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Business

Danske Bank to close the four branches in September

Northern Ireland

Danske Bank to close four more branches in Northern Ireland

Four Danske Bank branches in Northern Ireland are to close in September, the bank has confirmed.

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Havelock House on the Ormeau Road in south Belfast

Northern Ireland

Developer makes second attempt to demolish Havelock House for apartments

Digital rendering of the recycling hub

Northern Ireland

Belfast firm to construct £39m modern recycling hub outside Bristol by 2023

Architects rendering on the hotel complex

Northern Ireland

Planning approved for three-story hotel to be built outside Ballymena

Mannok Holdings (Credit: Facebook)

Northern Ireland

Building materials firm Mannok profits plunge, blaming energy price hike and carbon credits costs

House sales are expected to rise here

Northern Ireland Premium

House sales are expected to rise despite the fears over cost of living

Marks and Spencer has had to withdraw about 600 products from its stores in the Republic of Ireland since Brexit (Charlotte Ball/PA)

Northern Ireland

Marks and Spencer boss: Northern Ireland Protocol could lead to paperwork taking eight times longer

Wrightbus has partnered with Volgren to provide its ground-breaking hydrogen fuel cell powertrain technology for the manufacture of two zero-emission hydrogen single-deck buses (Picture: Wrightbus)

Northern Ireland

Wrightbus partners with Australian bus builder on hydrogen fuel deal

Steve Jobs at the launch of the iPhone 4 — he famously told people to hold it another way when it developed antenna issues

Technology Premium

As the iPod shuffles off, here are the best — and worst — Apple gadgets

Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey councillor Billy Webb opening the new Holland and Barrett store

Northern Ireland

Redeveloped Holland and Barrett store opens in Antrim’s Castle Mall

Cattle lawn judging. Picture by Brian Little/PressEye

Northern Ireland

Balmoral is back with ‘world’s cutest sheep’, Masseys galore and famous farming YouTubers

In Focus: Top 100 Companies 2021

Northern Ireland's most profitable companies are revealed

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exclusive Revealed: Northern Ireland's Top 100 Companies 2021 – Full list

Welcome to the Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies in association with Grant Thornton. We are delighted that the prestigious business advisory firm is supporting our must-read guide to Northern Ireland’s most profitable companies.

Grant Thornton's Richard Gillan

Top 100 Companies

NIE Networks is Northern Ireland's number one company with £92.7m profit

(Stock photo)

Top 100 Companies Premium

John Simpson Opinion How companies were able to qualify for the Top 100 for 2021

Brian McConville with his children Conleth and Naoimh at the 2017 Belfast Telegraph Business Awards

Top 100 Companies Premium

Family ties a theme of Northern Ireland’s Top 100 companies

Premium

Andrew Webb Opinion Is Northern Ireland’s economic recovery built to last?

Premium

John Simpson Opinion Top 100 firms highlights resilience

Northern Ireland's 50 biggest employers

Northern Ireland

Paul Murnaghan from the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Credit: Matt Mackey/Presseye

Northern Ireland

Political impasse damages Northern Ireland’s reputation by the day, warns business chief

Havelock House on the Ormeau Road in south Belfast

Northern Ireland

Developer makes second attempt to demolish Havelock House for apartments

Digital rendering of the recycling hub

Northern Ireland

Belfast firm to construct £39m modern recycling hub outside Bristol by 2023

Architects rendering on the hotel complex

Northern Ireland

Planning approved for three-story hotel to be built outside Ballymena

Food Drink & Hospitality

Marks and Spencer has had to withdraw about 600 products from its stores in the Republic of Ireland since Brexit (Charlotte Ball/PA)

Northern Ireland

Marks and Spencer boss: Northern Ireland Protocol could lead to paperwork taking eight times longer

Stock image (David Ramos/Getty Images)

Travel

Tour operator Thomas Cook warns holidaymakers of ‘six drinks a day’ rule at Spanish all-inclusive resorts

Graeme McDowell

Golf

Portrush golfer Graeme McDowell to release new Irish-American whiskey

Local Northern Irish couple, Ryan Crown and Ema O'Kane, have announced the closing of Hill Street Hatch

Food, Drink and Hospitality

Hill Street Hatch: Belfast food space shuts up city centre pop-up

Brexit

Marks and Spencer has had to withdraw about 600 products from its stores in the Republic of Ireland since Brexit (Charlotte Ball/PA)

Northern Ireland

Marks and Spencer boss: Northern Ireland Protocol could lead to paperwork taking eight times longer

Simon Hamilton, Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce chief executive

Brexit

Business does not want NI Protocol to hold back Stormont, says Belfast Chamber boss Simon Hamilton

Gillian McLean of Ulster Weavers

Northern Ireland Premium

exclusive NI Protocol works for us, insists Ulster Weavers

Checks at the Port of Larne on Thursday morning ( Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press)

Northern Ireland

NI Protocol: Irish sea border checks to continue until Monday as Edwin Poots faces legal challenges

Jobs

Northern Ireland’s space sector is growing.

Northern Ireland

Space jobs in NI more than triple as sector employment grows across UK

Jobs

Top 5 Companies Now Recruiting

There are four places available on the Mediahuis Emerging Talent (MET) programme

News

Belfast Telegraph publisher launches search for aspiring journalists to join new trainee scheme

A Pret A Manger outlet in London

Food, Drink and Hospitality

Pret A Manger to open in Northern Ireland with plans for 500 jobs on island

Agri

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots stroking a pig

News

A showstopper as thousands flock back to Balmoral

Ian Linton of Linton Film Productions has been selling his agricultural DVDs and videos at the Balmoral Show for the last 15 years

Balmoral Show

Balmoral Show brings boost to businesses, old and new

Richard Graham, prison officer at Hydebank College, with the inmate students' prize-winning Bluefaced Leicester sheep at the 153rd Balmoral Show (Day 2)

Balmoral Show

Balmoral Show day two: Prize-winning livestock raised by young offenders and a rise in farming women

Preparations ahead of the show (Presseye)

Balmoral Show

Balmoral Show 2022: Excitement as event opens gates to visitors

Technology

Steve Jobs at the launch of the iPhone 4 — he famously told people to hold it another way when it developed antenna issues

Technology Premium

As the iPod shuffles off, here are the best — and worst — Apple gadgets

Elon Musk looks at his mobile phone

Technology Premium

Adrian Weckler Opinion Elon Musk is destroying Twitter’s reputation for safe speech

Stock image of Facebook

Northern Ireland

Facebook and Instagram down in Northern Ireland as users reported problems

New age: Sparq provided audio-visual services at the Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards

Business Awards

New horizon: Why hybrid events are here to stay

Analysis

The Executive will be limited in what it can do to address the cost-of-living crisis, but the expectations of voters will be high

Analysis

Richard Ramsey Opinion Toxic issues pile up for future Executive

Ballot boxes will be opened after voting takes place in the Assembly elections on Thursday

Analysis

Esmond Birnie Opinion Hard choices to be faced after NI election

Elon Musk looks at his mobile phone

Technology Premium

Adrian Weckler Opinion Elon Musk is destroying Twitter’s reputation for safe speech

Budget Energy and SSE Aitricity follow hot on the heels of Electric Ireland, which announced a 30% increase last month

Analysis

Margaret Canning Opinion Household budgets will need reworked to meet costs

Uk & World

Houses in north London. Three in every 10 homes let in London this year so far have gone to people who were previously living outside the capital, according to Hamptons (Yui Mok/PA)

UK and World

30% of homes let in London this year ‘have gone to tenants from outside capital’

Home buyers and sellers remain confident about their prospects in the next few months, according to a property sentiment index from OnTheMarket (Yui Mok/PA)

UK and World

Index suggests home buyer and seller confidence remains strong

Business rates payments totalled more than £100 million a year from onshore wind farms (PA)

UK and World

Onshore wind contributes £106m in rates to Scotland’s economy, industry says

Shares soared in London on Friday (Jonathan Brady/PA)

UK and World

FTSE 100 hits best day for two months as Friday 13 proves lucky for traders