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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Northern Ireland’s housing market continues to outperform all other UK regions, and local surveyors are more optimistic about the year ahead than their counterparts across the water. That’s according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Ulster Bank Residential Market Survey, which compares surveyors’ views on the housing market across the UK
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As Groundhog Day approaches, Advice NI is encouraging households to seek financial advice and free themselves from the seemingly never-ending cycle of debt. Taking place on February 2, the leading debt charity emphasises the first step is to seek support and is urging individuals to break free from a ‘Groundhog Day’ situation – known to
Leading hospitality business, the McKeever Hotel Group has appointed the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice as its Charity of the Year and committed to a year-long programme of fundraising activity involving staff, suppliers, and guests. The partnership was the outcome of a companywide consultation with employees and will be supported by its four NI hotels –
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Northern Ireland’s biggest independent security provider and facilities management company Mercury Security & Facilities Management (MSFM) has been reappointed to provide a complete security solution to CastleCourt Shopping Centre following a rigorous tender process. CastleCourt, in the heart of Belfast’s busy city centre, first opened its doors in 1990 and is one of Northern Ireland’s
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