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The headquarters of the Belfast Media Group have gone on the market with a £1 million price tag.

THE young West Belfast man behind one of the UK’s fastest growing independent beer brands is coming home to inspire the city’s future entrepreneurs. Alan Mahon, the 33-year-old founder and CEO of Glasgow-based Brewgooder, will give a talk at a special free event at Innovation Factory on the Springfield Road on Friday 15th September about how his passion for beer and helping disadvantaged communities led to the creation of this impact brand, which is set to double its sales this year to £4m. At the Brewing Ideas and Crafting a Business seminar, sponsored by Belfast City Council, Innovati...

THE question of segregation of schools in Belfast will continue but not for a very long time. This is because of the ever-changing diverse cultures in the city.  Belfast has a fairly big population of white people from eastern Europe and other places outside Northern Ireland. Africans make up nearly 2% of the population of this city, according to the 2021 census.  Then of course there are Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese, not to mention people from the Middle East. Some of their children have language challenges because English, Irish and Ulster Scots are the three main languages in the fa...

A WEST Belfast-based company have partnered with global tech giant Google to host an event aimed at entrepreneurs. People Playbook, which is based at Innovation Factory on the Springfield Road, will host and facilitate this free session designed to highlight the key distinctions of what makes an effective startup leader.  The company are working with Google for Startups to deliver leadership development programs for founders across the world. Managing Director Tony McGaharan, who previously worked for Google for seven years, said: “I am excited to share insights from the Effective Founde...

BELFAST City Council’s Planning Committee have given approval for a new renewable energy storage plant close to Colin Glen Forest – despite objections from the National Trust and Belfast Hills Partnership. The proposal by Hannahstown BESS of Carrickmore, still has to be approved by full Council next Wednesday (1 February), and will see the installation of a storage system storage with capacity up to 50MW, associated electricity substation/transformer compound, improvement to the existing access, landscaping and associated ancillary development/site works. The proposal includes 25 battery...