Ulster Business

With Northern Ireland’s small business community attracting the notice of investors, the halo Business Angel network has seen a 300% increase in members over the past 12 months and has now reached the milestone of welcoming in its 100th investor

Optimism among local privately held businesses on their economic outlook for 2010 has improved considerably over the last year, according to the latest International Business Report survey from advisors Grant Thornton UK

A business initiative offering free support and resources to managers and leaders in Northern Ireland is re-launching its services

A Swiss-based hedge fund with expected assets under management (AUM) of $100 million which predicts currency market movements went live recently – and the key to its success lies in cutting-edge software developed at Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) in Belfast.
Technology developed at Rantec Research will be operated by Hepta GFX Fund – a Geneva

Nationwide franchise café chain The Streat has been bought by Henderson Foodservice, a division of Henderson Group, for an undisclosed sum.
The Streat said its 37 outlets in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland produced annual turnover for 2009 of over £8 million, an increase of 8% on the previous year. It was founded