
A former engineer has turned his passion for traditional craftsmanship into a successful blacksmith business thanks to help from the Go For It programme in association with Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. This project is part-funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth and […]
Jan 24 2023 | Posted in
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Click Energy has announced NSPCC Northern Ireland as its new charity partner, allowing customers to make donations to the organisation each time they top up. NSPCC Northern Ireland helps protect children from abuse with vital services, including Childline and therapeutic services for children and families across their Hubs in Belfast and Derry, their […]
Jan 20 2023 | Posted in
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Land & Property Services (LPS) has released draft valuations of almost 75,000 businesses in Northern Ireland. Known as Reval2023, this revaluation process will result in a new non-domestic Valuation List being used to calculate business rate bills from April 2023. Business rates are charged on most non-domestic premises, including shops, offices, warehouses, factories, hotels […]
Jan 13 2023 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin councillor Geraldine Kearns has welcomed the signing of the city deals contract, saying that it will unlock £8 million in funding for Newry. The Newry City Councillor says, “The Contract for funding local regeneration projects from the Belfast region city deal has now been agreed. “This is a really big boost […]
Jan 12 2023 | Posted in
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NI Water is celebrating after being recognised as the best of Belfast Business in becoming the inaugural winner of the Diversity and Inclusion award at the Belfast Chamber Business Awards. The win is the latest achievement for the local utility, having recently picked up two prestigious diversity awards at the Responsible Business Awards […]

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding Self Assessment customers that they must declare COVID-19 payments in their tax returns for the 2021 to 2022 tax year. More than 2.9 million people claimed at least one Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payment up to 5 April 2022. These grants are taxable and should […]

Norbrook Holdings Ltd has announced its results for the year to 29 July 2022, which show Revenue of £232 million, up 0.4% year-on-year (CER down 1%), generating Operating Profit of £20.2 million. The Company’s output and delivery performance were similar to that of the prior year. The continued programme of significant capital investment […]

In January 2023 S&W Wholesale will become one of the largest known businesses in Northern Ireland to move to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) model of ownership. This structure will see control of the business move from its current private ownership to a Trust, which will manage and control the shares indirectly on […]

Deli Lites’ Jackie Reid is inspiring local young people to get into business. Founded by the dynamic husband and wife duo Brian and Jackie Reid, Deli Lites Ireland is an energetic Northern Irish food-to-go business. The business started from the family-run gourmet sandwich bar in Newry but quickly expanded. Deli Lites Chief Strategy […]

The Warrenpoint Harbour “Port Christmas Community Fund” is officially ‘Ho, Ho, Ho open’. The third annual Christmas Community Fund aims to support local charities and organisations. The fund, which is currently sitting at £16,000k is open to all charities and organisations within a 15-mile radius of Warrenpoint Harbour, which supports the health, wellbeing, […]
Dec 12 2022 | Posted in
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