Belfast

Diageo invests more than £40m into Guinness production sites

04-Apr-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Diageo has planned a £40.5m investment to expand capacity at its packaging facilities in Belfast, Northern Ireland and Runcorn, Cheshire to support the growth of Guinness Draught and Guinness Zero.

CAMRA calls on the Government for "urgent support packages" for pubs

20-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

The Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, has called for the Northern Ireland Government and UK Government to work together and “come up with an urgent support package for pubs”.

Northern Irish pubs face tough choices

31-Aug-2011 By Ewan Turney

Pubs in Northern Ireland face some tough choices over the coming year as a new survey revealed two-thirds had seen a drop in trade over the past year.

Minimum price plan 'on the table' in Northern Ireland

09-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

Northern Ireland will be the first place in the UK to impose a minimum price - if a minister gets his way. Stormont social development minister Alex...

Publican Local Focus: Bustling Belfast

11-Mar-2010 By James Wilmore

Wherever you go in Belfast you are still never far from talk of the Troubles. Whether it be a taxi driver explaining his views, or a friendly...

Molson Coors to open sales office in Northern Ireland

11-Mar-2010

Molson Coors has announced plans to create a sales and marketing operation in Northern Ireland. The brewer is to open an office in South Belfast and...

Late licence objections 'not allowed'

10-Mar-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Late objections to premises licence applications will no longer be considered, following a landmark ruling last week. The Administrative Court,...

Northern Star

26-Jul-2008

Stephen Magorrian's office sits just next to the River Lagan, the de facto border of County Down and County Antrim, right in the very heart of...

Durham Fat Buddha to open

07-Feb-2007

Utopian Leisure, the bar, nightclub and restaurant company is planning to open a 8,500 sq ft Japanese barbecue restaurant in Durham.

Ultimate Leisure clubs enjoy a shamrock roll

23-Sep-2004

by The PMA Team in Belfast Newcastle-based Ultimate Leisure has bought a 1,300 capacity nightclub in Cork ­ and is searching for sites in two other...

Interbrew to close Belfast brewery

25-Aug-2004

Interbrew is to shut down the Bass Ireland Ulster Brewery after failing to find a buyer for the business.The closure of Northern Ireland's only...

All that Jas

01-May-2003

Botanic Inns, headed by managing director Jas Mooney, is gaining recognition outside of its Belfast heartland and looking to expand. Tom Innes...

Capital gains

05-Feb-2003

Belfast may not have the tourist pull of its southern Irish rival Dublin, but as Michelle Perrett found, it has a lot to offer.Stag and hen parties...

A Wild night for Ultimate Leisure

31-Oct-2002

Night-clubbers in the North East now have the chance to ride a bucking bronco thanks to a Rodeo bar from operator Ultimate Leisure.The group is...