Staff and student groups from secondary schools across the Northwest set off for the Italian Alps on Saturday 18th January 2025, marking the commencement of the second year of Topflight for Schools’ successful ski programme to Verona from City of Derry Airport. Steve...

Northern Ireland will begin training veterinary nurses to degree level in 2025 with the establishment of two new undergraduate degrees at Ulster University in Coleraine.    The first of their kind in Northern Ireland, teaching on the Veterinary Nursing and...

AbbeyAutoline has acquired Coleraine-based Wallace Insurance Brokers' customer book of business. The deal marks the third acquisition by AbbeyAutoline in 2024, following the purchases of Lisnaskea-based Martin Carey Insurance and Downpatrick-based Down Insurances....

The Northern Ireland economy is weathering a sustained fiscal storm as 2024 draws to a close, economists at Ulster University can reveal.     Publishing the December 2024 Outlook, economists at the Economic Policy Centre say the local economy has had a...

Ulster University has been awarded ‘University of the Year 2024’, the most prestigious title of all by Times Higher Education. For the first time in the University’s history, Ulster University is recognised as the top higher education institution in the UK and...

43% of Northern Ireland businesses report growth in the past 12 months, with 61% forecasting growth in the 12 months ahead, the results of the NI Enterprise Barometer 2024 have revealed today. However, optimism around turnover is overshadowed by increasing pressures...

Known for their impressive food and catering options, Moran’s Retail Group has no intentions of resting on their laurels and continues to be an award-winning business for owners, John and Donna Moran. Their reputation was further cemented last month when they took...

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced that Seating Matters is investing £3.7 million in its manufacturing facilities in Limavady and Derry as part of its ambitious expansion plan to triple turnover by 2027. Seating Matters is a globally recognised...

Eakin Healthcare has taken another step toward its sustainability objectives by strengthening its partnership with Coleraine-based community health and wellbeing charity, Ashes to Gold, in support of their shared environmental values. In line with its commitment to...

There was plenty of speculation that Labour’s Autumn Budget would transform the application of inheritance tax as we had known it for many years. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire: three key changes were introduced by the Chancellor that will...