Belfast Telegraph

TES always knew it was an excellent business, now the Cookstown firm can point to the accolade of ‘Best Established SME in Ireland’ as external recognition of this.  The title, part of the Ulster Bank all-island Business Achievers Awards, will help expand the business further, says managing director Brian Taylor.   In fact, the rate […]

Roger Wilson’s design studio is the latest in a long line of businesses established by an extremely entrepreneurial Culcavy family.  Roger’s late father ran Island Dairies on the family farm and Roger and his mother Annetta ran for nine years a convenience store, which has now been sold to Centra.   After the sale of

Little Citizens Boutique is a children’s clothing and toy shop that operates part time from a retail unit in Holywood, though most of its sales are conducted online.  “We started the shop in June of last year,” explains its owner Alicia Peyrano.   Initially the unit was rented on a short term basis as a ‘pop

James Leckey Design is celebrating 30 years in business in which it has made a real difference to children and adults with disabilities.  The Lisburn company develops and manufactures products that help people with disabilities to improve the quality of their lives.   Not only does it do good work, but the business is also

Clyde Shanks is celebrating two years in business as a planning consultant, based in the centre of Belfast.  Having established as a sole practitioner he now has a team of six qualified planning consultants.  “I started in a recession and we have expanded by targeting growth markets, after the previous core markets slowed,” he explains.

The European Investment Bank is to finance half the £305m cost of the University of Ulster’s new Belfast campus.  Discussions are also taking place between the EIB – the European Union’s infrastructure investment bank – with finance minister Simon Hamilton on other possible projects.   Although a spokesman for the University of Ulster would only

The recession has been a hammer blow to businesses in Northern Ireland and especially to those in the construction industry.  Yet – surprisingly and impressively – it has been the inspiration for the rejuvenation and expansion of one Cookstown construction dependent business.   When the recession hit, CDE Global was a leading supplier of washing

Significantly more than half a million pounds has been spent since 2009 on translation and interpretation services – mostly into Irish and Ulster Scots.  Yet there are precious few people in Northern Ireland who speak Irish who cannot also speak English and surely everyone who speaks the Ulster Scots dialect can understand English.   Can

Ever been to a conference or festival and had the feeling you were not quite in the right place at the right time – that you were missing something that was probably better, more hip, or more suited to your personality?  Well that was exactly the experience of Breda Doherty and Catherine Morris when they

The story of Harrison’s of Greyabbey is one of remarkable success.  A mere 14 months  after the restaurant opened, it is already on the verge of a one million pounds turnover.   “We thought we needed just one chef and now we have four full time chefs, two part time chefs, plus a baker and

Four days after the snow storm ravaged much of the east of Northern Ireland, the last 200 or so homes without electricity should be reconnected today.  But with over a hundred thousand homes and businesses hit by outages over recent days, there are serious doubts about whether our electricity system is up to scratch.  

It is not only businesses established for personal profit that are highly innovative.  The Social Impact Tracker, developed by social enterprise Cúnamh ICT, was shortlisted in the recent DigiBIC awards for collaborative innovation at the European Business Congress, which was open to businesses across Europe.   The Derry-based business emerged from a mental health charity,