Wrightbus International Opens Middle East Office
Wrightbus International – the International arm of Wrights Group – has strengthened its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a permanent office at Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. The office, which will be headed up by Wrightbus International Director – Middle East, Paul Brannigan, will provide a springboard for the company’s business […]
Hotel Chain Expands into R.O.I.
County Antrim-based McKeever Hotel Group has announced its expansion into the Republic of Ireland with the purchase of the Letterkenny Court Hotel in Donegal. A major renovation of the three star hotel has just started with the first two phases seeing a £400,000 investment (€500,000) to totally refurbish the ground floor, including building a new […]
Chamber Breakfast Networking Event
Ballymena Chamber of Commerce hosted another very successful breakfast networking event this week at The Rosspark Hotel, Kells. Ballymena Chamber of Commerce President Alan Stewart commented “Our one-to-one breakfast networking events are proving to become an important fixture in our Chamber member’s calendar. Events like these prove business leaders from around the Borough see great […]
Ballymena Chamber Golf Day 2014
The third annual Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry Golf Day, sponsored by the Adair Arms Hotel proved to be another tremendous success. Over 60 golfers (of varying degrees of ability!) took part in the four-ball competition at Galgorm Castle Golf Club on Friday 9th May. It was a colourful sight to say the least with each […]
Ballymena to be Enterprise Town
£1m Enterprise Investment for Ballymena. Ballymena is to benefit from a £1m Enterprise Investment to promote opportunities for private and social entrepreneurs to start and grow their business in Ballymena. This joint announcement was made by social enterprise Ballymena Business Centre and Bank of Ireland UK at a briefing held in the Leighinmohr House Hotel […]
Adair Arms Sponsor Annual Golf Day
Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce & Industry announced their sponsorship partner this week for their annual business golf event. Alan Stewart, President – Ballymena Chamber of Commerce, Iris Stewart – Deputy General Manager, Bridgene McKeever, Group Sales & Marketing Manager – The Adair Arms Hotel, Rodney Kernohan – Business Development Manager, Ballymena Chamber of Commerce. On Friday 9th May businesses from all over the Mid-Antrim area will […]
‘Plan2Build’ 2014 Show a Big Success
Now in its third year, FmK’s recent ‘Plan2Build’ 2014 Show exhibited everything from Planning to Construction all under one roof. The ‘Plan2Build’ Show is County Antrim’s opportunity to promote local building & construction businesses. This year’s exhibition was held at Leighinmohr House, Ballymena and attracted record numbers of people who were interested in building or […]
Ballymena Business Centre Scoops RBS Grant
Ballymena Business Centre has been awarded £20k grant from The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as part of the Groups Inspiring Enterprise Initiative. Ellvena Graham, Head of Ulster Bank NI and MD of SME Banking, Terry Robb, Head of Business Centre, Ulster Bank Ballymena and Melanie Christie Boyle, Chief Executive, Ballymena Business Centre. RBS Inspiring […]
Chamber AGM 2014
Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Annual General Meeting The Adair Arms Hotel on 2nd April. Thomas McKillen, the outgoing President, welcomed everyone along to this year’s Annual General Meeting. He said that it had been a great honour for him to have served two terms as President and looked forward to working with […]
Grants Electrical Services Host MLAs
Ballymena based GES Group (Grants Electrical Services Ltd.) hosted MLAs at visit to £200k expansion project that will see the company’s Mallusk branch increase by 11,000 sq. ft. Mallusk, 10th March 2013 – GES Group (Grants Electrical Services Ltd.), established in Ballymena in 1972, are now a leading electrical and mechanical engineering company with three locations […]
