2017 Business Excellence Awards
Ballymena businesses were out in force on 19th October at the Gala evening in Tullyglass House Hotel to celebrate the 15th Ballymena Business Excellence Awards. The awards are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the principal sponsor this year was Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Mid & East Antrim Borough […]
Ballymena Doing Better Business
Local businesses were given an insight by several organisations of how they are helping local companies do better business at the latest ‘BID for Business’ breakfast, organised by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry on behalf of Ballymena BID, which took place last week in the Adair Arms Hotel. Melanie Christie Boyle from Ballymena […]
New BID Board Members
STORE Manager of Boots Ballymena, Andy Storey, has assumed the appointment of chairman of the Ballymena Business Improvement District (BID) at their Annual General Meeting, which took place earlier this month, whilst Stephen Reynolds from The Front Page Bar takes up the role of vice chairman. Andy Storey, who previously held the position of Chairman […]
2017 Business Awards Launched
The 2017 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards were launched at a reception in the Braid on Tuesday 25th July. This is the 15th year of the awards which are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is the principal sponsor for this year’s awards. L-R seated: Mayor of Mid […]
Business Awards Principal Sponsor 2017
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has agreed to be the principal sponsor for the 2017 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards. The awards are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Photo L-R: Alison Moore and Chris Wales (both Chamber of Commerce), Mayor Audrey Wales MBE, Ronan McCann (Chamber President) and Anne Donaghy […]
Clarkes secure Stanmore Hospital
Chamber members Clarke Facades have announced that they have secured the full building envelope contract for the redevelopment of Stanmore Hospital in North London on behalf of the RNOH NHS Trust alongside Balfour Beatty. The first phase of the redevelopment will involve the construction of a new five-story inpatient ward facility for the specialist Neuro Musculoskeletal […]
Retailers Advised on Reducing Crime
New Crime Reduction Guide Available THE Ballymena Business Improvement District (BID) today launched a new Retail Crime Reduction guide as part of its continued Crime Reduction Strategy. The effects of retail theft are far reaching in the community and can have serious financial consequences for businesses. This publication contains useful information for businesses in the […]
Chamber Member Hospitality Ulster Partner
Ballymena business and local Chamber Member appointed Hospitality Ulster’s Official Partner for Marketing. Local Website Designer and Digital Marketing Consultancy, Gazelle Communications has been appointed Hospitality Ulster’s Official Partner for Marketing. Gazelle Communications Campaign Director Rodney Kernohan told Ballymena Chamber of Commerce, “Hospitality Ulster are a professional body set-up to lobby on behalf of Northern Ireland’s […]
GES Celebrate National Award Win
Grants Electrical Services Ltd. (GES Group), recently received a national award in recognition of their commitment to staff, innovation, and skills development, outperforming organisations many times their size. Competing against heavyweights like Transport for London, Dell Global Support, and BT Openreach, GES Group won the Bronze Award in the Training Journal Awards ‘Best Change Management’ […]
Ballymena ‘streets ahead’ in festive footfall
BALLYMENA celebrated New Year with news that the town centre’s overall customer footfall was up 8.1% for December 2016 compared to the same period for 2015. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council figures – supplied by the retail intelligence company, Springboard – represent a considerable increase in footfall and is all the more astounding given […]
