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THE BOAT BRINGS GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD TO BELFAST

A groundbreaking Belfast building has won a top global architectural prize. The Boat, designed by TODD architects in Belfast, won the 2011 Mixed Use Building of the Year in this year’s LEAF awards. LEAF is the forum of Leading European Architects and its members include many of the world’s top architects, including Foster & Partners, [...]

Belfast’s first pop-up apartment used to launch new style of city centre living

A modern new concept in property, inspired by how city dwellers live across the globe, was launched in Northern Ireland today. Designed by a new property company Never Monday set up by leading developer Alan Fraser, the proposed scheme will bring a funky new style of city centre living to Belfast, where the emphasis is [...]

Autumn inspiration from Acheson & Glover

With autumn approaching there’s no better time to create an attractive outdoor area that will brighten up your home through the long winter months . Now that the kids are back to school, your outside space may well be looking lost and empty. But with the added peace and quiet you’ll be able to concentrate [...]

Patton’s award-winning environmental project an example to the world

Northern Ireland company Patton Heritage (part of the Patton Group) has won a Green Apple Environment Award for its restoration project at Lowther Castle, Cumbria, in the Lake District. The Ballymena-based company has been selected from over 500 nominations in the national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies. The award-winning contractor was appointed to manage [...]

David wins ‘Pride in the Job’ award for Patton’s Ballycastle development

The Site Manager on an exclusive development by Patton Homes has been awarded a prestigious NHBC ‘Pride in the Job’ Award. David Watterson, who managed the luxury development of superior homes at McCormick Brae on the Moyarget Road just outside Ballycastle, has been singled out as one of the Top 30 site managers in Northern [...]

Vote for local organic baby food product in national compy!

Our client Heavenly Tasty Organics has been shortlisted for a major national award. We’d love you to vote for Shauna’s great new organic baby food product – made in Northern Ireland! http://www.maternityandinfant.ie/product-awards/babyinfant-food-year/ Baby/Infant Food of the Year www.maternityandinfant.ie

PATTON STRIKES GOLD WITH TOP AWARD FOR JEWELLER’S PROJECT

A Northern Ireland firm has struck gold for the second year in a row at a prestigious national awards ceremony aimed at recognising excellence in the fit-out industry. The Ballymena-based Patton Group, picked up the Gold Award in the joinery/fit-out category of the National Association of Interior Specialists annual awards held in London’s Dorchester Hotel. [...]

Heavenly and tasty foods for babies

A new unique organic baby food company has just been launched, and is set to revolutionise the baby food market. Heavenly Tasty Organics is the brainchild of busy mum of two, Shauna McCarney, from Fintona, who founded the company to provide pure organic baby food in a convenient format for parents, with none of the [...]

Public urged to support major National Trust clean up at Strangford on 13 August

The public are being invited to support the National Trust and a leading local recycling company to clean up some of the province’s top beauty sites and in doing so protect wildlife which is under serious threat from waste this summer. Tyrone-based, Envirogreen Recycling, will work alongside the Trust on a number of clean-up days [...]

Landscape Centre delivers New Woodland Garden created in the heart of a rural community

THE BALLYCLARE BASED LANDSCAPE CENTRE has just finished work on a unique community woodland garden in what is thought to be a first in the North West. What was previously a bleak and unused grass area at the edge of Glenview Estate in Gortnaghey has been transformed into a stunning garden carefully designed to meet [...]