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Meet The Entrepreneur: Belinda Cullen – Good Craic Gifts and Souvenirs

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Meet The Entrepreneur: Sharon Mccrea – Sweet Escape Products

Sharon Mccrea is a former IT teacher and systems Analyst who started Sweet Escape Products, an ethical brand. Sharon (51) was born and raised in Sion Mills Co Tyrone, but moved away to South Wales for a number of years before moving back to the beautiful, historic village of Sion Mills on the banks of the

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Meet The Entrepreneur: Greg Quinn – People HQ

Greg Quinn (45) spent over 25 years in the industry working in senior HR leadership roles across a number of sectors, before launching People HQ, the HR consultancy firm. He is from Co Tyrone originally admitting that he has been “a North Down blow in for some 20 years!”. Now he lives in Kircubbin, Newtownards as the

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Meet The Enterpreneur: Eddie O’Gorman – Crea Carn Performance

Eddie O’Gorman (50) before launching his business, Crea Carn Performance, he worked in Norbrook. He attained a PhD on Creatine and decided to generate a stable form while training for the Dublin Marathon 2010. He is originally from Kilkenny, now lives in Belfast. Find out more about Eddie O’Gorman and Tell us a bit about

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Meet The Artist: Rory Shearer and Helen Shearer

Rory Shearer (67) and Helen Shearer (65) from Ballymena run Studio Potter together.  After graduating from Art College Rory worked as a studio assistant with Forge Pottery Antrim. What genre / style do you create in? Ceramics What would you be best known for? High-fired decorative stoneware ceramics. What would you consider your biggest achievement?

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New Human Resources & Recruitment Consultancy Settles Into Ards HQ

Human resources specialist consultancy, People HQ, has opened new offices in the heart of Newtownards to further advance the business ambitions of its clients. Founder, Greg Quinn, said the opening of the new office represented the latest stage of the evolution of People HQ and its range of services. buy celexa online buy celexa online

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NI Duo Launch Range of Hand-Crafted Cocktails

Two NI businessmen have invested £25k into creating an exciting new range of hand-crafted cocktails for us all to enjoy at home, the partners are delighted to have already secured a number of contracts with off sales across the province to stock the brand, which the hope will be a welcome addition to the home

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Meet The Artist: Ro Owens

Ro Owens is a 26 year old Multidisciplinary Artist from Lurgan, but currently living in Belfast. Ro’s art focuses on performance and mainly on Illustration. Ro studied Drama at Queen’s University where she was introduced to performance art and also a great friend, Emily Foran with who she founded The Movement Collective, a devising social

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Meet The Artist: Colin Dardis

Colin Dardis is a 40 year old man from County Tyrone. Colin is a man of many talents, a Poet, an Editor, an Arts Coordinator and a Creative Writing Facilitator. Colin has been writing poetry since primary school and started reading in front of live audiences back in Arcadia Coffeehouse in North Street Arcade in

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Meet The Artist: Joe McStravick

Joe McStravick is a Film and TV Director from Moira, County Down. Joe studied Graphic Design and Photography at college and soon realised that he was more interested in photography than design. Once Joe finished college he decided to pursue Film Production and so he studied a degree in Digital Arts, Photography and Film Production

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Snow Water Presents Under A Christmas Sky

Under a Christmas Sky features Northern Ireland’s finest musicians, actors, poetry and story-telling, filmed live at the Ulster Folk Museum. From traditional to contemporary everything you will see and hear has one thing in common. The…magic…of…Christmas! Snow Water (the creators and curators of Distant Sky) are bringing you one cultural treat per day from 10th

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Pop Up Exhibition Brings Online Into The Real World

Gallery 545’s Group Exhibition is moving from the virtual world to become a three-day pop-up at its Blick Studios on Belfast’s Malone Road from December 18-20. The show was previously available only online, but now visitors can enjoy it in person and view unique artworks created by several accomplished artists living and working in Northern

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Meet the Blogger: Aine Knocker

Aine is a 23 year old makeup artist and social media influencer from Belfast. Who treats her 16k followers to makeup tutorials and creative looks. Why did you decide to become a blogger/influencer? I had a huge passion in creating content and showing people my work. online pharmacy https://bullcitypsychotherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/zovirax.html with best prices today in the

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Meet The Artist: Trisha McCluney

Trisha McCluney is a 38 year old tribute artist to musical sensation, Cher. Trisha has been performing from a young age when she used to steal the show at her parent’s local residents club. Trisha took her love for Cher and her love for performing and turned it into a legendary Cher tribute act. What

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Golden Thread Gallery Launches Buy Local Art Campaign

The Golden Thread Gallery has launched an online platform to showcase the work that local artists have for sale at present. With museums, galleries and shops closed at present and with exhibitions and art fairs cancelled throughout the current crisis the Belfast-based gallery decided that it needed to create a way for artists to be

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Meet The Artist: Francine Montgomery

Francine Montgomery is a 25 year old photographer and videographer from Ballinderry. Francine studied Moving Image Arts in secondary school for A Level and she’s always been a movie buff. Francine took her love for film further and studied a HND in Creative Media and finished off her degree in Ulster University. Francine now runs

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Meet The Entrepreneur: Meta Auden – Spectra Sensory Clothing

Meta Auden formed Spectra Sensory Clothing to meet the needs for specialist clothing for children and adults on the autistic spectrum.  The mother of two was a welfare rights worker prior to starting her shop. She says she has had a “very varied career path” having gained a degree in Politics and History aged 40,

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Meet The Artist: Lauren McGee

Lauren McGee is a 31 year old photographer from Portrush. Lauren bought her first DSLR 4 years ago when she was suffering from Postnatal Depression. Lauren has always loved taking photos and she put all of her energy into getting out and taking photographs of her kids and local landscapes. Lauren honed her craft before

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Born To Be Wild…Wild Good At Helping Others

During the lockdown the roar of a motorcycle’s engine signalled a dedicated team of volunteer bikers from across Northern Ireland rode out to help deliver PPE and scrubs to frontline medical staff, prescriptions and vital medication to hospitals. More than 200 riders from the Volunteer Bikers Group (Team VBG) were involved in supporting the team

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Meet The Entrepreneur: Jenny Ervine – Raise Ventures

Jenny Ervine, co-founder of Raise Ventures has always had a passion for marketing and storytelling. online pharmacy buy zovirax no prescription pharmacy Throughout her career Jenny has worked in start-ups or with start-ups with her journey taking her “through working with private sector, public sector, small business, startups and corporates.  “No matter who you are

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Meet The Entrepreneur: Franchine Young – Wonder Balm

Belfast Entrepreneur Franchine Young is a former disability officer who embarked on her entrepreneurial journey following a personal quest to find a product that was right for her personal circumstances. online pharmacy purchase prevacid online no prescription Farmacia Sevilla ES Franchine, 53, researched, developed and produced her Wonder Balm – a beautiful organic face and

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The Crafting Influencers Making the Most on Instagram

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Gourmet Burger Bar Reopens With £20k Investment

Burger Burger is back with a bang as diners return for its unique laidback dining experience, and its renowned delicious food choices and premium retro cocktails. The £20,000 post lockdown cash injection comes just months after an initial investment of £60,000 which saw the company create seven new jobs in February this year. With a

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Facebook & Instagram Ads: How To Get The Basics Right

Creating and developing advertising on social media can be a minefield. When you get it right, great things can happen. But, if you get it wrong it can cost you a lot of money. Gil David, Founder of Run DMG, has spent over 13 years in sales, marketing, and business management, as well as over

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5 Reasons Why You NEED To Visit Smithfield Market

Smithfield Market, located behind Castlecourt, is full of a range of shops between clothing, food, furniture and more. It has been around for many years and is a part of our Northern Irish culture. Our parents and even their parents grew up with Smithfield Market but what about today? Sadly, this market doesn’t get the

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Everything You Need To Know About Pasta

When you think of Italian cuisine, pasta in one of its glorious forms is probably what springs to mind. Pasta is the staple food of Italians and has found a place as the ultimate comfort food for many more people. Made simply using flour, eggs, and salt it comes to life when accompanied by the

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Made In Belfast Launch Weekend Brunch Menu After Social Media Storm

After owner Emma Bricknell sent social media into a spin with her provocative ideas for advertising, Made In Belfast launched their weekend brunch menu recently. The risqué and controversial concept ad campaign involved imagery of both men and women “licking” a sausage. And when Emma uploaded it to social media sites like Facebook, the commentators

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Brunch: What Is It & Why Is It So Popular?

Brunch may appear to be a millennial phenomenon, but it actually goes back much, much further. Originally, brunch was the 19th Century hangover cure. The term, which are the words breakfast and lunch sandwiched together, was allegedly coined by an Englishman called Guy Beringer in 1895. The meal was reputedly designed for “Saturday-night carousers” who

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Belfast Restaurant Week Is Back In The Cathedral Quarter

A choice of 600 mouthwatering dishes will be on offer in 40 City Centre restaurants during Belfast Restaurant Week which runs from 23 to 29 September. A joint venture between Belfast One and Destination CQ, the initiative will tickle the taste buds of diners seeking scrumptious steaks, Vegan feasts and delicious dining experiences with Asian,

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Rocwell Water Tackling The Plastic Plague With Innovative New Product

Leading water supplier Rowell Water is tackling the worrying increase in plastic plaguing the planet with several innovative solutions, including the reusable Roc Bottle. As suppliers of water coolers in the workplace Rocwell Water want to help everyone reduce the amount of plastic in use. Brian Patrick Quinn of Rocwell Water is keen to emphasise

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Top Foodies Back Mencap For ‘Wëëker’ Weekend

A leading independent food company, Indie Füde has selected Mencap NI as its charity of the year and are promising a ‘weeker’ weekend in London as part of the backing of their plans to support the work of the learning disability charity. Within weeks of announcing Mencap NI as its charity for 2019/20 Indie Füde

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9 Schools Across NI Take Part In Innovative Careers and Skills Event

A pioneering Northern Ireland-based, not-for-profit company is set to revolutionise careers and skills events for young people across the province. On Thursday, 20th and Friday, 21st June 2019 over 1,200 Year 9 students from nine schools across Northern Ireland attended the first 4C UR Future “Live” event. The two-day event provided students with the opportunity

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Meet the Entrepreneur: Glenn Reid, DIP

Glenn Reid is the Chief Executive Officer of Deals in Places, (DIP) a free voucher app established in Summer 2018. He works alongside the DIP Team; Francesca Morelli, Chloe Henning, Jonathan Graham and Patrick Dallat (Pictured above). DIP recently showcased their startup in a pod at Digital DNA, where we caught up with them. What

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Meet the Entrepreneur: Matt Reuben, Gigebyte

Matt Reuben is the Founder, CEO and Editor of Gigebyte, a business and technology online magazine that looks to report on the ever-growing digital gig economy. We spoke to him about his business recently at Digital DNA. Tell us a bit about your business? Gigebyte is a business and technology online magazine that looks to report

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COMMENTARY: Generalised Recruiting No Longer Sufficient For Growing Hospitality Sector

By Michelle Tyson, founder, Tyson Wilson Recruitment In recent years, the hospitality and tourism industry in Northern Ireland has been booming, and trend reports from data giants such as PWC, Deloitte, and the Northern Ireland Tourism Board indicate the future of the industry is buoyant. In 2018, an estimated 2.6 million people from outside of

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Local Company The Hungry Vegan Continues To Expand At Mallusk Enterprise Park

NORTHERN Ireland’s unique convenience food offering from The Hungry Vegan is moving up a gear with its expansion into new premises in Mallusk Enterprise Park. From its humble beginnings as owner John Darby sought to find a vegan sandwich, it now employs 14 people and stocks more than 20 locations across Belfast and Lisburn with

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Local Entrepreneur Sinead Sharkey Appointed Into Regional Leadership Programme Of Lean In

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Belfast Entrepreneur Launches 31 Day Learning Challenge | #LearnuaryNI

A Belfast tech entrepreneur is challenging people all across Northern Ireland to begin a 31-day learning challenge. Christine Watson, founder of TrainingMatchmaker.com, has launched the annual #LearnuaryNI campaign which encourages both trainers and learners to step out of their comfort zone for 31 days starting in January. The challenge, which is to learn or teach

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Local Coffee Subscription Service Cubist Coffee Launches Best of NI’s Roasters Festive Product

Coffee lovers are in for a festive treat as Belfast company Cubist Coffee have launched a unique Christmas set that will have lovers of the bean beating a path to make sure they can sample the best out there. The Cubist Coffee Gift set contains three samples of coffee sourced from the best products across

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