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A business support event aimed at helping local family businesses maximise their wealth management performance was hosted in Belfast on Tuesday by the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Grant Thornton. The final ‘Business Pillar’ workshop provided an in-depth briefing on managing personal wealth, with a focus on funding strategies and clever tax planning [...]

Dr. Robert Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered Titanic in 1985, has returned to the ship’s birthplace in Belfast.  Dr. Ballard, who is providing previously unseen Titanic material for the new Titanic Belfast visitor attraction, is in Northern Ireland as part of the preparations for the centenary of her maiden voyage next year.  Based in Rhode Island, [...]

In the Book of Revelations we learn of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse representing Conquest, War, Famine and Death. In the race to become Leader of the SDLP there are also Four Horsemen, and like those in Revelations they thunder-‘come and see’.  The four contenders for the leadership are Alasdair Mc Donnell, the redoubtable [...]

The second masterclass in the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce’s Business Pillar series has taken place in Belfast in conjunction with A&L Goodbody. The event provided those attending with an in-depth briefing on people strategy and included discussion on a range of issues including corporation migration, staff retention, use of agency and other workers and [...]

A new publication outlining the importance of travel planning in tackling health inequality has been launched by Belfast Healthy Cities. ‘Travel Plans: Improving Health’ details how effective travel planning can improve levels of physical activity and help tackle obesity, through promoting walking and cycling as a mode of travel, as well as encouraging greater use [...]

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, established in 1965 to fund overseas travel for individuals, brought its message to Belfast yesterday morning. The visit was hosted by Stakeholder Communications, which has adopted the Trust as one of its charities. The Trust awards 100 travel fellowships each year and in total has funded some 4,600 individuals, including [...]

With only a few weeks to go before entries close, primary school pupils from across Northern Ireland are being urged to nominate their teacher for the 2011 Belfast Harbour Green Teacher of the Year Award.  The competition to find Northern Ireland’s ‘greenest teacher’, organised by Belfast Harbour and Action Renewables, is open to thousands of [...]

150,000sq ft of new retail and restaurant space with an additional 600 space multi storey car park at the site of The Quays Shopping Centre in Newry looks set to receive the go ahead from planners. Subject to final approval the new £35 million phase at the complex will be situated on the existing site [...]

Dublin may have picked up the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship but Ireland’s largest financial software firm have taken GAA to new heights in Scandinavia. Following in the footsteps of Chief Executive Brian Conlon, who played at senior level inter-county for Co. Down no less than six of First Derivatives financial consultants form the backbone of [...]

An authentic near-replica of RMS Titanic’s ornate Grand Staircase, one of the key features in the new Titanic Belfast visitor attraction, is currently being built piece-by-piece by a Northern Ireland company. Beneath its magnificent domed glass canopy, the original staircase rose through five decks of Titanic’s First Class accommodation and remains one of the iconic [...]

Sainsbury’s is delighted to unveil Gok Wan’s first womenswear collection – Gok for TU. The collection, which hits Northern Ireland stores on Thursday 6th October, reflects Gok’s philosophy of making women feel confident, stylish and positive about their bodies, whatever their budget, size or shape. Gok for TU is a capsule collection that cleverly combines [...]

Sainsbury’s Chief Executive Justin King visits Northern Ireland to make jobs announcement   250 jobs to be created through the opening of Bangor store First Minister Peter Robinson taken on a tour of the Holywood Exchange store Sainsbury’s Chief Executive Justin King arrived in Northern Ireland today as the retailer announced the creation of 250 [...]

With only a few days to go, Antrim primary schools are being urged to register for a competition offering VIP access to the new Titanic Belfast visitor attraction opening next spring.  All they have to do is use their imagination to create Titanic-themed models made from everyday household items. Belfast Harbour and Titanic Foundation are [...]