise.
The North Belfast MP receives £4,672 a month working between 40 and 80 hours for his law firm, according to his register of interests.
MLAs had their salaries cut from £51,500 to about £37,000 at the beginning of this year due to the collapse of power-sharing.
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