Belfast Chamber has elected Michael Stewart, one of the city’s most successful hospitality operators, as its new President. Michael succeeds Rajesh Rana in the role and takes the helm at a challenging time for the city’s economy as it seeks to bounce back from COVID-19
The Grand Central Hotel in Belfast is inviting key health workers and taxi drivers passing by today to enjoy complimentary freshly made Pancakes to take away for
#PancakeTuesday
🥞
The new extension to Primark Belfast has been saved thanks to the efforts of
@NIFRSOFFICIAL
Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce’s focus is now on how we can help get the city fully operational again.
Photo Credit Bob Mc Coubrey
Our final award of the evening is our Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Bank of Ireland.
@bankofirelanduk
Our winner is Ellvena Graham OBE, with her extensive business experience spanning energy, tourism, banking, agri-food, higher education & sport.
#BelfastBusinessAwards
One of Northern Ireland’s most prominent and successful business people, Rajesh Rana, has been voted in for a second term in the Presidency role at Belfast Chamber.
The Winners of the Belfast Business Awards 2018 with
@BankofIrelandUK
#belfastbusinessawards
what a line up! Congratulations again to all the finalists and winners this year!
Belfast Chamber has welcomed the returning Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the Rt Hon Julian Smith MP to a round table discussion with over 20 of the city’s business leaders.
Moving on to Best Social Enterprise, sponsored by Queen’s University, which is won by USEL for their excellent work helping people with disabilities or health conditions gain employment
@USEL182
@QUBelfast
#BelfastBusinessAwards
We are pleased that Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston - the Ulster Unionist Party's candidate in North Belfast - is supporting our 'Belfast City Commitment'
@JulieACorr
@uuponline
Up next is the Disability Initiative by an Employer Award (sponsored by The Equality Commission) which goes to the
@NOW_Group
🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#BelfastBusinessAwards
New Chapter for Belfast Chamber
Leading business organisation, Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce, has moved to new offices in Glandore Business Centre at Arthur House, Belfast
@GlandoreNetwork
#Belfast
#business
#newchapter
And like nothing ever happened it's back to normal service!!
I think we forgot a few special mentions last night! Special thanks to
@21ava
@Birdsong_Comms
andPhil Smyth the team behind the scenes for the last few months!!
Keeping me sane!
Over 100 of Belfast’s top businesses have made the shortlist spanning over 21 categories - we are thrilled to reveal the final shortlist of this year's
#BelfastBusinessAwards
organised and hosted by Belfast Chamber with Principal Sponsor, Bank of Ireland UK.
Great to see Avoca reopening today! ✨🎄
Avoca Belfast is a blast of colour, taste and excitement, with great shopping and tasty take-out from the foodhall.
Find what you love. Love what you find❤
Next up we have the Business Innovation Award, sponsored by Belfast City Council. The winner is Re Vana Therapeutics for their outstanding work on the treatment of chronic eye diseases
@re_vana
@belfastcc
#BelfastBusinessAwards
Belfast Chamber President Michael Stewart on
@bbcnewsline
calling on the
@niexecutive
to establish a task force, in the wake of closures of Easons and Tesco in Belfast, to focus on how we can work collectively rejuvenate city and town centres across NI
Well done to all our amazing winners this evening and to all our finalists – you should all be very proud of the fantastic work you have achieved over the past 12 months
#BelfastBusinessAwards
🎉🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
We're proud to announce that our Partnership Manager, Martina Connolly has been selected as one of Northern Ireland's 40 under forty !
You can about Martina's success story here:
Well done and good luck!
A big thank-you to our supporters, sponsors, local dignitaries and members of the business community for attending the launch of the
#BelfastBusinessAwards
2019
@grandcentralbel
Belfast Chamber Chief Executive
@SimonHamilton
and Senior Vice Presidents Michael Stewart and Christopher McCausland met with Finance Minister Conor Murphy MLA to discuss rates, investment in skills and infrastructure and the importance of Belfast to the region’s economy.
Belfast Chamber is proud to officially launch the
#BelfastBusinessAwards
2019 and announce that they are now open for entries!
For more information visit:
The Belfast City Commitment "sets out a strategic vision with shared aims and aspirations that are in the interests of our children and will create a better place to live" - North Belfast
@uuponline
Assembly candidate
@JulieACorr
We are delighted to announce that the launch of the
#BelfastBusinessAwards
2019 will take place at 10 am on Tuesday 29th January 2019 in the Observatory, Grand Central Hotel.
Please RSVP to info
@belfastchamber
.com by 4 pm, Friday 25th January 2019 and join us for the launch!
Belfast Chamber has elected Gavin Annon to serve at its new President at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting which was held in BT’s Riverside Tower. Read Gavin’s priorities for his year as President on our website
“The 5 asks are ones that everyone can sign up to + are ambitious. We should be working towards having a more inclusive, greener, safer, sustainable city” - Lord Mayor +
@allianceparty
South Belfast candidate
@KateNicholl
outlines why she is supporting our Belfast City Commitment
CEO
@SimonHamilton
and President Michael Stewart met with
@dptfinance
Minister
@conormurphysf
this morning to discuss a range of issues including the economic recovery our city centre as we emerge from the pandemic.
Belfast Chamber has announced a partnership with GLL.
The new campaign is aimed at improving the physical and mental wellbeing of the Belfast workforce by providing all members with a complimentary pass for use in one of the 13 city-wide facilities. ⤵
Belfast Chamber + Hospitality Ulster are calling on the
@niexecutive
to follow the English example + end quarantine restrictions to help our airports build on the GB + other routes that have been restored and improve the region’s connectivity
@belfastairport
@BELFASTCITY_AIR
Congratulations to our member
@Lunnsjewellers
! Lunn's are to open a new
#Rolex
store in Belfast
@QueensArcadeNI
. The new store, which will be located at the Donegall Place entrance to Queen’s Arcade, represents a £1m investment by Lunn’s and will open in spring 2019.
We’re excited to announce that we will be opening a Rolex store in late Spring 2019.
The 70 square metre showroom will be located at the front of
@QueensArcadeNI
on Donegall Place and will offer a truly immersive Rolex experience.
#rolex
#lunnswatches
Many thanks to our speakers and everyone who joined us live for the Re-Energising Belfast–Destination Waterfront webinar delivered in partnership with
@carsonmcdowell
.
If you missed our ‘Re-Energising Belfast’ event, you can now watch it back ▶⤵
Find out more about
@Translink_NI
's plans for the Transport Hub and the Weavers Cross development, as well as the next phase of the Glider. Register now ➡
Belfast Business Awards 2018 Shortlist
The entries are in, the judging panel have met, and we can now reveal who has made the shortlist for this year's Belfast Business Awards 2018!
@BankofIrelandUK
Following the spectacular Gala Night of the
#BelfastBusinessAwards
2019 at Titanic Belfast, we have met once again to celebrate and acknowledge the hard work and achievement of this year's winners at Belfast Business Awards Winners and Sponsors Lunch 2018 at
@fishcitybelfast
Thanks to all of our members for attending our virtual AGM today. As well as electing Michael Stewart as our new President, the meeting heard from Alan Bridle, Chief Economist at
@BankofIrelandUK
on how COVID-19 is impacting on our city’s economy
What a start to a fantastic evening at the
#BelfastBusinessAwards
at the iconic Saint Anne's Cathedral
#Belfast
. We've over 550 people here this evening in this in this breathtaking venue
#StayTuned
Showcase your talent and enter the 2019 Belfast Business Awards now!
Entry is free, online and accessible from
For more information on how to apply visit:
The shortlist for the 2022 Belfast Chamber Business Awards - sponsored by Bank of Ireland - has been revealed. Check out the names of the nearly 100 companies competing to be the best in Belfast across the 22 different categories at
Many thanks to our speakers and everyone who joined us live for The Future of Work webinar delivered in partnership with Carson McDowell.
The replay is now available so if you missed it, you can now catch up or share the session with your colleagues⤵
We had an inspirational afternoon meeting
@BrooklynChamber
as part of our trade visit in New York!! Some great initiatives to take home with us!
#bethebridge
Belfast Chamber today organised a meeting with our 4 Belfast MPs to discuss the urgent issues facing retail & trade in our city following the Primark fire. We reiterated that a four-month cordon will have devastating consequences not only within the cordon but to the whole city
Belfast Chamber today held a really interesting Council Elections hustings event in Allstate NI’s HQ. Candidates and members engaged in a useful dialogue on many issues that will be key to growing the Belfast economy and we look forward to working with the newly elected Council
Belfast Chamber is pleased to work with
@bbtbelfast
and
@we_will_thrive
on
#ForeverBelfast
Tell us what you love about Belfast, what you don't, and how you can show your city some love. What's in your love letter to Belfast
It was one of the most spectacular business events ever held in
#Belfast
and
@BelfastChamber
are proud to have hosted it. The spectacular
@BelCathedral
was the perfect backdrop for the iconic evening. Special thanks goes to
@BankofIrelandUK
The final award before dinner is for Business Success and is sponsored by Grant Thornton. The winner is FinTrU whose continued growth make them a real Belfast success
@GrantThorntonNI
@FinTrU
#BelfastBusinessAwards