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Fleming Agri Products Ltd managing director George Fleming

'We believe in growing business gradually'

"Our family celebrated 150 years [in business] in 2010, so we are 152-years-old now," said George Fleming, the fourth generation to lead Fleming Agri Products.

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CDE Global chairman Tony Convery

A family affair that is reaping dividends

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

CDE making a splash with water treatment
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Come on ants, let's get together so we can avoid being squashed by those elephants

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

We risk being squashed by elephants. No, really. I read an article last week about all these 'elephants' stamping around threateningly - Germany, public sector wages, the eurozone crisis, deficits, budget cuts, (and I am sure we can come up with a few more). They're trying to squash us all.
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Dermot Hegarty, Total Golf

Getting into the swing of a growing golfing operation

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Londonderry retailer Total Golf provides an object lesson in how to develop and grow at a fast rate, even in a recession.
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Grainne Kelly is the founder of BubbleBum

Bottoms up as seats lift BubbleBum

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Bubblebum is just two years old, yet it is rapidly emerging as one of Northern Ireland's most successful export-based companies.
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Success can be built with 'cans' not 'can'ts'

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Economic transformation can be achieved by people making the difference. It worked for San Diego and it can work for Ulster too
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Barbara Hughes, sales director of Boozeberries

Boozeberries is LinkedIn to sales

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Any business that doubts the value of social networking should consider the example of Co Down liqueur business Boozeberries.
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Debunking the great export market myth

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Thinking of selling abroad? It's not as hard as you might believe. Ron Immink explains how experts taking part in our Business Live sessions can help you crack it overseas
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Michael Jenkins of Up & Running

Hitting the ground running

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Up & Running NI has outlets in Belfast's Wellington Place and Newry's Francis Street and claims to be the leading specialist running and walking shoe retailer in Ireland.
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Freight and see: export opportunities are waiting to be seized by local firms

All abroad as firms set sail for export market

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Encouraging our small and medium-sized companies to export is crucial for the Northern Ireland economy, according to the co-founder of Small Business Can, Ron Immink
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Neal McCullough, Hand Drawn Creative

Neal drawing on experience

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Hand Drawn Creative is a successful business based in Bangor that provides illustrations and creative design for clients round the world. Sole trader Neal McCullough has been drawing since he was a child.
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Kate Marshall, MaST Ireland

Local firm defies recession by making business leaders

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Mast Ireland was established as a training organisation for business leaders nearly 30 years ago by Frank Storrs and today his son David is the managing partner.
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Kevin Logue gets to work on his latest comic

Pitch perfect performances from firms with can-do approach

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

In a week where the blood is dripping out of the radio, the TV and the newspapers, (double dip recession, default, Greece, austerity) it is great to spend some time with positive people.
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Comic relief as artists cause Uproar with zombie stories

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Uproar Comics is one of Northern Ireland's newest and most distinctive small businesses.
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(From left) Andrew Mullins, Martin Holusa, Andrew Dewdney and Jamie Casey

Innovative designers spread web of talent over north and south

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Uproar Comics is one of Northern Ireland's newest and most distinctive small businesses.
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Davy slashes Republic's growth forecast to 1.1%

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Davy Stockbrokers has cut its forecast for the Irish economy because of the risk of a more severe global slowdown and poor consumer sentiment at home.
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New direction: Shauna Summers, Hault

Name change helps Co Down fencing company scale the heights

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

The Silverbridge, Co Down, family business now called Hault originated in 1986 as Top Security Fencing (NI) Ltd. Last year it was rebranded as Hault, to provide a more distinctive identity.
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David Rogers, managing director of Speedlink and Bert Moore, Speedlink's group managing director based in the Dublin Operation.

This innovative firm has a great idea in the bag

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Follow Your Bag is a business based on resolving a very straightforward problem.
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Here's the big idea for small businesses

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

The co-founder of Small Business Can tells us why culture, cooperation and a lack of 'BS' has helped create an online community of over 10,000 members ... who look out for each other
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Shauna Rooney, Tyrone Office Solutions

Capitalising on banks' help couldn't be easier

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Businesses from across Northern Ireland are coming together on Smallbusinesscan.com to network with like-minded people and to share ideas, knowledge and contacts. Girvan Gault of Ulster Bank talks about how entrepreneurs can finance their ventures
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Law Society president Brian Speers

Mediation's no bar to problem solving

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Could a conciliatory approach by a neutral party resolve certain commercial disputes instead of a bewigged judge? Law Society president Brian Speers thinks so
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In pictures: Doing the business

  • PMST Apprentice of the Year 2011
  • Graham Dillon of Tandragee, Co Armagh (centre), accepts the Adult Apprentice Award: Best Attendance at the PMST Apprentice of the Year 2011 ceremony held this week in Belfast City Hall. Also pictured are Keith Poole (left) of CHC Group, Craigavon, who employ Graham, and Nick Hayward of category sponser ATL
  • Ciara Walls of Whitehead, Co Antrim (centre), accepts the Adult Apprentice Award: Most Consistently High Exam Results, at the PMST Apprentice of the Year 2011 ceremony held this week in Belfast City Hall. Also pictured is Professor Jackie McCoy (right) of the University of Ulster, the category sponsor, and Nicola Cherry of Fusion Heating of Killyleagh, Co Down, who employ Ciara

Cream of the crop in the business world

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