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Heading To University? This Entrepreneur Has The Solution To Your Shipping Needs

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MORE than 20,000 students travel outside Northern Ireland to attend university and one local shipping company is ramping up its staffing levels to transport their belongings safely to the UK and beyond. Uni Baggage.com was set up by Paul Stewart (26) from East Belfast, after he was spending a fortune transporting his belongings back from […]

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County Down Man With A Global Dream Became Millionaire During Trip Of A Lifetime

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A COUNTY Down man who vowed to visit every country in the world has managed to become a millionaire whilst living his dream. Johnny Ward, 31, left Northern Ireland in 2006 to begin ticking places of his 193 country list. But just a short time into his trip, the entrepreneur realised he could earn money

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Top Music And Publishing Industry Experts Set For Belfast Tech Conference

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LEADING music industry figure and previous Senior Vice President of Island Def Jam Music Group Jon Vanhala will be joined by US publisher Amanda Hale and digital music guru Bill Campbell as just a few of the expert speakers preparing for this week’s TechXplore 2015. The event, which is set to be the biggest and

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Businesses Get Ready To Run A Charity Shop For A Day

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15 BUSINESSES from across Northern Ireland are supporting their employees as they roll up their ‘designer’ sleeves, get creative and take on running an Action Cancer shop for a day. On Friday October 9, the teams will present their activities to Gareth Kirk (Action Cancer CE), Inez Fowler (Action Cancer Ambassador) and Elaine Birchall (SHS

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Belfast Mela Gets Ready For Runway Success

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A BOLLYWOOD flash mob hit the Belfast International Airport recently giving customers a taste of what to expect at the forthcoming Mela festival. Taking place at Botanic Gardens on August 30 this is the first time the airport has been involved with the event. So to mark the occasion the airport was visited by a

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Gold Medal Award For Health Conscious Drink

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JWV+ Orange & Mandarin with Green Tea from Tennent’s NI has won the coveted Gold Medal Award at the 2015 British Bottlers’ Institute (BBI) Drinks Competition, taking honours in the hotly contested category for Energy/Nutritional/Functional Drinks.It’s a high profile win for the health-conscious combination of juice, water and vitamins which was launched in Northern Ireland

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Scholarship Fund Lights The Way For Bright Sparks

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SSE Airtricity has launched the second year of the SSE Airtricity Scholarship to support students from the West and North-West of the country going on to third level education. The 2015 SSE Airtricity Scholarship, which totals almost £100,000 annually, was unveiled by Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry with Chairman of SSE Ireland Mark

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Estate Agency Chooses Chest, Heart & Stroke As Charity Of The Year

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BANGOR based Estate Agency Pinkertons has announced Northern Ireland Chest, Heart & Stroke as their charity of the year. Over the next 12 months Pinkertons aims to work closely with the charity on a range of fundraising initiatives. The charity has particular resonance with one of Pinkertons’ Directors, Victoria as her father passed away a

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£20k Investment Sees Slim’s Mini Opens At Victoria Square Creating 9 New Jobs

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VICTORIA Square is set to get a little bit healthier with the opening of the second Slim’s Healthy Kitchen within the centre and will employ five full-time and four part-time staff after an investment of £20,000 by the local company. Slim’s Healthy Mini Kitchen will operate from the former customer services booth on the lower ground

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Pop Star, YouTube Sensation & Top Broadcaster Headed To Belfast For ICONS Festival

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THREE pop culture stars have joined the line-up for a forthcoming creative industries festival set to welcome over 20,000 people over four days next month. Music industry figures Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud fame, YouTube singing sensation Emma Horan and DJ Phil Taggart from BBC Radio 1 are among the speakers confirmed for the ICONS

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New Beer Launches…But Is It Worth Wrestling For?

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JUST as you thought you’d seen – and tasted – it all, something new and exciting comes along to grip the imagination. Roundstone Irish Ale, from Tennent’s NI is a fine ale in the Irish tradition, brewed from 100% malted barley and a blend of three types of hops to deliver a gentle yet distinctive caramelly

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When Mary Gave Up Her High Stress Life She Became Dedicated To Helping Others

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FORMER chef turned complementary health therapist Mary-Jane Burns says as the summer comes to a close many people may be hoping to change their life and lifestyle. But she advises that change should be made slowly and effectively in order to fully reap the benefits. Before moving to the country Mary-Jane lived a highly stressful

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Giving Up The Rat Race Meant This Couple Could Start A Successful Food Business

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WHEN most people give up city living they do it for life. But for Suzanne Livingstone and her husband Keith they have returned to country living twice and having made the plunge once again are happier than ever. Suzanne and Keith own Baked In Belfast an artisan company specialising in “happy pottery and quirky jam”.

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The Search Is On For NI’s Best In The Hospitality Industry

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THE search to discover Northern Ireland’s best pubs, hotels and restaurants IS under way as the new look annual Pub of the Year Awards launched in Belfast yesterday. In recognition of the widening scope of the hospitality industry in Northern Ireland, a record 14 Awards are up for grabs, each designed to highlight the very

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Co Antrim Entrepreneurs To Face The Dragons On BBC2’s Hit Show

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A COUNTY Antrim business duo are set to go head to head with the dragons tonight (Sunday August 9) on BBC 2. Entrepreneurial Colum McLornan and his business partner Claire Hunter will face scrutiny by top investors on the popular show Dragon’s Den when they present their new food business Rule of Crumb to the

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Digital Tech Summer Camp Welcomes 60 Teenage Girls

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TEENAGE girls and teachers at Belfast Metropolitan College’s first female-focussed IT summer camp have been gaining career inspiration from high flying female software developers at Belfast-based tech firm TotalMobile. The 60 girls, aged from 15 to 18 from across Northern Ireland and around 20 teachers and lecturers in IT-related subjects, are attending the Belfast IT Girls

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Rap Icon & Public Enemy Star Chuck D To Appear At Belfast Tech Festival

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A GLOBAL hip-hop icon is set to appear at a Belfast technology festival. Public Enemy star Chuck D, who is best known as a leading face in rap music thanks to his socially conscious and politically charged music, will be one of a number of high profile guest speakers headed to Icons Festival next month. The

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Entrepreneur Takes On Ironman Challenge Against The Odds

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A NORTHERN Ireland businessman has called upon one hundred businesses to show their support for him as he takes things to a whole new level by attempting one of the greatest physical tests known to man – The Ironman Challenge. Conor Devine, Principal at GDP Partnership, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2007 and

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