CONFERENCE SPECIAL: The US Investment Conference may be behind us, but its effects may last for years. We report on the important events and what has been achieved.
ICT QUARTERLY: Ulster Business covers the latest news and views from Northern Ireland's fastest-growing sector.
DISPATCH: A round up of the latest economic and business news including new developments at Bombardier, Aer Lingus, George Best Belfast City Airport and UTV Media.
PADDY POWER: Irish Bookmaker Paddy Power has bought the private NI betting chain McGranaghan Racing for £19mn.
NEW SEASON; NEW SHAPE; NEW DESIGN: Northern Woman magazine leads the way in the style, beauty and fashion stakes
 



Welcome to the June edition of Ulster Business

LONDON-DERRY: In our Guest Comment this month we learn that the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce in the years ahead is to position Derry as the regional economic centre for the North West, developing the City's close links with London, according to the body's CEO Janice Tracy (right).
INSIDE STORY: County Tyrone is not a place normally associated with high-tech engineering export success, but Cookstown manufacturer CDE is generating an increasingly bigger chunk of its revenues from sales to international clients. It currently sells more than 90% of its machinery outside Northern Ireland to customers in India, the Arabian Gulf, and Europe. The partners expect a new £5mn extension to underpin that growth, and add to their current turnover of £20mn.

David Cullen
Editor
 

CoC LEADS FROM THE FRONT: Chamber of Commerce CE Frank Hewitt says that devolution has brought a dramatic improvement in the business environment. 'The economy has been put at the centre of government and we now have direct and ready access to local representatives who are supportive and willing to listen to our voice.'

AIRPORT PLANS TAKE SHAPE: The major investment underway at Belfast International Airport will underpin the future prosperity of Northern ireland, say MD John Doran.

TIDE TURNS FOR FOYLE FERRIES: Having recently taken over Foyle Cruise Line, entrepreneur Joanne Lusby (right)is riding the wave of increased interest in the river.

PEOPLE IN BUSINESS: We profile co-founder of Direct Net Access Martin Lyons who got his first computer at the age of ten, and knew computers was what he was destined to do.

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