Members of grant-giving charity The Honourable Irish Society have met with Council officials to hear about the progress of the City Deal. The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Alderman Graham Warke, and Council representatives met the delegation in the Guildhall and also discussed the region’s growing Fintech cluster, and plans for Ebrington […]
Representatives from the City of London Corporation met with key City Deal partners during a visit to Derry. During the trip, the group of senior officials met with the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Alderman Graham Warke, and representatives from the local education and business sectors. The London delegation spoke with students […]
Derry’s Cottage Café is celebrating after its home-baked scones were named the best in Northern Ireland. The thatched roofed café, in the city’s historic Craft Village, beat more than 100 other hotels, restaurants and cafes to win the hotly-contested title from the Dairy Council of Northern Ireland. Michelle Devine from the Cottage Café, who bakes […]
The North West’s LegenDerry food scene has been showcased in a new online travel series. Chef Randy Lewis, who describes himself as the ‘Phileas Fogg of food’, met with local chefs, brewers and producers to sample the fantastic dishes and drinks created in the City and surrounding areas. Randy’s LegenDerry Adventure sees Lewis discover what […]
Little Acorns Bookstore in Derry has been named Regional Bookshop of the Year at The An Post Irish Book Awards. Established in 2011, Little Acorns Bookstore has an overall stock of more than 40,000 books and specialises in Irish-related subjects, authors and publishers. The Foyle Street shop was named Ulster winner of the competition, with the other […]
Three local redevelopment projects have received a £16m boost as part of the UK-wide Levelling Up Fund. The funding has been secured by the Council to progress with Derry’s Daisyfield Community Sports Hub (which received £4.2m), the Acorn Farm St Columb’s Park Regeneration project (£5.6m), and Derg Active in Castlederg (£6.4m). A total of £4.8 […]
Derry-based FAST Technologies have embarked on a “very exciting chapter” after receiving a major investment from the Magherafelt-based Bloc Group. The deal between Bloc and FAST (Factory Automation & Systems Technologies) brings together two export-focused manufacturing operations which excel in design and engineering. Based in the Skeoge Industrial Estate, FAST provides bespoke technical solutions to […]
Financial services firm FinTrU has announcing it is opening an office in Maastricht. Based at the southern tip of The Netherlands, next to the Belgian border, the Maastricht site will help the company support its Tier 1 Investment Bank clients and assist them in managing their global regulatory requirements. Setting up a base in the […]
Loganair has announced a new service between City of Derry Airport and Edinburgh Airport. The 55-minute direct route, which launches on May 17 2022, will initially operate three times weekly on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. During the peak summer months, frequency will increase with additional flights on Thursdays and Saturdays. Steve Frazer, managing director of […]
Derry-based Alchemy Technology Services has been ranked at number 10 on a list of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Tech. When the list of medium-sized tech firms was compiled, by the Great Place to Work institute, 97% of Alchemy’s workforce said: ‘Our customers would rate the service we deliver as “excellent”’. The news follows Alchemy’s […]