Business

H&W secures wind turbines order - but work will be done in Scotland

Gary McDonald Business Editor

17 April, 2021

HARLAND & Wolff has been awarded a lucrative contracts to build eight giant wind turbines for Italian oilfield services company Saipem which will be used in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

Wrightbus secures £8m bus order from Japan and Hong Kong

BALLYMENA bus-maker Wrightbus has secured an £8 million order for buses from Hong Kong and Japan.

Fewer job vacancies in Northern Ireland says REC

MORE than 140,000 new job adverts were posted across the UK last week, the highest since the onset of the pandemic, meaning there are currently 1.37 million active vacancies and suggesting an influx of people getting back into work.

Tayto online sales soar - but owners' profit margin is just 0.3 per cent

ONLINE sales of tens of thousands of extra bags of its famous Tayto cheese & onion brand haven't translated into a major revenues boost for its owner Manderley Food Group, according to its latest accounts.

Andras Hotels plans 60 new jobs and major training programme

BELFAST hotel group Andras Hotels is gearing up for reopening with a major recruitment drive for 60 new staff and an ambitious food industry training programme across its seven properties.

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Belfast fintech firm in fresh funding round for new bank-linked loyalty platform

16 Apr, 2021

BELFAST-based fintech company LoyalBe has announced £725,000 of fresh investment in a funding round led by Techstart Ventures.

Simply Fit Food secures major Dunnes Stores supply deal

16 Apr, 2021

SIMPLY Fit Food has secured a major contract to supply a new range of healthy convenience meals to almost 70 Dunnes Stores across Ireland.

Incomes soar 34 per cent as farmers help feed the nation

Gary McDonald Business Editor 16 Apr, 2021

NEW Stormont figures show that total income from farming (TIFF) in Northern Ireland soared by more than a third last year.

Kane awarded £29 million contract at Lewisham Gateway

14 Apr, 2021

CONSTRUCTION group Kane has secured a £29 million design and build contract with Balfour Beatty to deliver the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) installation at phase two of the Lewisham Gateway scheme in London.

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Openreach to hire 100 apprentices as part of £100m broadband build

Gary McDonald Business Editor 13 Apr, 2021

DIGITAL infrastructure provider Openreach is to spent £100 million and recruit 100 new apprentices over the next 12 months as part of its plan to make Northern Ireland the most digitally connected region in the UK.

Newry start-up company Machine Eye secures £75,000 in funding

13 Apr, 2021

AN early-stage tech business from Newry has secured a £75,000 proof of concept grant as the winner of a new competition from Techstart Ventures and Belfast Harbour.

Unified healthcare specialists boost their sales and profits

Gary McDonald Business Editor 13 Apr, 2021

CO Down medical devices company TG Eakin and the north coast rival it bought late last year have both filed accounts showing healthy increases in sales and profitability.

Choice of mortgages 'now three-quarters of what it was in march 2020'

13 Apr, 2021

THE choice of mortgages has recovered to around three-quarters of the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the market, analysis has found.

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Are you an Isa early bird?

Michael Kennedy 12 Apr, 2021

ARE you an Isa “early bird”? You can really fly ahead on growing your savings, if you are.

Now is the right time to beat the January tax rush

Feargal McCormack 12 Apr, 2021

QUESTION: My accountant has already requested my tax return information for the tax year ending April 5 and I am in the process of gathering together all my details.