Tina Calder

Belfast Lands ‘World’s Best Conference Destination’ For Third Consecutive Year

Belfast has been officially named the world’s best conference destination for a third year at the Conference & Incentive Travel (C&IT) awards in London, securing a record-breaking position that underlines the city’s strengths as a major international draw for business delegates and event organisers. ICC Belfast, Northern Ireland’s only purpose-built international convention centre, was also […]

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Tech Entrepreneurs To Invest £400k In Local Food Ordering App With Focus On Better Value For Businesses

In response to continued rising costs for the food delivery industry from large corporate ordering apps, a group of Northern Ireland based entrepreneurs have launched a competitor that focuses on the needs of both the consumer and the business. Eat Local, headed up by businessmen Ivan McCombe, Anthony Pereira and Sandeep Sharma, will offer restaurants,

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NI-Pioneered Anti Food Waste Technology Platform Shortlisted For Earthshot Prize

Gander, the cutting-edge anti-food waste technology platform, first launched in Northern Ireland, has made it onto the list of contenders for the esteemed Earthshot Prize. Launched in 2020 by the iconic Sir David Attenborough and The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the global environmental award celebrates groundbreaking solutions to our planet’s

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iCare And Local Businesses Launch ‘Our Community Cares’ Campaign

iCare, part of Tarasis Enterprises Foundation Division, is teaming up with local businesses to give families in the Armagh area a helping hand this summer.  As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, the new ‘Our Community Cares’ campaign will provide vouchers for local shops to cover food and electricity costs as families face financial pressures

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Investment In Green Innovation Secures Prestigious NHS Contract For AIC Group Limited

Armagh based AIC Group Limited, specialists in thermal treatment and waste to energy systems, has secured a prestigious contract with NHS England following an investment in research and development. The contract will see AIC Group Limited install a waste to energy plant from its EcoTech line of products at a London hospital. The plant will

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NOW Group & Lidl NI Launch New Retail Skills Academy Supporting People With Autism & Learning DifficultiesNOW Group & Lidl NI Launch New Retail Skills Academy Supporting People With Autism & Learning Difficulties

Top employer Lidl Northern Ireland and leading social enterprise NOW Group today launched a pioneering employability programme – the first of its kind with the supermarket retailer – to support people with learning difficulties and autism into a retail career. The announcement is the latest move by the retailer in demonstrating its commitment to diversity

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Northern Ireland Young Leaders Off To Strasbourg Through New British Council Programme

Young leaders from Northern Ireland are off to Strasburg this weekend as part of a new programme through the British Council. Niamh Mallaghan and Tara Grace Connolly from the Northern Ireland Youth Forum, and Jamie McAdoo from YouthAction Northern Ireland, will join a UK youth delegation at the European Youth Event in Strasbourg this weekend, where they will

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Belfast Charity Receives £25k Donation From Asda Foundation To Transform Their Community Space

Asda’s charity, The Asda Foundation have today announced that substantial funding has been awarded to a Belfast group to enable them to transform community space where local people can come together. West Wellbeing Suicide Prevention based in Belfast have been awarded with a grant of £25,000 from The Asda Foundation that will help to create an

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