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Belfast welcomes a delegation to help create new business opportunities

(L) Vice Mayor for Economic Affairs, Seung Won Lee & (R)Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Ryan Murphy A mayoral delegation from the South Korean city of Sejong was welcomed to Belfast City Hall earlier this week to sign co-operation agreements to support business growth, academic collaboration, and knowledge exchange. Both cities are participants in the Connected […]

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Fabulosa hits overseas milestone

Fragrance-led home and lifestyle brand Fabulosa is celebrating another major international milestone, having secured distribution rights representing one billion of the world’s population. Fuelled by an ambitious export strategy, the firm has now secured representation across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia with its hugely popular range of fragranced household cleaning products, equating to partnerships in

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SAS Daniels receives recognition in high-profile legal directory

SAS Daniels LLP, the leading Cheshire-based solicitors, is celebrating securing a coveted ranking for Private Wealth Law in the prestigious Chambers High Net Worth Directory 2023. The rankings within the directory, delivered by independent legal research company Chambers and Partners, are the definitive mark of excellence for those advising on private wealth matters. SAS Daniels was awarded the position in recognition of its Private Client team’s provision

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Gilson Gray bolsters property team with newbuild director appointment

Full-service legal firm Gilson Gray has appointed Tracy McAlpine as a director in its residential property division to lead a new dedicated team for newbuild conveyancing. Tracy brings more than two decades of experience to the firm and has spent the last 10 years specialising in newbuild transactions, working closely with a number of national

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Wylie & Bisset questions changes to R&D tax credits

Accountants and Business Advisers Wylie & Bisset have questioned the logic of changes to R&D tax credits that favour large companies over SMEs. Since the 1st April 2023, SMEs have seen R&D tax credits relief on qualifying costs reduce from an enhancement of 130% to 86% and, for loss-making companies, repayable credit reduce from 14.5% to 10%,

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TRAVEL AGENTS RECOGNISED AT PRESTIGIOUS INDUSTRY AWARDS

Barrhead Travel, the UK’s no.1 travel agency, is celebrating success as travel agents and agencies from across the UK and Ireland were honoured at the 2023 Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards in London. Sean Buckley, from Barrhead Travel Northwich, was awarded the coveted individual award for Leisure Manager of the Year whilst Olivia Davies, from

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Kavida.ai raises £900k seed capital to build innovative supply chain GPT

London based supply chain startup; Kavida.ai has secured a further £900k investment to enhance its platform with artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. The company helps manufacturers and retailers derisk procurement through its order management systems, allowing users to detect, track and manage issues to supplier orders before they hurt the business. The seed investment round was

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Northern Irish employers looking to entice workers back into the office

The latest survey by global recruitment firm, Hays has found that almost a third of employers in Northern Ireland are planning to change their hybrid working model and will ask staff to come into the office more regularly over the next year. In their annual “What Workers Want” survey, which received 8,853 responses including 382

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Cost of sustainability is turning small business owners green

Over three quarters (78%) of UK small business owners say that sustainability is at the forefront of their business strategy, but their efforts are being hampered by the cost associated with implementing “green” business infrastructure. The SME Insights Report, which surveyed over 1000 UK small business owners, found that over half (57%) of small businesses

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