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Selling a business is not as straightforward as exchanging contracts and handing over reins
The sale of a business is a significant milestone for any business owner, but it is not as simple as exchanging contracts and ...
Avoiding scrutiny is not a good look for a government department
While on the Department for the Economy’s website, I stumbled across its 2024/25 Business Plan End of Year Progress Report. I ...
Former Church of Ireland Primate’s 50 years of service are honoured at St Columb’s Cathedral
The former Church of Ireland Primate Lord Eames has been honoured at a service in St Columb’s Cathedral to mark the 50th ...
‘Livelihoods are under threat’: More than a quarter of NI hospitality firms operating at a loss, report finds
More than a quarter of hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland are operating at a loss and at risk of failure, a report ...
I’d a long wait in A&E – but when I was seen for suspected stroke, the care could not have been more compassionate
I have had two fake strokes. The first was 10 years ago when I woke up on holiday after an afternoon nap and didn’t know ...
More than a quarter of hospitality firms in NI are operating at a loss, report finds
More than a quarter of hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland are operating at a loss and at risk of failure, a report ...
Mobuoy criminals who polluted Derry drinking water told judge their health suffered from being taken to court
The two criminals responsible for a vast toxic dump polluting Londonderry’s drinking water repeatedly lied about their role — ...
Decades-old ectopic pregnancy tissue was found during pensioner’s surgery, inquest told
An inquest has heard that a pensioner who died following emergency surgery was found to have a tissue from an ectopic ...
Chance to buy slice of ancient history as Strangford Lough islands go on sale for just £108,000
Two islands on Strangford Lough are providing potential purchasers “an opportunity to buy a bit of Ireland’s history”, as ...
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Belfast chef on 25 years in business: ‘I had no money and no job, but I bought a restaurant’
Chefs are the centre of publicity for dining, with their names often at least as famous as the restaurants in which they work. Simon McCance, head chef of one of Belfast’s most famous restaurants, ...
NI weather forecast: Sunny spells for Tuesday with highs of 19C after rainy start to week
It comes after a rainy start to the week when most of Northern Ireland experienced downpours on Monday, some heavy at times. Tuesday morning will be mostly cloudy then becoming increasingly sunny as ...
MP says discovery of human remains in NI river ‘deeply distressing’ as he calls for information
A local MP has expressed his shock at the “tragic” discovery of human remains in a Co Down river at the weekend.