Business

Barr 50 honours top businesses using Irish

THE CELEBRATORY chimes can still be heard from the Four Seasons Hotel in Dublin after the overwhelming and resounding success of the fourth Barr 50 Business as Gaeilge awards.The awards ceremony was a chance to recognise and honour a new and innovative group of 50 recipients who actively use Irish language in the day-to-day running of their business.The annual luncheon had a variety of business, cultural, arts and academics present and guest speaker at the ceremony was Senator Mary White, who...

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Grafton launch new ESP brand

RECRUITMENT group Grafton is looking for a bigger slice of the international recruitment and human resource market.The group, which employs some 170 people in Northern Ireland, has unveiled a new recruitment outsourcing and HR consultancy brand.The new brand will target both Irish and global markets in a move designed to deliver a major long-term expansion of the Irish-based international group. Grafton ESP (Employment Solutions Portfolio) will be based in the North and HR director of the Grafton Employment Group, Emma...

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Subcontract for CSeries aircraft

LOCAL companies have been urged to explore potentially lucrative subcontract opportunities with international suppliers for Bombardier Aerospace’s new CSeries aircraft programme.That message was the focus of an event hosted by Invest Northern Ireland in Belfast, attended by around 50 local company delegates who presented their product and service solutions to top buyers and executives from 30 of Bombardier’s potential primary suppliers to the CSeries programme.Bombardier in Belfast is responsible for the design, development and manufacture of the advanced composite wings...

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Small businesses starting to recover from downturn, says FSB

SMALL businesses which were hit hard by the worst of the economic downturn are starting to experience a tentative recovery, according to analysis by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which has documented the economic downturn’s impact on small firms since last September.A comparison of FSB data collected over the past ten months suggests that the economic position small businesses are in is starting to improve since a low point at the end of last year.A rising number of small...

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