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  • Northern Irish Suki Tea goes down well at World of Coffee 2014

    Wednesday 9th July 2014
    Dark Cocoa Tea from Suki Tea, the award-winning Northern Irish boutique tea producer, was highly commended at the recent World of Coffee Show in Rimini, Italy.
  • Flying the Flag for Seafood at Flavours of the Foyle

    Monday 23rd June 2014
    Flavours of the Foyle Seafood Festival will take place on 26th& 27thJuly in Guildhall Square Derry from 12 noon – 6pm. The event which attracted a staggering 20,000 visitors last year celebrates seafood that is ‘caught here not brought here’ in the hope that visitors and locals alike will be hooked on fish!

  • Chef Apprentice Programme

    Monday 23rd June 2014
    Niall & Joanne McKenna of James Street South/Blefast Bar & Grill / Hadskis are recruiting eight Apprentices to grow their kitchen team at James Street South and learn the skills to develop a career in the Hospitality Industry.

  • OCADO adds Northern Irish gluten-free meats

    Thursday 19th June 2014
    Gluten-free sausages, burgers and meatballs from Doherty Meats in Northern Ireland have been listed by OCADO, the leading UK online retailer.
  • Foster and O'Neill launch ?12million loan scheme for poultry litter processing plants

    Wednesday 18th June 2014
    Enterprise Minster Arlene Foster MLA and Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill MLA today launched a ?12 million loan scheme to support the construction of demonstrator plants to trial new ways of processing poultry litter.

  • Double for Northern Ireland's Dunbia in top awards

    Wednesday 11th June 2014
    Dunbia, Northern Ireland’s biggest beef, lamb and pork processor, has won two major awards in the prestigious Meat Management Industry Awards at a gala event in London.
  • GREAT showcase for creative Northern Irish beef producer

    Tuesday 10th June 2014
    Salt-aged beef from Hannan Meats in Northern Ireland was showcased at the recent GREAT Festival of Creativity in Istanbul.
  • GREAT showcase for creative Northern Irish beef producer

    Tuesday 10th June 2014
    Salt-aged beef from Hannan Meats in Northern Ireland was showcased at the recent GREAT Festival of Creativity in Istanbul. The three-day event was developed by UK Trade and Investment as “a dynamic celebration of creativity in business” and is part of an ongoing campaign to boost UK exports and investment.
  • Northern Irish beef leaders press for business in China

    Tuesday 10th June 2014
    Red meat industry leaders in Northern Ireland are adding their weight to the campaign to open up the market in China to UK beef and lamb.
  • New smoked butter from Abernethy

    Monday 9th June 2014
    Abernethy Butter, Northern Ireland’s award winning producer of handmade and hand rolled butter, has launched the first smoked artisan butter.