Chamber Golf Day 2017

Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s President Ronan McCann is pictured with the winning 4 Ball at the Chamber’s Annual Golf outing at Galgorm Castle Golf Club. The winning four ball with the best combined score was led by Finlay Robinson, from Robinson’s of Ballymena (NISA Extra). Chamber President Ronan McCann with the winners of […]
2017 Business Awards Launched

The 2017 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards were launched at a reception in the Braid on Tuesday 25th July. This is the 15th year of the awards which are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is the principal sponsor for this year’s awards. L-R seated: Mayor of Mid […]
Business Awards Principal Sponsor 2017

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has agreed to be the principal sponsor for the 2017 Ballymena Business Excellence Awards. The awards are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Photo L-R: Alison Moore and Chris Wales (both Chamber of Commerce), Mayor Audrey Wales MBE, Ronan McCann (Chamber President) and Anne Donaghy […]
Clarkes secure Stanmore Hospital

Chamber members Clarke Facades have announced that they have secured the full building envelope contract for the redevelopment of Stanmore Hospital in North London on behalf of the RNOH NHS Trust alongside Balfour Beatty. The first phase of the redevelopment will involve the construction of a new five-story inpatient ward facility for the specialist Neuro Musculoskeletal […]
Retailers Advised on Reducing Crime

New Crime Reduction Guide Available THE Ballymena Business Improvement District (BID) today launched a new Retail Crime Reduction guide as part of its continued Crime Reduction Strategy. The effects of retail theft are far reaching in the community and can have serious financial consequences for businesses. This publication contains useful information for businesses in the […]
Chamber Member Hospitality Ulster Partner

Ballymena business and local Chamber Member appointed Hospitality Ulster’s Official Partner for Marketing. Local Website Designer and Digital Marketing Consultancy, Gazelle Communications has been appointed Hospitality Ulster’s Official Partner for Marketing. Gazelle Communications Campaign Director Rodney Kernohan told Ballymena Chamber of Commerce, “Hospitality Ulster are a professional body set-up to lobby on behalf of Northern Ireland’s […]
GES Celebrate National Award Win

Grants Electrical Services Ltd. (GES Group), recently received a national award in recognition of their commitment to staff, innovation, and skills development, outperforming organisations many times their size. Competing against heavyweights like Transport for London, Dell Global Support, and BT Openreach, GES Group won the Bronze Award in the Training Journal Awards ‘Best Change Management’ […]
Ballymena ‘streets ahead’ in festive footfall

BALLYMENA celebrated New Year with news that the town centre’s overall customer footfall was up 8.1% for December 2016 compared to the same period for 2015. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council figures – supplied by the retail intelligence company, Springboard – represent a considerable increase in footfall and is all the more astounding given […]
Christmas Social / Networking Event

Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its annual Christmas social/networking event in the Adair Arms Hotel on 13th.December. There was an excellent turnout of Chamber members and guests. This is always an informal evening and Ronan McCann, Chamber President welcomed everyone. He then went on to present the trophies and certificates for the […]
2016 Business Excellence Awards

Ballymena businesses were out in force on 20th October at the Gala evening in Tullyglass House Hotel to celebrate the 14th Ballymena Business Excellence awards. The awards are organised annually by Ballymena Borough Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the principal sponsor this year was Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Cllr Audrey Wales […]