
Attractions and experiences in the Newry area have until Friday 1 March to enter the search for Northern Ireland’s Best Small Visitor Attraction – a competition which will offer the winner a prize of £30,000 free marketing support and brand visibility at George Best Belfast City Airport. Launched by the airport in partnership with Tourism […]
Feb 27 2019 | Posted in
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SRC has broken ground on a major project to construct a new, state-of-the-art campus at Castlewellan Road – a world class quality education hub which will open in 2020. Building work on Southern Regional College’s new £15 million educational campus in Banbridge started in earnest this week after preparatory works on the Castlewellan Road site […]
Feb 21 2019 | Posted in
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SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty has welcomed the launch of the M1 Corridor project, which aims to promote the potential of the east coast corridor as a great place to invest and do business in. Speaking after the launch McNulty said, “The Belfast to Dublin economic corridor has always been highlighted as […]
Feb 20 2019 | Posted in
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Buttercrane Shopping Centre is marking 30 years in the heart of Newry city. First opening its doors in November 1988, the centre has changed dramatically, the ebb and flow reflecting the changes on the High Street. Located alongside the historic Newry Canal in the centre of the city, the site on which Buttercrane […]
Feb 20 2019 | Posted in
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Contracting Management Development (CMD) has recently announced plans to expand their business after a busy year in business. The Newry-based construction and fit-out specialists have seen their turnover push into the multi-million bracket, allowing them to open two offices in Newry and Dublin and recruit ten new members of staff. Since its inception, […]

An NI-based food-to-go firm has grown its yoghurt sales by 200 per cent in a year, after forming a partnership with Clandeboye Estate. Around Noon, which is headquartered in Newry, entered into a partnership with north Down-based Clandeboye Estate late in 2017 to produce yoghurt for its growing range of products. Now, a […]

More than 3.5 million customers have just one week left to complete their Self Assessment tax returns and pay any tax owed, warns HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The deadline to complete a 2017/18 tax return online is 11.59pm on 31 January, and last year more than 93% of customers filed their returns by the […]
Jan 25 2019 | Posted in
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Business leaders from the Newry area are being urged to enter this year’s Institute of Directors (IoD) Northern Ireland Director of the Year Awards, with limited time remaining before the 1 February deadline. The awards, sponsored by First Trust Bank, seek to honour the best performing directors in the private, public and third sectors across […]
Jan 25 2019 | Posted in
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More than 200,000 new businesses have used a new one-stop cross-government service allowing new start-ups to register their company and also register for tax at the same time. The Streamlined Company Registration Service, which has been set up in a collaboration between HMRC and Companies House, will ease the burdens on new businesses, enabling them […]
Jan 24 2019 | Posted in
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Most of HMRC’s customers complete their tax returns honestly and on time but every year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receives some outlandish excuses and expense claims. Some of the most bizarre excuses HMRC received from customers who missed the Self Assessment deadline include being too short to reach the post-box and having fingers too […]
Jan 23 2019 | Posted in
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