Call to Support Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday returns this Saturday 5th December 2015, and as Northern Ireland consumers are encouraged to shop local, Ballymena businessman, Ian Aiken from TaxAssist Accountants says it’s important that local people support small businesses in order to keep their money in the community. Ian Aiken, of Tax Assist Accountants, comments, “Small Business Saturday is […]

Marcon Fit-Out Begins New Chapter

Marcon Fit-Out has been awarded the contract for the fit-out of the new Seamus Heaney centre in Bellaghy.  The building will showcase the life and work of the late poet Seamus Heaney bringing together an interactive exhibition using the latest audio visual technology with a 160-seater theatre and performance space, learning zones for children and adults as well as community space. (l-r) Mark McElroy, Director, Marcon Fit-Out […]

Let’s Do Business

“Let’s do business” – that is the message delivered to Local Government in a new action plan released today (21 September 2015) by the chambers of commerce network across Northern Ireland. Presidents from Chambers of Commerce across N. Ireland ‘Let’s do business’ makes over 20 recommendations that will reduce the cost of doing business and […]

Council Principal Awards Sponsor for 2015

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has agreed to be the principal sponsor for the 2015 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards. The awards are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry.  Announcing the sponsorship deal, Alan Stewart, Chamber President said: “I am delighted to announce that Mid and East Antrim Borough Council willbe the principal sponsor for the 2015 Business Awards.  […]

Wrightbus in Emerging Indian Market

WRIGHTBUS INTERNATIONAL CONTINUE SCALING THEIR GLOBAL BUSINESS, MAKING A FOOTPRINT IN THE EMERGING INDIAN MARKET Today (28th May 2015) Wrightbus International senior team were in India at an event held in conjunction with Daimler (India Commercial Vehicles) to celebrate the opening of their bus body plant in Chennai, India and officially premiere a range of […]

Major Awards for Moore Concrete

Congratulations to Chamber Members Moore Concrete Products Ltd who have just won two major awards. The first award was a Certificate of Excellence presented by the Concrete Society for work carried out on the Black Esk Weir project. The Black Esk reservoir provides water to the area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. The aim […]

More Wrightbuses for London

Wrightbus have announced that the Transport for London Board has given approval to order a further batch of 200 New Routemaster buses from Wrightbus.  The contract, which will now be finalised, is for buses to be delivered up to the second quarter of 2016, and secures employment on two of the production lines at Wrights Group’s EN-Drive chassis facility in Antrim, as […]

Ballymena Town Centre launches BID

Ballymena Town Traders came together in Ballymena Business Centre, Church Street on 22nd October to launch Ballymena Business Improvement District. People representing a range of interests in Ballymena have been working over a number of years now to develop the Town as a Business Improvement District.   With support from the European Union’s INTERREG IVA […]

Award Recognition for Local Company

Antrim based company heatboss were recognised at the recent Green Biz Conference and Award ceremony for their product’s contribution to improving the environment. The event, hosted by ex-apprentice finalist, Jim Eastwood was organised by the STEM Project. STEM (Sustainable Together through Environmental Management) is supported by the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Cross Border Programme and offers local businesses valuable support to boost their […]

D.C. Corr and Company

Ballymena Chamber of Commerce President Alan Stewart visited the new premises of new Chamber member D.C. Corr this Month. DC Corr and Co was recently established in June 2014 on Main Street, Randalstown by qualified accountant Dermot Corr. Dermot is a native of Randalstown and spent 17 years working for some of the leading accounting firms in Northern Ireland. He took the decision […]

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