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Company Profiles
Company Snapshot: Northstone Ltd
Northstone, formerly known as Farrans, is one of Northern Ireland’s largest building and civil engineering contractors. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of CRH (Cement Roadstone Holdings), registered in Dublin.
Inside Company Profiles
Company Snapshot: United Dairy Farmers
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
United Dairy Farmers operates effectively as a co-operative organisation buying, processing and selling milk from just under 2,000 registered suppliers across Northern Ireland.
Company Snapshot: Patton Group Ltd
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
The Patton Group has been one of the fastest growing building companies based in Northern Ireland. In addition to local contracts, it now also has three subsidiary companies working in England and the Republic. Recently the group won the premier award in 2009 for Building Excellence in the competition organised by the Construction Employers Federation.
Company Snapshot: Killyvally Holdings Ltd
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Killyvally Holdings is based in Garvagh. It is the parent company and owner of TBF Thompson (Garvagh) and has its principal business activities in the distribution of plant, commercial vehicles, and forklift trucks, along with the supply of parts and servicing back-up.
Company Snapshot: Ards Holding Ltd
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Ards Holdings is the parent company for the well established construction company, Gilbert Ash, and the financial results are heavily influenced by the trading performance of that subsidiary.
Company Snapshot: The McAvoy Group Ltd
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
The McAvoy Group, headquartered in Dungannon, specialises in the manufacture, hire and sale of mobile buildings.
Comapny snapshot: JP Corry Ltd
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Until 2005, JP Corry was a wholly owned subsidiary of a locally owned group. It was then sold to the French-owned builders supply company, St Gobain, and has continued to trade as a timber and timber products supplier to the local building industry.
Company snapshot; Armaghdown creameries ltd
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Armaghdown Creameries is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fane Valley Co-operative Society.
Company Snapshot: Almac Group Ltd
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Almac Group brings together a number of subsidiary companies each with specialist interests in different aspects of pharmaceutical and biotechnology developments.
Company Snapshot: Hastings Hotel Group Ltd
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
The Hastings Hotel Group, including the Culloden, Stormont and Europa Hotels in Belfast and a joint venture share in the Merrion Hotel in Dublin, has continued to trade successfully.
Company Snapshot: Belfast Harbour Commissioners
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
The Port of Belfast and the large land estate falling within its borders are managed by the Belfast Harbour Commissioners.
Company Snapshot: McLaughlin and Harvey Ltd
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
McLaughlin and Harvey is one of Northern Ireland’s largest construction companies. The registered accounts also consolidate the results for two other smaller subsidiaries in property development and wholesale distribution.
Charles Hurst Ltd
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
In 2008, for the first time in 14 years, Charles Hurst has reported a pre-tax loss on its business during the year.
Company Snapshot: Mivan Ltd
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Mivan is a Northern Ireland based construction company with a large proportion of its workload and property development conducted outside Northern Ireland, including trading joint ventures in Romania.
Company Snapshot: Stream Intl (NI) Ltd
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Stream International is a successful call centre based in Derry City. Its activities are described as providing customer service and technical support via telephone and email for computer hardware and software products.
Company Snapshot: BHH Ltd
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
BHH, formerly known as Barnett Hall Holdings, along with its subsidiary companies including John Thompson and Sons, is a major supplier of animal feedstuffs in Northern Ireland.
Company Snapshot: Harland & Wolff Group plc
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Although Harland and Wolff is now a much smaller business than it was as a major shipbuilder, nevertheless it has now established a continuing diverse enterprise using the facilities formerly used for shipbuilding.
Company Snapshot: Carvill Group Ltd
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
In the recent past, the Carvill Group has mainly focused on the development and sale of residential and commercial buildings in Northern Ireland, Scotland, North East England and in Germany.
Company Snapshot: HCL BPO Services (NI) Ltd
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
HCL BPO Services is a subsidiary of an Indian owned parent company which several years ago purchased the call centre premises in Belfast formerly developed by BT.
Company Snapshot: Thales Air Defence Ltd
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Thales Air Defence is an advanced engineering company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French parent company of the same name. The Northern Ireland subsidiary is, in turn, the main shareholder in Thales Close Air Defence.
Company Snapshot: Donegall Place Investments Ltd
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Donegall Place Investments is a company combining property development and trading with property investment for rental returns.
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Business Poll: Corporation Tax?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
| Yes |
 72% |
| No |
 28% |
ACADEMIC SELECTION
Which of these statements do you agree with
Which of these statements do you agree with
| The 11-Plus should be retained |
45% |
| The 11-Plus should be replaced by another form of academic selection |
29% |
| All forms of academic selection should be outlawed in Northern Ireland |
25% |
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