U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs, Joe Kennedy III addressed a group of NI Chamber members in Belfast this morning, encouraging them to adopt a “healthy dose of American confidence” as they seek out opportunities to trade internationally. He had high praise for the impact that Northern Ireland has had on the […]
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Hillview Retail Park in Belfast is hitting the ground running in 2024 as it welcomes one of the UK’s fastest growing gym brands and a hardware and home improvement giant to the Crumlin Road. JD Gyms, the fitness arm of popular high-street retailer JD Sports PLC, will open its first venue in Northern Ireland at
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Danske Bank has reopened applications to its higher-level Apprenticeship programme Danske Futures for 2024 and is looking for twelve new apprentices to join the bank. The programme, which first launched in 2018 in partnership with Ulster University, allows students to study part-time for a degree while securing a permanent role within the bank’s Personal Banking
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Belfast Harbour has unveiled a specially commissioned portrait of Stena Line owner and Chairman, Dan Sten Olsson, at their Harbour Office in Corporation Square to celebrate the significant contribution the Swedish ferry operator has made to the Port and Region over the last three decades. The unveiling comes as Stena Line marks a record year
Ulster Bank is the only local bank to participate in a major refinancing of one of Northern Ireland’s most important infrastructure businesses that has just been completed. The bank has provided almost £70 million in lending to Antrim-based firmus energy, which operates the largest gas supply business in Northern Ireland, and the second-largest gas distribution
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ubloquity, a leading innovator in distributed ledger technology solutions based in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, has earned a place on the prestigious Aerospace Xelerated (AX) programme. Since its inception in 2019, the industry-backed AX programme has invested in, mentored, and supported more than 40 tech start-ups from 14 countries across 12 different industries, developing scalable and
Belfast based primary education app Komodo Learning is celebrating being shortlisted for a prestigious British Educational Training and Technology (Bett) Award 2024. Komodo, which is best known for its primary maths programme, has been nominated in the Best Education Support Resource for Parents or Home Learning category for its new primary literacy programme, Komodo English,
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The UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has awarded £3.3million in funding to a major on-farm trial and research project that seeks to eliminate the dependence of UK grassland farming on applied nitrogen fertilisers. The project, called Project ‘NUE-Leg (Nitrogen Utilisation Efficiency – Legume), will exploit major innovations in plant breeding, soil microbiology,
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Gossiping in the workplace can have serious negative impacts on your career, according to new research by Durham University Business School and NEOMA Business School. Not only are gossipers frowned upon by other work colleagues, they also become socially excluded in the company, and can experience negative career-related impacts as a consequence of their storytelling.
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Bangor is the least affordable city in Northern Ireland to own a home in. Meanwhile, Lisburn offers the best work-life balance in the country. On a national level, five cathedral cities top the list of UK cities with the least disposable incomes after paying their basic bills and mortgage rates. Among bigger UK cities, Bath
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