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Paving the way to outside living

Looking for a simple and cost effective way to bring a fresh perspective to your outside living space? Paving and walls can provide the perfect solution to brighten outside space and at the same time add value to your property. A popular choice with home improvers this year is the Manor Stone range from paving [...]

Home Sweet Home At Avoca this Summer

TAKING it’s inspiration from the catwalks and fashion houses – homeware is bright and bold this summer. At Avoca in Arthur Street, Belfast, the home of all things colourful and creative for the home – prints, patterns, spots and stripes are to the fore of the latest collections with lots of colourful pieces and ranges [...]

Fashion Makes a Splash at Avoca this Summer

SUMMER has arrived in style at Avoca in Belfast where there is something for all occasions and perhaps more importantly all weathers. “We are well prepared for the great Northern Irish weather,” jokes store manager Claire Archibald. The store in Arthur Street, which is renowned for the layered up look, won’t disappoint this season with [...]

Innovation being hampered by outdated landfill laws claims Envirogreen

AN innovative recycling initiative by a Northern Ireland firm is being hampered by ‘outdated’ landfill laws, a leading local recycling company claimed. Envirogreen Recycling, a multi-award winning environmental services company based in Coalisland, has worked with a local engineering company to design a hi-tech new machine which allows mattresses to be recycled for the first [...]

National Trust Goes Green

A leading recycling company has joined forces with the National Trust in a partnership which aims to clean up some of the province’s top beauty sites which are under tremendous threat this summer. Tyrone based, Envirogreen Recycling will work alongside the National Trust on a number of clean-up days which will recover recyclables which are [...]

The Salt Clinic opens in Belfast

WITH this summer set to have one of the highest pollen counts on record, many people will be suffering from severe hay fever – some for the first time. A new clinic opened in Belfast aims to offer sufferers a drug free alternative to their condition. The Salt Clinic on the Whitewell Road, uses ancient [...]

New Dungannon Design Studio provides outside room inspiration

Like any other part of your home, the key to a successful outside room is great design, and with this in mind, paving and walling specialist Acheson & Glover has just opened a new Design Studio at its largest Outside Rooms Centre in Dungannon. Here, in-house landscape designer Sharon Begley can spend time with customers [...]

Sapa looks after the future with Environmental Management Systems Certification

Continuing its ongoing commitment to the environment, Gloucestershire-based Sapa Building System has been awarded certification to the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Systems standard. ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard aimed at encouraging businesses to identify and control the environmental impact of their business, to work continually to improve environmental performance and to implement a [...]

Acheson & Glover wins major new orders

The recently launched Plaza range of paving from leading concrete products’ manufacturer Acheson & Glover has been proving its versatility in a wide range of lucrative commercial contracts – from schools through to a major shopping centre and private housing developments. The first project which used Plaza was the 02 Arena in Dublin. An exciting new [...]

Market leading Ballyclare landscaping contractor ‘grows’ by acquiring Portadown maintenance company

Northern Ireland’s leading landscaping company has announced a major expansion of its ground maintenance operation. The Landscape Centre in Ballyclare, which employs around 200 people across its design, contracting and maintenance teams, further consolidated its place as an all-island market leader with the acquisition of Portadown based Bryan Hynds Services Limited. The multi-award winning Landscape Centre, which has bases throughout [...]