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Dr David Dobbin, chief executive of Dale Farm, Northern Ireland’s largest dairy company, gained a special recognition for his role in the local business community at the recent Belfast Telegraph Awards, the region’s biggest awards event.

The award to Dr Dobbin was announced at a gala event in Belfast and was the highlight of the awards, sponsored by British Airways and organised by the Belfast Telegraph newspaper, which saw food-based companies come out top in many of the categories.

Rooney Fish, Northern Ireland’s leading seafood processing business, is showing a wide range of products at Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global in Brussels from 26-28 April, the world’s largest seafood trade fair.

Based in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland’s biggest fishing port, Rooney Fish is showcasing the products that it currently sources mostly from Irish fishermen for processing and export to key markets in Europe and Asia.

Skea Egg Farms, the leading Northern Irish egg packer and marketer which supplies UK supermarkets, has been listed in the top 10 of the region’s most successful small and medium sized companies by a local magazine.

Northbound, an innovative Northern Irish craft brewery, has launched a new oak smoked beer using German smoked wheat malt.

Jawbox, the recently launched Northern Irish premium gin, has won business in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland and will be on sale shortly in Spain, Italy, France and Germany as a result of a series of distribution deals.

The product, a classic Belfast gin, which features botanicals, especially mountain heather from hills surrounding the city, is expected to go on sale in the US within the next three months.

Just Live a Little, the Northern Irish gourmet breakfast granola maker, has won a contract to supply iconic Spanish retailer El Corte Ingles.

Brian McErlain, Managing director of Genesis Crafty, the Northern Irish independent bakery, has been named Family Business Director of the Year by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Northern Ireland.

Almost ?3 million in additional export sales was generated last year for Northern Ireland milk processors in an initiative to help the industry counter price volatility.

Quality beef, poultry, bakery, cakes and biscuits, snack foods, processed fruit for compotes, jams, sauces and fillings for bakers along with wines and spirits will be showcased in the Northern Ireland presentation (Stand G141) at Food and Drink Expo 2016.

Award winning Kennedy Bacon, the Northern Irish farm specialising in artisan bacon and ham, has launched its own Traditional Irish Pork Sausages.

Based on a family farm near Omagh in county Tyrone, Kennedy Bacon has developed sausages using 80 per cent Irish pork from its own pigs.