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NI companies win Saudi contracts

Around 25 companies took part in a week-long trade mission to Saudi Arabia earlier this month organised by Invest NI. Among them was Rapid International of Tandragee, which employs more than 40 people making concrete mixers and batching plants for concrete manufacturers. The company’s export sales manager Adrian Pearson said that as a result of...
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Five year deal for Whitemountain

The Belfast-based company Whitemountain Quarries has signed a five-year deal with the road-building company Eurovia for the supply of gritstone from its quarry at Ballystockart on the outskirts of Comber. Gritstone is used in the manufacture of asphalt, which is needed by Eurovia for the maintenance of roads in the south-east of England. The managing...
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Baileys in Mallusk wins ‘Plant of the Year’ award

The Baileys plant in Mallusk has been awarded ‘Diageo Plant of the Year for 2010′....
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Asda reveals plans for further investment

Asda chief executive Andy Clarke has announced plans to invest a further £100 million in...
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Lagan Technologies acquired by US firm

A hundred new jobs are being created in the local IT sector following the takeover...
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Ulster Bank aims to lend £500 million

The Ulster Bank has launched new mortgage deals and cut two of its rates...
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Further acquisition for Newry software firm

The Newry software company First Derivatives has bought the Toronto company LakeFront Data Ventures. LakeFront is...
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First Trust posts £52 million half year loss

One of Northern Ireland’s big four banks has announced losses of more than £50...
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The State We're In

As many as 16,000 jobs in Northern Ireland’s private sector could be under threat from next week’s comprehensive spending review (CSR), according to a report from business advisers PwC. The PwC report says that reduced spending in the public sector...
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