25th October 2007 – Northern Ireland Firms Dominate UK Awards…and Win!

Three Northern Ireland firms and organisations have topped the nation’s performance league by winning the British Quality Foundation’s highest accolade, the UK Excellence Award.  Belfast-based Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, Antrim-based Springfarm Architectural Mouldings and Claudy-based St Mary’s Primary School all reached the finals in a shortlist of only five from across the whole of [...]

Copeland Celebration

One of our members, Copeland Ltd, celebrated its 10th Anniversary in Northern Ireland recently.  Based in Cookstown, Copeland manufacture compressors for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating systems. 
Having won the Northern Ireland Quality Award in 2006, Copeland are proof that the deployment of Lean and Six Sigma can deliver results.  For Copeland, the results included:
·        A [...]

NORTHERN IRELAND FIRMS SIGN UP FOR MINI BOOT CAMP

11 October 2007
Forty Northern Ireland companies spent an hour at a Competition “boot camp” run by the Centre for Competitiveness and one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, Australian Roger La Salle. The mini boot camp was held on Friday October 12 at Nortel in north Belfast.
La Salle, who is an international expert on business [...]

£10m expansion unveiled
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
By Robin Morton
A Co Londonderry concrete products company today rolled out plans for a £10m expansion which will create 100 jobs over the next two years.
Tobermore Concrete Products, which specialises in paving and walling products, made the announcement as it landed a top European business award.  The family-owned company was [...]

Four Organisations win Europe’s most Prestigious Award for Business Excellence

Brussels, 2 October 2007 –
Amongst the impressive surroundings of the Athens Arena, the results of the 2007 EFQM Excellence Award were announced during EFQM’s annual Gala Celebration. The EFQM Excellence Award is Europe’s most prestigious recognition for organisational Excellence given to Europe’s best performing companies and not-for-profit organisations. This year, eighteen organisations reached the [...]

NI FIRMS SECURE BUSINESS VERSION OF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Two Northern Ireland organisations have won the business equivalent of football’s Champions League. County Londonderry firm Tobermore Concrete and Belfast-based charity, the Cedar Foundation, have secured the European Quality Award – the most prestigious accolade of its kind. The organisations claimed the top prize at a major event in Athens, Greece, last night (October 3) [...]

EVENT LIFTS LID ON FUNERAL SERVICES’ SUCCESS

The secret to success in the undertaking business was unearthed at an event in Belfast today (September 27, 2007). Firms from across Northern Ireland heard how Funeral Services Northern Ireland (FSNI), which has 14 local funeral homes, has implemented leading management techniques to boost the company’s performance. The event, which was organised by the Centre [...]