Galgorm Castle Estates Investment

Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, has welcomed the announcement of an £8 million investment at Galgorm Castle Estates which will create over 60 full-and part-time jobs in Ballymena, at an event this morning in Ballymena’s Braid Centre. Galgorm Castle Estates Developments, Ballymena, which, currently consists of Galgorm Castle, a courtyard housing twenty businesses and a championship [...]

Buses Leave for London

The production line manufacturing Boris Johnson’s new buses for London, hailed as the ‘greenest of its type anywhere in the world’… has delivered its first vehicles to the capital. The first two buses have left the Wrightbus factory in Ballymena, and will be followed by another four next week with a further 594 over the next three [...]

More & More Businesses Connecting to firmus

Why more and more businesses are connecting to firmus energy natural gas… From its inception in 2005, local natural gas provider, firmus energy, has come a long way. The company started with just four employees, no customers and the momentous task of building an underground pipe network to allow thousands of homes and businesses outside [...]

Wrightbus Lands £28M Vehicle Order

Ballymena-based company Wrightbus announced today that it is set to benefit from an order worth over £28m from FirstGroup plc., as the FTSE 250 listed company announced vehicle investment plans for the forthcoming financial year for its UK Bus operations. Wrightbus faced significant competition from a number of manufacturers throughout the world and had to [...]

Success for The Front Page Bar

FRONT PAGE BAR CROWNED NORTHERN IRELAND’S BEST NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB The Front Page Bar in Ballymena is celebrating after being crowned Northern Ireland’s Best Neighbourhood Pub at this year’s Pubs of Ulster’s Pub of the Year Awards, which were held in the majestic surroundings of Belfast City Hall last week. Mark Stewart, Chairman of Pubs of [...]

Business Awards Gala Evening 2012

Ballymena businesses were out in force last Thursday (11th October) at the Gala evening in Tullyglass House Hotel to celebrate the 10th Ballymena Borough Business Excellence awards. The awards are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Principal sponsor this year was Ballymena Borough Council. President of the Ballymena Chamber [...]

Gala Evening Gallery

All the pictures from the Ballymena Borough Business Excellence Awards 2012:

Singapore Success for Wrightbus

Singapore Success continues for Wrightbus with a three year contract win worth £41 million. Wrightbus has secured a significant three year contract to supply 550 Double Deck bus kits to SBS Transit for local assembly in Singapore.  The new order secures Wrightbus, along with chassis partner Volvo, as the primary suppliers of double-deck buses to [...]

Adair Arms Launch

The Official launch of a new era of The Adair Arms Hotel  Illuminating the character of yesterday and capturing the ambience of today, it is an exciting era for the Adair Arms Hotel.  First Minister Peter Robinson with Eugene and Catherine McKeever Thursday 24th May 2012 saw the official launch of the new look Adair Arms [...]

Accreditation for Samuel Cumming & Son

Long established Ballymena solicitors’ practice, Samuel Cumming & Son, has become the first practice in the town to receive the Lexcel Quality Standard Mark. The firm, which is based in Linenhall Street, Ballymena, has four partners – Nicholas Cumming, Paul Livingstone, Peter Louden and Orla Hatt and deals with a wide variety of legal issues, [...]