Relief road ‘must not be sacrificed for bridge’(10 June 2008) NARROW Water Bridge must not be built at the expense of the southern relief road.
That’s according to Green Party councillor Ciaran Mussen who was speaking at Monday’s meeting of Newry and Mourne Council.
“The southern relief road i...
Awards hit-trick for Castle(10 June 2008) Newry and Mourne Museum in Bagenal’s Castle has shown its standards of excellence by winning three awards in May.
The first award was in the building conservation category at the prestigious Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Aw...
Chamber hosts celebration of South Armagh(10 June 2008) A CELEBRATION of South Armagh is the theme for the Crossmaglen and South Armagh Chamber of Commerce’s first fundraising event.
The event aims to highlight the ongoing work by the chamber to bring a spotlight to the area to encourage investme...
Business market strong(10 June 2008) WHILE it’s evident that the slow down in residential property values has affected homeowners over the last year, new figures from Best Property Services show that a comparable level of business is still being done.
The latest figures from th...
Local businesses oppose LIDL out of town move (5 June 2008) Local business owners and representatives of Newry Chamber of Trade and Commerce and Newry City Centre Partnership, have attended a meeting with Newry and Mourne District Council and Planning Service to raise their objections to the proposed approval...
Autoline acquisition(5 June 2008) The Autoline Group, Newry has announced the acquisition of Northern Ireland’s longest established brokerage, Ballymena-based Kyle Insurance Brokers from Shauna Kyle.
Part of a series of planned acquisitions; this latest takeover brings staff...
Newry finance firm record £4.7m profit(3 June 2008) NEWRY-based First Derivatives expects to report further progress this year after the company announced pre-tax profits of £4.7m for 2007 – up 86 per cent on the previous year.
The financial technology company stated that full year revenues r...
Chamber voices LIDL fears(3 June 2008) PROPOSALS to build a LIDL store at the Fiveways Roundabout could signal the end of city centre trading in Newry.
That’s the fear of Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade who, along with Newry City Centre Partnership, attended a meeting last we...