
Buttercrane Shopping Centre has launched a new Sensory Support kit for families who visit the centre. The kit is designed to support children with autistic spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder or conditions with sensory sensitivities. Article continues below The kit, which is available for a small refundable deposit from the Customer Help Desk, contains ear […]
Jul 23 2019 | Posted in
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More than 10,000 businesses in Northern Ireland, with a turnover above £85,000, have signed up to Making Tax Digital (MTD). HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is now urging the remaining businesses, that are required to sign up in the region, to do it before the VAT filing deadline next month. Article continues below Many of […]
Jul 23 2019 | Posted in
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Lidl Northern Ireland has become the first retailer to install customer recycling stations at checkouts across all its 38 branches, in a bid to reduce packaging waste bought in-store. The scheme is the first of its kind among supermarkets in Northern Ireland and offers Lidl’s hundreds of thousands of weekly customers the opportunity to remove […]
Jul 22 2019 | Posted in
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Newry-based ‘food to go’ manufacturer, Around Noon, is investing more than £500,000 in improving its facilities, enhancing its IT systems, and increasing automation, with support from Barclays. The innovative company has switched its banking to Barclays to assist it in making the important investments as it continues to grow the products and services it offers […]
Jul 18 2019 | Posted in
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Independent food and coffee shop chain Bob & Berts is investing in five new stores in Northern Ireland, including Newry. With new funding facilities from Ulster Bank, and the continued support of its existing investor BGF, Bob & Berts is investing in the opening of eight new stores in Northern Ireland and Scotland creating over […]
Jul 16 2019 | Posted in
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If you fancy a little break away this summer with family, why not go to the Lodge Hotel and enjoy some family time. Renowned for its award winning food and accommodation, The Lodge Hotel, Coleraine is the ideal base for touring the North Coast. No need to jet off around the world to get that […]

£2 million is to be made available for 10 projects under the latest round of the Small Business Research Initiative Challenge Fund (SBRI). SBRI provides companies with the opportunity to develop new, innovative solutions and products to address challenges in the public sector. Northern Ireland departments are seeking help from businesses to address […]
Jul 10 2019 | Posted in
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Norbrook and its team have raised over £120,000 for the Southern Area Hospice Services as part of the company’s 50th-year celebrations. Employees of the Newry-based business raised over £60,000 through nine events; smashing their target of £50,000. The company then matched the employee total, bringing the amount going to support the Hospice’s important […]

Local installers servicing Newry, Warrenpoint and surrounding areas have been awarded the firmus energy installer charter, offering further reassurance to local customers switching to natural gas. With ambitious plans already underway in the Newry and Warrenpoint areas by firmus energy, with an approximate investment value of more than £1.5million to make natural gas available to […]

The achievements of Northern Ireland’s top businesswomen will be celebrated at the 2019 Women in Business Awards, an initiative now in its ninth year. The Awards are an annual celebration of the outstanding achievements of female business leaders. The gala evening will be hosted at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Belfast on Thursday […]