Trading Up

Thana Thammavongsa was working for a mapping company in Coleraine when her career took an abrupt turn off the planned route and into the unchartered territory of running her own catering business. Th…

Maeve Monaghan loves making money. 

It’s what she does with it that makes her business different. She heads Now Group which is a social enterprise, so her profits get reinvested in her cause - helping…

The serious business of fun -

So, picture the scene. You’re in town doing a bit of shopping but you’ve got your young toddler with you and they're getting restless. They begin tugging your arm toward…

Have you ever tired of hauling a suitcase after you on holidays and the queues for bag drop at airports; or wondered how to get a student packed off to university with all their gear; or even had to …

Securing £100m with a slide deck

What sort of start-up business secures £100m in funding with nothing more than a slide-deck presentation to show for itself? And what sort of person is willing to take…

There's a Maghera company of joiners involved in some of the most prestigious commercial, leisure and residential developments in London.

If you’ve ever needed anything more complicated than a bit of …

Brainwaves and brain-boxes in Belfast where a tech startup's mission is to zap brains across the world with electricity

Dr Jason McKeown is the founder of Belfast tech start-up Neurovalens. His medica…

Kneecap, the movie

Trevor Birney is much more than a tenacious investigative journalist. He is a documentarian who has found himself producing a feature film that’s become a viral sensation even befor…

A Bangor company shifts four million hairbrushes a year on Amazon. The Denman brush was made famous by celebrity stylists such as Vidal Sassoon and could be spotted on sale in shops across the globe.…

John McEvoy's story is the remarkable tale of a real Irish unicorn.

A unicorn is the title conferred on a start-up company that achieves a billion dollar valuation. Newry-based John McEvoy was previou…

Jim Fitzpatrick is joined by Belfast boutique hotelier Melanie Harrison who uses powerful storytelling to win business, engage her guests and create a unique experience. According to Conde Nast Trave…