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BDO NI welcomes award winners named in memory of Newry’s Miceal Murphy

Accountancy and Business Advisory firm, BDO Northern Ireland, has awarded six Financial Accounting students from Queen’s University entry to a special student mentoring programme. Jonathan McMaw, Lisa Wilson and Tiárnán Moore, all in their first year, were the top three performing students in their Introductory Financial Accounting Module assessment while second year students Neil McAleenan, […]

Newry-based MJM Group to buy former military base and create 100 jobs

First Minister, Arlene Foster MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MLA have announced their agreement to sell Shackleton, the former military base at Ballykelly, to Newry-based MJM Group. MJM Group plans to create over 100 jobs initially on the 621.5 acre site and provide a range of facilities benefitting the local community. Welcoming the […]

Storey encourages businesses back to the high street

Finance Minister Mervyn Storey MLA today saw first-hand how a 50% rate discount on empty premises is attracting business to a main shopping area. The Minister visited Herbert Gould Home, an interiors store on Belfast’s Lisburn Road, which has benefitted from the Department of Finance and Personnel’s Empty Premises Rate Relief Scheme. The Scheme offers […]

Work4UPlus Careers Awareness Event a huge success

The Work4UPlus Alternative Careers Awareness Event, one of the area’s biggest careers awareness event for young people took place at The Canal Court Millar Suite, Newry on 9th February 2016. Aimed at 14 – 20 year olds, this four hour event provided young people with a rare chance to discover careers through interactive, inspirational activities […]

Renewable energy ‘vital’ to local economy

Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said renewable energy is vital to the local economy. The Newry representative made the comments following a visit with other members of the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment to the Kingspan Environmental headquarters in Portadown last week. Murphy said such trips were important to ensure the committee had […]

Newry based FM Environmental win Grand Central Station contract

Enterprise Trade and Investment Minister Jonathan Bell has announced that Newry based FM Environmental has won a significant contract with Grand Central Station in New York. Announcing the project at Grand Central Station at the end of a week-long visit to the US, Jonathan Bell said, “This is an impressive development for a very ambitious […]

Ritchie urges Chancellor to support apprenticeships

SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has pressed the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to give businesses in Northern Ireland the support they need to take on more apprentices. Ritchie stated, “If the Government is truly serious about increasing productivity and reducing unemployment in Northern Ireland, they must provide our businesses with the […]

Newly appointed District Electoral Area coordinators take up roles

The New Year signifies a change in how business will be conducted within each District Electoral Area (DEA) following the appointment of a specific coordinator who will proactively work in partnership with the community to deal with local identified issues. In the very near future each DEA will be holding public meetings to encourage nominations […]

Murphy welcomes Intertrade commitment

Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has welcomed an additional financial commitment by Minister Jonathan Bell to Intertrade Ireland at a time when the organisation faced the possibility of having to cut core programmes due to budget cuts. “A planned unilateral cut to the Intertrade Ireland budget by Minister Bell will now not go ahead. Instead, […]

Create your perfect bathroom with Lily Bain Bathrooms, Newry

Lily Bain Bathrooms are an experienced bathroom and tile supplier and offer stylish bathrooms and accessories at superb prices. Located conveniently at Mountview Business Park (just off main Rathfriland Road), there is ample car parking space for visitors and an impressive flagship 3,500ft2 showroom, which showcases over 20 bathroom and tile settings. Just over the […]







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