
Over 70 businesses from the Newry area recently attended Danske Bank’s ‘Good to Grow’ breakfast event at the Canal Court Hotel, hosted in partnership with the Newry Chamber of Commerce. Speaking at the event, Danske Bank Chief Economist Angela McGowan said, “With a number of economic indicators showing that we are finally turning the corner […]
Nov 8 2013 | Posted in
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Local Certified Financial Planner, David Crozier, has been voted as one of the top 200 Rated Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) in the UK by his clients. Crozier, based in Newry, founded Navigator Financial Planning in 2004 and his achievement will be announced in The Times on Saturday 19th October. Speaking to Newry Times, Crozier stated, […]

Customers of Thomas Cook in the Buttercrane Shopping Centre, Newry, have voted the branch ‘Best Multiple Retail Agency’ in the Province in this year’s Northern Ireland Travel & Tourism Awards. The awards were presented by television favourite Les Dennis at an event attended by more than 600 people at the Slieve Donard hotel, Newcastle. Victory […]

Newry woman Magdalena Ryan, a part time accounting student at the Ulster Business School, has been placed 1st in Ireland and 11th in the world in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams in 2013. Magdalena, who works for Envirogroup Ltd in Warrenpoint, excelled in the Taxation paper and was presented with the ACCA […]
Oct 29 2013 | Posted in
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The countdown to Christmas has officially begun with news that Calendar Club is back in town. Calendar Club, a feature of the Buttercrane Shopping Centre in Newry every festive season, is located this beside Boots and Burton in the busy mall. There are calendars to suit everyone, so start ticking items off your Christmas list […]
Oct 28 2013 | Posted in
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A Newry man has been praised for his role in one of the world’s largest professional organisations. Michael Hannaway, who was RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Northern Ireland Chairman and continues to be a member of the RICS UK & Ireland World Regional Board, was applauded by his successor in the Northern Ireland role, […]
Oct 28 2013 | Posted in
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Boots the Chemist in Buttercrane Shopping Centre scooped the top prize during the centre’s first ever National Customer Service Week celebrations (7-13th October). The award comes hot on the heels of Specsavers winning the Best Customer Service (Multiple Retailers) accolade from the Greater Newry Area Business Awards 2013 while Thomas Cook, Buttercrane scooped Multiple Travel […]
Oct 24 2013 | Posted in
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Phone network coverage in the Newry & Mourne area continues to be a source of major annoyance and frustration. Newry Times was contacted over this past number of weeks by members of the local community who claim to be experiencing major difficulties with their phone network. The vast majority of those who contacted Newry Times […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Department for Employment and Learning, Derek Baker, today officially opened Southern Regional College’s GreenTEC Centre at their Greenbank Campus in Newry. GreenTEC is a new centre of excellence for the construction industry. It will support business and industry by offering accredited training, seminars, business support in a wide range of […]
Oct 21 2013 | Posted in
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Deborah Loughran has been elected as President of Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade at its Annual General Meeting this evening, Thursday, 17th October in Newry. The election of the Office Bearers and Executive Committee was presided over by Art Magennis MBE. Declan McChesney, Michael McKeown, Peter Conway and Aidan Malone were elected for the […]
Oct 17 2013 | Posted in
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