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Pre-tax profits at Mid-Ulster manufacturer Bloc Blinds plummeted from £27.4m to £225,300 after soaring consumer demand and a pandemic boost both wore off, accounts have shown.
Healthcare organisations representing nurses and doctors want the same quality of PPE used in the US to protect them from Covid variants in hospital.
Huhtamaki Foodservice Delta had pre-tax profits of £3.5m for 2019, down from £4m. However, turnover went up 13% from £55m to £62.3m, the accounts show, with staff numbers also up 20% to 428. The business, based at Kennedy Way Industrial Estate, also makes packaging for other fast-food firms like KFC and Nando's, as well as food companies like Kellogg's. Delta Print was set up by businessman Terry Cross in 1981. It was sold to Finnish firm Huhtamaki in 2016, and is now led by Huhtamaki Foodservice UK general manager Ciaran Doherty. In a strategic report with the just-filed accounts, the co...
Our economy and businesses have had an extremely rough ride since the first Covid-19 case was detected here on February 27 last year. None of us could have imagined how our lives as individuals, consumers, employees and businesspeople would be affected. And almost every single trend which has reshaped our lives in the past year - working from home, streaming movies instead of going to the cinema, being furloughed, doing more online shopping because so many shops are shut - is feeding into the long-term economic impact of Covid-19. While we are encouraged by the vaccine roll-out, and cherishin...
Step onto the floor of the vast open plan office that acts as the headquarters of Grant Thornton in Northern Ireland and it is immediately apparent this is a business advisory firm where things are ‘different’. The firm’s values adorn the walls of the modern and exceptionally well-appointed space at the landmark Belfast DSW (Donegall Square West) office building. Written in huge, oversized lettering, it’s not a gimmick, rather a reflection of a deeply embedded culture that permeates every level of the organisation. Managing partner Richard Gillan has witnessed incredible growth across...