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Don’t Rush Post-Furlough Staff Decisions Urges Recruitment Specialist

Tyson Wilson Recruitment has urged employers to not make hasty staffing decisions as the government-backed furlough scheme comes to an end. Michelle Tyson, chief executive of the agency said it was a worrying time, not helped by the lack of news of any further support for businesses. “It is an incredibly stressful time for those […]

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Cathedral Quarter Bid Gets Backing For A Further Five Years

Members vote overwhelmingly for business improvement district to continue Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District, Destination CQ, has received an impressive vote of confidence with members voting for it to continue operating for a further five years and implementing its new business plan. All business improvement districts across the UK are required to poll their members

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Meet The Artist: Producer and Choreographer, Fleur Mellor

Fleur Mellor is a Freelance Choreographer and Producer originally from Liverpool and currently living in Northern Ireland. Fleur works for Peter Corry Productions, specialising in live theatre and events as well as developing briefs for the corporate industry. How did you get started in the industry?  Local dance classes. I started what could be considered

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NI Engineering Company, PAC Group, Receive Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation

Belfast-based electrical and mechanical engineering company, PAC Group, has received royal recognition for its innovative carbon fibre preforming technology.  The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK, with winners personally approved by her Majesty the Queen. The Group were the only company from Northern Ireland to receive the award

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Social enterprise creates 21 new jobs as it wins hospitality contracts for two leading Belfast leisure centres

The Orchardville roles will be located at Andersonstown and Lisnasharragh leisure centres Northern Ireland registered charity and social enterprise, Orchardville, is seeking 21 full time and part time hospitality workers for its new cafés at two Belfast leisure centres. The cafés within Better’s Andersonstown and Lisnasharragh leisure centres will provide training opportunities for people with

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Father And Son Team Behind Massive Culture Night Installation

Monumental Ogham Grove interactive structure will dominate Writer’s Square Father and son team Gawain Morrison and Dylan McCaughtry will bring an ancient Celtic language to life with a massive construction across Belfast’s Writer’s Square for this weekend’s Culture Night Belfast. Having worked on music videos, short films and art projects they are now preparing for

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Translink Launches new #LetsChangeTogether Campaign

Translink Launches new #LetsChangeTogether Campaign Urgent call for Collective Change to Tackle Climate Crisis ahead of COP26 With the climate change emergency now labelled a ‘code red for humanity’ moment, Translink has launched an exciting campaign, under the banner #LetsChangeTogether, calling for organisations and individuals to join with it to make vital changes to achieve net-zero emissions

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Meet The Artist: CNB21 Creative Artist Dylan McCaughtry

Belfast based Dylan McCaughtry, 31, is the creative mastermind behind this year’s CNB21 presents The Ogham Grove.  The son of Gawain Morrison, Creative Lead for the Culture Night concept, Dylan’s artistic upbringing has led him to develop a successful career in Sculpture and Prop Design for Film & TV where he has worked on the

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Cathedral Quarter Trail To Lead Culture Night Visitors To The Ogham Grove

Over the coming weekend, Cathedral Quarter’s Writers’ Square will be the location for The Ogham Grove, a spectacular installation created by this year’s ambitious creative team for CNB21 Presents: The Ogham Grove. The brains behind the concept include creative lead Gawain Morrison, artist and prop designer Dylan McCaughtry, designer Neil Beattie, lighting designer Tomás FitzGerald

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Meet The Artist: CNB21 Creative Artist Zipporah Reynolds

Zipporah (Zippy) Reynolds is a 28-year-old Freelance Artist from Banbridge, specialising in street art/illustration. For the past 9 years, she has been working as a Textile Artist for film and TV after studying Fashion Design at the University of Creative Arts.  For CNB21 Presents The Ogham Grove, Zipporah has laser-etched Ogham symbols on wooden plaques

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An Ancient Language, A Living Structure – CNB21 Presents

Creative lead unveils thinking behind Ogham Grove This year’s Culture Night promises a spectacular structural, lighting and sound experience designed by Belfast artist Gawain Morrison around the ancient Druidic language Ogham. Promising to be both large in scale with the opportunity for learning and contemplative Gawain believes the Writer’s Square transformation from September 17-19 will

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Construction Of 717-Bed Belfast Site Beats Pandemic & Brexit To Complete On Time

Construction of LIV Student Belfast, one of the city’s largest new student accommodation complexes, has completed on time, beating major challenges posed by the pandemic and Brexit. The 717-bedroom property on York Street, which features state-of-the art apartments and studio rooms, opened on Saturday 4th September. Following a booming sales period including a referral agreement

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Cathedral Quarter BID Celebrates Success Of Street Beat Police Presence In Area

An initiative that saw additional dedicated police officers patrolling Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter has been welcomed as a proven success story by Destination CQ’s manager Damien Corr. The Ballot for the continuation of the Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) is currently open until September 22. In an independent survey carried out in advance of the

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Meet the Artist: CNB21 Drum Loop Producer Damian Mills

Damian Mills from Lisburn is a PhD Candidate in Music for the Performance Without Barriers research team in Queen’s University Belfast and is also a bandleader for Beatndrum Samba in Belfast.  He is this year’s Culture Night Belfast’s Drum Loop Producer for the Ogham Grove at Writer’s Square from September 17 – 19 2021.  How

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CQ BID Celebrates Five Years Of Being Voice For All In Cathedral Quarter

Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District, Destination CQ, has for five years been the collective voice for every business in the area, lobbying and consulting with local and regional government and government agencies. Destination CQ Manager, Damien Corr said the ability to go to these organisations and speak for everyone in the Cathedral Quarter, Smithfield and

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Exploring Enterprise Programme Open For Applications

Calling All Budding Entrepreneurs & Those Who Want To Improve Their Employability Prospects Enterprise Causeway is offering people the chance to begin to chart the way to setting up their own business or investigate new employability prospects through its free Exploring Enterprise Programme. Open to those who are unemployed, or working less than 16 hours

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Calling all Cathedral Quarter Businesses: Belfast Business Awards are still open for entries

Destination CQ is delighted to be the sponsors of this year’s Best Creative Business category once again in the Belfast Business Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Bank of Ireland UK, were postponed last year due to Covid-19 but with life slowly returning to normal, all Cathedral Quarter business owners are encouraged to enter to

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Cathedral Quarter Business Plan Building On Five Years Of Success

The Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID), Destination CQ, has formally launched its Business Plan for the next five years as it enters balloting on re-establishing the improvement district for a further five years. Damien Corr, Destination CQ manager, said the plan had been produced after extensive research amongst the BID’s levy payers and receiving

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Meet The Artist: CNB21 Lighting Coordinator Tomàs FitzGerald

Tomàs FitzGerald is a Lighting Designer and Co-owner of Stage Lighting Centre. Originally from Dublin, Tomàs’ love for stage lighting sparked at an early age when he helped out backstage at his father’s shows – who was an extremely talented musician.  He is the Lighting Coordinator for The Ogham Grove at this year’s Culture Night,

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Culture Night Belfast 2021 Commits To Ambitious Sustainability Goals

As the conversation around climate change heats up ahead of COP26 in November,  the team behind Culture Night Belfast 2021 have stated their ambitions for an “almost 100% sustainable event” this year. Partnering with artist and creative lead Gawain Morrison and his team to present the spectacular, experiential installation The Ogham Grove in Writer’s Square,

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Hillsborough Farmers Market Returns With NI’s Newest & Award-Winning Producers

We’re delighted to announce the return of our extremely popular Hillsborough Farmers’ Market series this year. The three farmers’ markets will take place along The Dark Walk in the historic village of Hillsborough from 10am to 3-pm on the last Saturday of August, September and October. Hillsborough Farmers Market on Saturday 28th August will be one

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Latest Ulster University House Price Index Reveals Increase In Property Prices & Transactions

The latest Quarterly House Price Index report indicates a market which continues to exhibit increased trading up activity and price acceleration thanks to strong levels of market demand coupled with supply inelasticity. The Ulster University research, which has been produced in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Progressive Building Society, analyses the performance

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Finance Minister Conor Murphy with Jackie Beresford, Operations Manager, Elite Electronic Systems Ltd

Finance Minister Visits Fermanagh Businesses Who Benefitted From Covid-19 Support

Finance Minister Conor Murphy visited a number of businesses in the Fermanagh area this week to see first-hand how they have benefitted from the financial support offered by the Department during Covid-19. Minister Murphy started his day of engagements at Elite Electronic Systems Ltd where he toured the premises and met with staff. The company

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Traditional Office Working Model Is Dead Say Belfast Businessmen

The traditional office working model is all but dead, according to the founding members of Belfast-based Hubflow, a ‘next generation’ hybrid working facility designed to help businesses and individuals get back to work. As lockdown restrictions ease, businesses in Northern Ireland and beyond are looking very closely at their office working practices, with many considering

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US Firm Workrise Announce 150 Job Investment In Northern Ireland

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons announced today that leading US workforce management company Workrise is to set up a technology engineering centre in Northern Ireland, creating 153 jobs. Founded in Austin, Texas, Workrise provides a full-service workforce solution, matching skilled labour contractors to companies that require staff for time bound projects. The Minister said: “It is a

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Marathon Effort Is Motivated By Cool FM

An innovative spin-off station which aims to inspire, motivate, and support the thousands of fitness fans and fundraisers who are preparing for this year’s Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon, has been launched by Cool FM. “Cool Workout” is a new online radio service running for the six-week period up to Marathon Day (Sunday 3 October).

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Economy Minister Announces Deadline For Applying To Deloitte Digital Enterprise Assured Skills Academy

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons launched an Assured Skills Digital Enterprise Academy, in partnership with Deloitte, offering 30 high quality training places for people with degrees. The Assured Skills Academy is the third in a series of Academies and will see participants receive eight weeks of industry-relevant training with South Eastern Regional College (SERC). Completing the

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5 of Belfast’s Best Tattoo Studios in the Cathedral Quarter

If you’re looking for new ink or just some inspiration for your next piece look no further than Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, with five premier tattoo studios all located within the heart of the city. Whether you want simple line work, geometry, realism or blackwork, there are many talented artists to suit all styles.   Here

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Northern Ireland Still Leading on Footfall Bounce Back

The Northern Ireland Retail Consortium have released footfall figures covering the four weeks 04 July – 31 July 2021. 2020 was a turbulent year in which much of retail bounced between being open and closed, impacting footfall significantly. To make meaningful comparisons to changes in footfall, all 2021 figures are compared with 2019 (pre-pandemic). This

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Killeavy Castle Estate Named Ireland’s Castle Hotel of the Year

Killeavy Castle Estate in County Armagh has been crowned Ireland’s Castle Hotel of the Year at the Irish Hotel Awards, 2021 for the second consecutive year. The Irish Hotel Awards seek to celebrate the commitment and dedication of Ireland’s hospitality industry. Something that is of the utmost importance after a challenging year. The Estate, which

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Mum’s Hobby To Help With Brain Injury Now A Thriving Employer In Ballymena

Breathing new life into pre-loved furniture has remained the focus of the Ballymena based Chique Unique from the days when the thriving family business was merely a welcome outlet for Shauna O’Neill’s rehabilitation after she suffered a major brain injury caused by meningitis. Mum of three Shauna took to restoring and painting items of furniture

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Budding Entrepreneurs To Access Online Bitesize Business Support

People who are exploring the idea of creating their own business in Northern Ireland are to be offered access to a free online business bitesize support service following an agreement by all 11 of its local councils. Rebel on Demand, an online support service for people who are exploring the idea of setting up their

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New Business Start-Up Grant Scheme Launched For ABC Council Entrepreneurs

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough (ABC) Council has launched a new Business Start-Up Grant Scheme to support local budding entrepreneurs. Led by ABC Council in partnership with Armagh Business Centre, Banbridge District Enterprises and Craigavon Industrial Development Organisation, the new Scheme will offer a limited number of cash grants of up to £500 to

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Have A Look Inside Belfast’s Newest Student Accommodation In The Cathedral Quarter

Are you a student looking for accommodation in the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter? As demand for studying in Belfast continues to grow, more students are flocking into the city and moving closer towards the centre. With the opening of the new Ulster University campus this autumn and up to an additional 15,000 people in

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New Software Developed By Queen’s To Capture Worldwide Cancer Data Launched

CanStaging⁺, a user-friendly tool aimed at facilitating the recording of comparable cancer staging data worldwide, has been launched. The tool has been developed by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR), the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). CanStaging+ will facilitate the recording

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New PPE Manufacturing Facility Opened In Londonderry

Health Minister Robin Swann has officially opened a manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Londonderry which supplies vital PPE to health workers in Northern Ireland. The Campsie-based firm, NorthWest Medical has created 25 new jobs after being awarded a £6.5m contract to supply Type IIR face masks to the health service in Northern Ireland. Minister

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£1.2M Covid-19 Support Scheme For Sheep Farmers Now Available

A Covid-19 support scheme, worth £1.2million, is now available to sheep farmers who were affected by a fall in the global price of wool during the pandemic, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced. Applications to the Scheme can now be made on the DAERA website and must be submitted by 12 August 2021. Announcing

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Experience Fairy Trail Magic at Galgorm Castle Estate This Summer

With more than 15,000 visitors a year the Galgorm Castle Fairy Trail is going from strength to strength. Since opening in 2017, the Fairy Trail has been enchanting visitors of all ages, and families can now book to take their children around the magical experience from its base, the magical Toadstool Cottage. Special events are

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Minister Announces Further £1.6M Covid-19 Support Scheme For Pig Producers

A new Covid-19 support scheme worth £1.6million, for pig farmers who were affected by the impact of the pandemic on international pigment markets from the spring of last year, has been announced by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA. Applications to the Scheme can now be made through the DAERA website and must be submitted by

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