Business

Artisan chocolatier Geri Martin has just collected the keys to open the door to a new direction for her small business which will create Northern Ireland’s first chocolate experience centre.

WORK has commenced on a £1million refurb of the former Dunnes Stores property on Church Street, Ballymoney which will create an employment hub for up to 150 people, along with retail opportunities.

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, experienced a year of growth across its Northern Irish portfolio in 2019, having invested c£40m in the region to date.

MCL InsureTech, the name behind online insurance brands Its4women, 25plus and Boxymo, has relocated its Irish operations to Swords, Dublin with the creation of 40 new roles there.

OCO Global, the international trade and investment specialist company headquartered in Belfast, has announced that it has been accepted onto the UN Global Compact, a movement of international stakeholders and companies who are committed to driving corporate sustainability.

A Belfast company that invented a ground-breaking new non-contact thermometer for use in hospitals is set to create five new jobs after securing major export partners in 11 new countries.

The leisure sector in Belfast received a pre-Christmas boost with the opening on the Boucher Road of a “Crystal Maze style” entertainment experience called Prison Island.

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Minister for the Economy, Diane Dodds, today announced that Invest Northern Ireland has offered £3.6million of support for Phase II of the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE).

Downpatrick based Finnebrogue Artisan has won a supply deal with Asda to produce four new meat-free lines, which will be available in over 250 stores across the UK as part of the Asda plant-based range.

A leading business organisation has said a government bail-out of Flybe will be a massive relief to both staff and commuters who use the service.

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Employment initiative, Let’s Work has received just under £1.7m funding from Northern Ireland Executive’s Social Investment Fund under the Delivering Social Change framework.

By Glyn Roberts, Chief Executive, Retail NI

Regional airline Flybe has secured a rescue deal with the government that will allow it to keep operating.

A delegation from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council was due to meet with management of Sensata Technologies today (Tuesday) over the planned closure of the company’s Carrickfergus plant.

Agnew Volkswagen recently unveiled its brand-new sales and service facilities to its customers on Boucher Road, Belfast.

Fibrus announces plans to roll out full fibre broadband to Castlewellan, Newcastle and Ballynahinchin the first half of 2020.