Ulster Bank

Globally recognised lifestyle retailer Miniso has officially opened its third store in Northern Ireland in Rushmere Shopping Centre, creating 15 new jobs as part of a major expansion plan supported by Ulster Bank. Owners of the Miniso franchise in Northern Ireland, Stuart Dixon and Trevor Finlay, pictured with senior relationship manager at Ulster Bank, Leona McNicholl

Miniso opens third store in Northern Ireland thanks to six-figure investment

The Financial Services Union has intensified their campaign against the proposal by Ulster Bank to close ten bank branches in Northern Ireland. Pictured is John O’Connell, general secretary of the FSU

FSU step up campaign to reverse Ulster Bank decision to close 10 NI banks

The Financial Services Union has described the announcement by Ulster Bank that it is to close 10 branches as hugely disappointing and a shocking abandonment of its loyal customer base and a bitter blow to communities in Northern Ireland. Pictured is John O’Connell, general secretary of the FSU

FSU to launch campaign against Ulster Bank proposal to close 10 branches in NI

SDLP councillor Gary McKeown has said he is disappointed following the announcement of two closures of Ulster Bank branches in south Belfast, among 10 across Northern Ireland

Another banking blow as Ulster Bank announces closure of 10 NI branches

Richard Ramsey, chief economist Northern Ireland, Ulster Bank

NI businesses report fastest decline in new orders since January, reveals PMI

Situated next to Down Royal Racecourse, country gastropub Gowdy’s of Down Royal has been acquired by its long-term lessees as part of a six-figure investment supported by Ulster Bank. Pictured at Gowdy’s are owner Tara Walsh and Ulster Bank business development manager Lee White

Bank supports six-figure acquisition of Gowdy’s of Down Royal

Lifestyle retailer Miniso has revealed plans to open in three more locations by 2025 as part of a major expansion plan supported by Ulster Bank. Pictured are Leona McNicholl, senior relationship manager in Ulster Bank’s commercial banking team, pictured with franchisees Trevor Finlay and Stuart Dixon at the opening of the new store in the Tower Centre, Ballymena

Global lifestyle retailer Miniso to open three more stores in Northern Ireland

Holywood in County Down has become the first community in Northern Ireland to welcome new cash services in the town’s local Post Office. Pictured is the Holywood EPO counter

NI’s first enhanced Post Office opens in Holywood offering new cash services

Richard Ramsey, chief economist Northern Ireland, Ulster Bank comments on the latest survey findings

UK business activity drops with NI 'at the bottom of the list', says Ulster Bank

Pictured are a selection of young entrepreneurs who have been working with Raise Ventures and Young Enterprise Northern Ireland: Siena Morelli, graduate product Designer at Belfast based startup AirPOS, Aiden Boyd, sales executive at Belfast based start-up AirPOS, Eva-Jayne Doherty, head of operations at start-up accelerator Raise Ventures, Rebecca Devlin, senior talent partner at DiverseTalent.ai, a Belfast based SaaS, Stephen Orr, chief revenue officer at AirPOS, Stephanie McEvoy, founder and CEO of NI start-up FarmingCarbon, Ugne Girciute, co-founder of start-up 103 Enterprise Company Programme and Dermot Beattie, customer support officer at AirPOS

NI business community launch first-ever summer school for emerging entrepreneurs

Ulster Bank business development manager Peter O'Hara pictured with Adam, Nigel and Andrea Robinson

Six-figure convenience store investment secures NI family's business legacy

Local Jobseekers are optimistic about the job market in NI as recruitment levels have begun to moderate according to leading hiring platform NIJobs

NI job market softens yet jobseeker optimism remains high

A rural dental practice with more than 6,000 registered patients has been acquired as part of a six-figure investment supported by Ulster Bank with new management planning to expand its range of treatment options to cater for both private and NHS patients. Dental surgeon Carla Overend has taken ownership of the long-established Clogher Valley Dental which has provided dentistry services to communities in the Fermanagh and Tyrone areas for almost three decades. Pictured are Ulster Bank business development manager Paul Reid pictured with business owner Carla Overend (Press Eye Ltd)

Rural dental practice has been acquired for six-figure investment

Anne Stewart, Senior Curator of Art at National Museums NI, at the works before their removal today with John Ferris, Regional Board Member, Ulster Bank.

Well known Belfast sculpture is on the move after 60 years

An artist impression of the future 31-units Beersbridge Road development in Belfast

Habinteg Housing Association (Ulster) secures £20m for new social housing in NI

The £50 polymer note from the Ulster Bank, which entered circulation in June 2022, features people and places in Northern Ireland.

Two UK banknotes among world’s most beautiful - full list of winners
Two UK banknotes have been named among the world’s most beautiful by the International Bank Note Society.

Belfast Pianos doubles capacity with Ulster Bank support. Pictured are Ulster Bank business development manager Lee White with business owners Steven and Jeena

Belfast Pianos doubles capacity with Ulster Bank support

The Ulster Bank has announced plans to lay off 250 staff in Northern Ireland.

Ulster Bank to lay off 250 staff in Northern Ireland

Ulster Bank has today announced a further 813 redundancies, 250 in Northern Ireland, as part of the bank's overall withdrawal process from the Irish market

Ulster Bank to cut 813 more jobs ahead of Irish market exit - 250 from NI

Samuel Dickey, RICS Northern Ireland residential property spokesman

NI surveyors remain relatively confident despite fewer property sales in April

The former Ulster Bank premises at Upper Cross Street in Larne.

Historic building in Larne town centre goes on the market

Pictured are Eugene and Eddie McKeever of McKeever Hotels with Ulster Bank’s Richard Lusty and Andy Tew outside the the four star Dunadry Hotel and Gardens in Antrim

McKeever Hotels and Ulster Bank reveal partnership for growth

Five new non-executive directors have been appointed to join the Board at Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall Ltd. (BWUH Ltd.), the organisation responsible for ICC Belfast - Belfast’s only purpose-built international convention centre - and the adjacent Waterfront Hall, and the iconic Ulster Hall. Pictured are Laura Jackson, Jason Ward, Julie Anne Clarke, Steve Daniels, Wilton Farrelly, Rob McConnell, Richard Ramsey and Julia Corkey

New non-executive directors appointed to Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall Ltd

The Ulster Fry is a much loved breakfast option province-wide and beyond. Due to rising costs of eggs, butter, sausages, bacon and so on, we will soon have to spend significantly more to enjoy one due to soaring rates of inflation which are in part the result of instability in geopolitics

Ulster Fry may become a less frequent treat due to soaring costs

New veterinary practice opens in Moira with support from Ulster Bank. Pictured is founder of Affinity Veterinary Clinic, Rebecca Martin and Ulster Bank business development manager Derick Wilson

New Moira small animal only practice is a dream come true for local vet

Ulster Bank to make a significant investment in its central Belfast branch

The Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, alderman Stephen Ross, and Joli Clothing owner, Lorraine McConnell, raised a toast to celebrate the reopening of the boutique at the former Ulster Bank building on Ballyclare's Main Street

NI designer boutique has expanded into a former Ulster Bank building
Northern Ireland designer boutique has relocated and expanded into the former Ulster Bank building in County Antrim

Café opening marks completion of Arthur’s guesthouse development. Pictured with Ulster Bank business development manager Derick Wilson are owners Lynne and Jonathan McCabe

Hillsborough’s newest hospitality hotspot expands once again

Northern Ireland's Bluefield Houseboats invests in new production facility, creating three new jobs. Pictured with Ulster Bank business development manager Derick Wilson are Bluefield Houseboats operations director Colin Nelson, chairman Tony Reid and technical director Justin Reid

NI houseboat manufacturer trebles capacity and creates new jobs

Northern Ireland note is a world-beater as £50 featuring the work of Lurgan-born astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell is ranked in best of best. Pictured is Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell with the £50 note

NI note is a world-beater as new £50 is ranked in best of best

PMI report reveals cross-border shopping and £600 payment boosted NI's retail sector

PMI: Cross-border shopping and £600 payment boosted NI's retail sector

Gate Lodge Dental Practice owner and principal dentist Conor O’Hare pictured with Ulster Bank business development manager Paul Reid

Belfast dental practice under new ownership following £300k investment

New report reveals NI business growth in 2023 is expected to slow significantly. Pictured is Michael McQuillan, Enterprise NI chief executive

47% of NI businesses will not survive the next year without support

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 30th November 2020

Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

General views Belfast city centre.

NI 'already in recession', economist warns ahead of autumn budget statement

Ulster Bank business development manager Peter O’Hara pictured with SugarProjects creative director and designer Ronan Cassidy

NI firm invests in new offices and opens coffee business, creating four jobs

Ulster Bank's chief economist, Richard Ramsey

Video: NI business activity falls for sixth month running

Sam McIlveen, general manager at NIJobs.com

NI firms still hiring despite rise in official unemployment figures

A generic photo of a red house with stacks of coins around it. Picture credit: PA Photo/thinkstockphotos.

Monthly mortgage bill of £1,000 for average NI home

Larne’s Hillmount House, the privately-owned Georgian manor, has completed a six-figure investment to develop a new, purpose-built wedding and conference centre with funding support from Ulster Bank

Georgian manor to double turnover with new wedding and conference centre

FSU calls on NI banks to pause all branch closures until a full review of services is conducted. Pictured is John O’Connell, general secretary of the Financial Services Union (FSU)

FSU calls on NI banks to pause all branch closures

Terry Robb, head of personal banking at Ulster Bank

NI homebuyer enquiries plummet, but low supply levels push prices higher

Two of the four founders behind Awaken Hub’s SheGen2.0 programme, Clare McGhee and Mary McKenna along with John Ferris, regional ecosystem manager, Ulster Bank and Gabi Burnside, entrepreneur acceleration manager, Ulster Bank

Ulster Bank partners with AwakenHub to deliver next phase of SheGenerate Program...

Ulster Bank business development manager Philip McNeill pictured with Anvil Tyre Centre’s Daniel Wethers

Fifth generation entrepreneurs expand 170 year-old tyre fitting business

Holywood in County Down is set to lose its Ulster Bank branch along with Comber

Bank’s ‘lip service’ to council over closures

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons visits The Bank of London's new Belfast offices with Jim Ditmore, the fintech firm's group chief operating officer

Bank of London opens new Belfast fintech base

Terry Robb, head of personal banking at Ulster Bank

NI housing demand eases but shortage in supply continues to underpin market pric...

Ann McGregor, chief executive, NI Chamber and Cara Haffey, head of private business and head of deals at PwC Northern Ireland and NI Chamber council member

PwC is new Northern Ireland Chamber Patron

Ulster Bank to pay additional 4% to staff in NI earning up to £32,000

Recipients of this year’s Ulster Bank Enterprise Funding: Nisha Tandon, founder and executive director, Arts Ekta, Lori Gatsi-Barnett, founder of the Join Her Network, John Ferris, regional eco-system manager, Ulster Bank, Helen Fitzpatrick, commercial projects manager, Enterprise NI and Chris Lynch, CE of the One in Five group

Ulster Bank funds diverse entrepreneurship

Andy Kelly, Afry, Niall Martindale, firmus energy CEO, Lucy Field, AFRY and Dr David Dobbin CBE, chair

firmus energy reveal NI plans for net zero carbon in the pipeline

The British Business Bank has appointed Susan Nightingale UK Network director for the Devolved Nations

British Business Bank appoints new director for Northern Ireland

Terry Robb and Sandra Wright of Ulster Bank presented Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell with the first of the new £50 notes available in Northern Ireland

New Ulster Bank £50 note goes into circulation

The manufacturing sector saw some continued growth

Business activity falls for first time in 14 months, and outlook bleak

Ciaran McLaughlin joins Belfast Commercial Funding

Belfast Commercial Funding adds experience to senior management team

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell paid a surprise visit to Strathearn School where she met year 13 pupils (L-R) Jess Ryan, Rosie Hardy and Rebekah Devlin. During the visit, Dame Jocelyn showcased the new Ulster Bank £50 note which features her iconic pulsar discovery and women working in NI's burgeoning life sciences industry.

Astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell urges girls to shoot for stars