Northern Ireland Business News

The Finale saw the young entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas before judges at the final of the ‘Young Entrepreneurs to Watch’. An initiative supported by Danske Bank and Belfast City Council

Lord Mayor meets Marie Thérèse Hickey of Verona Bridal on Bruce Street, Curtis and John Sloan of Sloan's Gym on Chapel Lane and Peter Richards and Sarah McAvera of Golden Thread Gallery on Queen Street, all businesses helping to bring vibrancy back to Belfast City Centre.

Belfast based Connected Health has invested in Research & Development (R&D) to create Carebox, an in-home care solution which is designed to support older people with virtual care and medication. Connected Health has also deployed a host of additional service innovations and support throughout the Covid 19 pandemic.

K&G McAtamney, the Ballymena based father and son butchers, have taken home the Overall Supplier of the Year award at the annual Henderson Wholesale Fresh Innovation Awards 2019.

Its Congratulations to Eamon Ferris (21) from Castlewellan who has scooped the Under 23 European Doubles title at Bridlington in Yorkshire this month. The SERC student has been playing snooker since 11.

A new FinTrU Assured Skills Academy in Londonderry is offering 20 training places in financial services for graduates. Funded by the DfE, the latest Academy will will see successful participants guaranteed a job interview with FinTrU

A new programme to boost female entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland has been formally launched at an event in Belfast. Ulster Bank’s ‘Back Her Business’ is Northern Ireland’s first female-only crowdfunding programme.

NI Land & Property Services assisted by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency today released the House Price Index report for Quarter 1 2019, showing a slight fall in residential property prices

Iconic Iron Throne is theme of final installation in Tourism Ireland’s Game of Thrones legacy trail. Tourism Ireland unveils new behind-the-scenes video about how stained-glass pieces were created

Over a quarter (27%) of the UK population don’t know that a stroke occurs in the brain, highlighting a lack of knowledge around the UK’s leading cause of disability. Yet nearly half...

NI Department of Health publish 2018 Public Health NI Fact Sheet showing Life expectancy in 2015-17 was 78.5 years for males and 82.3 years for females and 16.5 suicide deaths per 100,000 population in 2015-17.

NI Department for the Economy publishs bulletin on Essential Skills Enrolments and Outcomes in Northern Ireland from 2002/03 to 2017/18. They indicate in 2017/18 62.3% of enrolments were from unemployed or economically inactive persons

NI Department of Health and the NI Department of Justice publish new Guidance on how Northern Ireland employers can respond more effectively to domestic, sexual violence and abuse. The Guidance was launched at an event in Belfast City Hall

flybmi launch new reduced fares on their daily service between City of Derry Airport and London Stansted with flights starting from just £39pp one way. They have also added additional flights over the Christmas and New Year period - ideal for Christmas shopping in London

Entries for the 2018 Northern Ireland Responsible Business Awards will close on Friday 23 February 2018. The Awards run by Business in the Community, seek to recognise and celebrate firms in Northern Ireland that are making a difference addressing social and environmental issues. Winners will be revealed at a glittering gala dinner at Belfast Waterfront Hall on Thursday 24 May 2018.

Belfast’s fledgling businesses in high growth areas are being offered an opportunity to increase their sales, profitability and competitiveness through a new business development programme called Venture for Success, a free Belfast City Council three year programme

Charlene Hegarty of Zero Myth, Belfast, has been given the opportunity of a lifetime as part of this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. Belfast City Council invited entrepreneurs to pitch their innovative business ideas for the chance to attend South by Southwest in Austin Texas in 2018

Belfast City Council is offering a supportive new programme for Belfast based micro, small businesses and social enterprises, ‘Think.Do.Be.’ Participants will receive mentoring, along with the opportunity to attend seminars delivered by experienced business consultants

Invest Northern Ireland announce new regional manager for Spain. Chief Executive of Invest NI Alastair Hamilton made the announcement whilst visiting Madrid to meet Simon Manley CMG, British Ambassador to Spain and Andorra and Conor McGurk, Director of the Department for International Trade

Jonathan Fisher, a South Eastern Regional College (SERC) student from Lisburn, who defied medical predictions to survive a rare condition which left him paralysed, has written his second book ‘Ten Minutes on Mars’. The book is a collection of eighteen short stories, with frightening tales of thrilling science-fiction

Tourism NI chairman Terence Brannigan has welcomed the resounding success of Northern Ireland’s Year of Food and Drink.