As part of ‘Stronger Starts’, Tesco’s new £5m-a-year grant scheme to support schools and children’s groups with funding for food and healthy activities, the supermarket is asking customers across Newry to do their bit to help give children across the UK a stronger start in life. As adverts for the initiative hit TV […]
Sep 14 2023 | Posted in
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Lidl Northern Ireland’s highly anticipated Baby Week Event is kicking off in store from Thursday 7 – Wednesday 13 September and with prices starting from as little as £0.89, you can pick up all the baby essentials you need to help navigate parenthood and support your baby through their early years. Customers can […]
Around Noon, the fast-growing food-to-go (FTG) manufacturer, is set to open a major new factory at Slough Trading Estate near London and will create up to 200 new jobs as part of an investment plan announced today. The company, which recently acquired the North London-based Soho Sandwich Company, has also enjoyed strong organic […]
NFU Mutual’s Armagh and Markethill offices are joining forces to meet the increasing demand for the rural insurer’s services. Creating a brand-new merged office will allow the team to continue to provide a local, personal service for NFU Mutual customers across a wider geographical region. The new larger office, which has been renamed […]
Players from Newry’s Ashgrove Rovers F.C. recently joined with the McDonald’s Newry restaurant for a litter clean-up in the town. The event formed part of McDonald’s campaign aimed at tackling litter in parks, on paths and along roadsides in towns across Northern Ireland. The ‘30 Parks in 30 Days’ campaign saw McDonald’s employees […]
Newry concrete maker, Smith Concrete, including its substantial site and production facility, has been put up for sale as a going concern with an asking price of over £ 1.5 million. The sale of the established family business is being managed by Bradley NI, the leading property agency which has offices in Newry, […]
Aug 21 2023 | Posted in
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Local builders’ merchant Haldane Fisher has announced its plans for an interactive event to provide self-builders, renovators, and DIY enthusiasts with the insights, knowledge and techniques needed to transform their dream projects into reality. Set to take place at its Newry Branch on Saturday 19 August 2023 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, […]
Building joy should be part of your business. That was the message at the two-day ‘Joy Seminar’ that drew people from across Newry to the Joe Magill Suite at WIN Business Park recently. Around 20 delegates came from charities and companies to hear international speaker Anne Sloan on ‘Restoring Joy In A Post-Covid […]
Apr 21 2023 | Posted in
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A record 11.7 million customers submitted their tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed. On 31 January, 861,085 customers filed online to meet the deadline, some with minutes to spare. There were 36,767 customers who filed in the last hour before the deadline, but the peak hour for filing […]
Feb 24 2023 | Posted in
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The Community Cashback Grant Scheme from SPAR NI, which has been labelled “lifesaving” by last year’s winner has returned for a second year. Officially, SPAR NI introduced the grants when community groups and charities felt the huge financial hit of lockdown in 2020, and in 2022, SPAR UK adopted the scheme and gave […]
Feb 20 2023 | Posted in
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