RBS Six Nations and Triple Crown
The new RBS Six Nations rugby trophy and Triple Crown were the stars of the show at our most recent MC meeting in the Adair Arms Hotel. Their arrival brought business to a halt for a few minutes. Television presenter and journalist Adrian Logan joins Mayor of Ballymena Cllr. Audrey Wales MBE and Ballymena Chamber […]
Worldpay Zinc – Take Payments on Smartphone
Ulster Bank are pleased to partner with Worldpay as they launch a new ‘Pay as you go’ Merchant Services Mobile product in Northern Ireland. Terry Robb heads up the local Ulster Bank Business Centre and he commented that “Ulster Bank are pleased to partner with Worldpay, our Debit & Credit Card Payments Acceptance (Merchant Services) […]
Major Awards for Moore Concrete
Congratulations to Chamber Members Moore Concrete Products Ltd who have just won two major awards. The first award was a Certificate of Excellence presented by the Concrete Society for work carried out on the Black Esk Weir project. The Black Esk reservoir provides water to the area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. The aim […]
Eugene McKeever MBE
Eugene McKeever at Buckingham Palace where he received his MBE for Services to Hospitality and Tourism in Northern Ireland. Congratulations Eugene – very much deserved.
Plan2Build 2015
Now in it’s fourth year, FmK’s ‘Plan2Build Show promises to be even better than last year! The P2B Show is County Antrim’s Local Planning & Construction Trade Show, for local people, promoting local trades and businesses, as well as business across Northern Ireland. The P2B Show attracts people from all across Northern Ireland and beyond.Its […]
Christmas Social & Competition Winners
Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce & Industry held their last Business to Business Networking Event this week by announcing the winners of their Window Dressing Competition. Chamber President Alan Stewart and Mayor Audrey Wales MBE congratulate the winners of Ballymena Chamber of Commerce Christmas Window Display Competition. • Wyse Byse, Church St. • Fred Funk, Ballymoney Street. […]
More Wrightbuses for London
Wrightbus have announced that the Transport for London Board has given approval to order a further batch of 200 New Routemaster buses from Wrightbus. The contract, which will now be finalised, is for buses to be delivered up to the second quarter of 2016, and secures employment on two of the production lines at Wrights Group’s EN-Drive chassis facility in Antrim, as […]
Ballymena Town Centre launches BID
Ballymena Town Traders came together in Ballymena Business Centre, Church Street on 22nd October to launch Ballymena Business Improvement District. People representing a range of interests in Ballymena have been working over a number of years now to develop the Town as a Business Improvement District. With support from the European Union’s INTERREG IVA […]
Award Recognition for Local Company
Antrim based company heatboss were recognised at the recent Green Biz Conference and Award ceremony for their product’s contribution to improving the environment. The event, hosted by ex-apprentice finalist, Jim Eastwood was organised by the STEM Project. STEM (Sustainable Together through Environmental Management) is supported by the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Cross Border Programme and offers local businesses valuable support to boost their […]
Business Breakfast with Kevin Kingston
Ballymena Chamber President Alan Stewart welcomed guest speaker Kevin Kingston, NI Chamber of Commerce President & Deputy CEO and Managing Director of Business Banking at Danske Bank and 60 business leaders from around the Borough to their ‘Business Breakfast Networking Forum’ on Wednesday morning. Kevin explain that the current economic forecasts for the Northern Irish […]
