Business

Food Heartland In A Class Of Its Own at Armagh Show

Food and drink producers, farmers, and agri-businesses from the borough of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, also known as the Food Heartland of Northern...
Shared Island Agri Food partner representatives

ABC Council hosts shared-island agriculture study visit

Partners from the Shared Island Agri Food Infrastructure Enabling Growth project gathered in Armagh for a study visit to explore the development of food...

Local agri-food businesses invited to third exclusive Food Heartland network event

The third event in a so far very successful range of Food Heartland network meetings will be held on Monday 19th June at the...
Back Row L-R: Caroline Black (Peggy’s Family Farm), Niamh McAliskey (Coney Island Coffee), Colin Capper (Rosemount Cottage Farm Meats), Andrew Jackson and Nicky Jackson (Jackson Roze). Front Row L-R: Tracey Toner (The Lush Larder), Annie David (Spadetown Brewery) with Abbie O’Brien and Elaine Crozier (Armagh Agricultural Show) and Elaine Cullen and Sarah McKnight (ABC Council).

Get A Taste of the Food Heartland at Armagh and Lurgan Shows

Local Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Food Heartland producers are set to put their unrivalled food and drink produce on the menu at this year’s...
Food Heartland

Local businesses share their expertise at recent Food Heartland Network meeting

Over 30 businesses from the agri-food sector recently attended the second Food Heartland Network meeting where they were treated to the expertise and advice...
Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon, Cllr Paul Greenfield and programme applicant John O'Neill discuss renovation plans for 5 Bridge Street, Banbridge, which will see the transformation of the property to bring it back into commercial use.

Work Officially Underway For Council’s Empty to Occupied Programme

Last week Lord Mayor Greenfield visited Banbridge Town Centre as the first project under the £1.1 million borough-wide Empty to Occupied Programme officially got...
Pictured at the launch of the second Food Heartland Networking Event are Sarah McKnight, Food Heartland Assistant, Nicola Wilson, Head of Economic Development, Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Councillor Paul Greenfield and Kieran Swail, Tourism Innovation Specialist at SRC.

Food Heartland offers second networking opportunity for agri-food sector

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is encouraging food and agriculture businesses based in the borough to register for the second in a...
Pictured (left to right) Lord Mayor Councillor Paul Greenfield, Harry Singer, Co-owner of Roast and Roll, Aaron Bushby, Co-owner of Roast and Roll and Samuel Marshall, business advisor at the Banbridge Enterprise Centre.

Banbridge gaming enthusiasts launch popular tabletop games café

Banbridge gaming enthusiasts have turned their passion for tabletop games into a popular local games café, Roast & Roll, thanks to help from the...
Get Future Ready Employability and Skills Conference

Employability and Skills Conference embraces and explores the future of work in the borough

The pinnacle event in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s February Get Future Ready campaign - an employability and skills conference -...
Lord Mayor Councillor Paul Greenfield, accompanied by Council Head of Economic Development Nicola Wilson and Economic Development Officer Joanne Millar, meet Christine and Elaine McCreery from C&J's Animal Farm.

Council supports recovery of rural businesses with DAERA funding

Some 57 small rural businesses in the borough have received grants totalling more than £155,000 to purchase essential equipment after successfully applying to DAERA’s...