Belfast Telegraph back issues from June 2003:
Pilkington in the red after recording [Pound]840m profits
Jun 02, 2003; ... GLASS manufacturer Pilkington slipped into the red in the firstquarter of 2003 after making profits of [Pound]840m last year. The British company, which acquired the family-owned K Mac Groupin Northern Ireland in 2001, is "concentrating on reducing overheadsand improving ...
Living with less FDI
Jun 02, 2003; ... THE amount of external investment in Northern Ireland last yearwas low. Although Invest NI has not yet published final figures, theevidence from published announcements points to one of the poorestyears for a long time. The circumstances that have combined to produce such a ...
Ulster tech firm's crime fighting role
Jun 02, 2003 ... Chris Clark (left), managing director of Datactics, with companyfounders Dr Jens Rasch and Sarah Bearder AMERICA has turned to an Ulster technology firm to help it detectterror funds. Advanced data matching technology from Belfast-based Datactics isnow being used to detect ...
Safety standards recognised
Jun 02, 2003 ... TWO Northern Ireland firms have won national awards for theirsafety record. Clarke Engineering and Construction Company from Belfast andHughes Christensen from Castlereagh received their British SafetyCouncil National Safety Awards at a ceremony in London. To achieve an award ...
Business view: Yes, there is life after Mackies BRIGHT FUTURE: [Pound]26m project a catalyst for regeneration in the west
Jun 02, 2003 ... In many respects, Mackies is a symbol of the changing face of theNorthern Ireland economy. After 150 years, the era of heavyengineering is on the wane. The days when the west Belfast factoryemployed 7,000 people are now just a distant memory. Despite the injection of millions of ...
Art for charity's sake
Jun 02, 2003 ... Maria Hannah of Quantum Images and Sarah Young director of fundraising for Action Cancer with two of the Jennifer Keane paintingswhich will help raise funds for the charity A new collection of contemporary paintings by one of Ireland'sleading artists is to be released to local ...
Experts set for conference
Jun 02, 2003 ... EXPERTS from nine European countries will share their knowledgewith local business people and academics at an internationalconference being hosted in Bangor this month. The conference will examine best practice in four main areas ofbusiness growth - ...
Couple team up to launch new venture
Jun 02, 2003 ... Vivienne and Lester Manley, from Dimex, make a business bridgewith Sam and Julienne McCrea, from SAM Mouldings, with the help ofDeidre Timoney from Business in the Community A HUSBAND and wife team setting up a new Belfast-based companyhave been helped by another husband and wife ...
Scholarship first for Ulster woman
Jun 02, 2003 ... Kathy Morgan: Honoured A MAGHERAFELT woman has become the first recipient of an MBAscholarship offered by Trinity College, Dublin, which was set up toprovide financial assistance to students. Kathy Morgan, who joined the MBA course after spending eight yearsas a hospital ...
Certificates for top trainers in business
Jun 02, 2003 ... A TOTAL of 96 people have been presented with certificates toacknowledge their expertise as business trainers. They all give advice and support to people starting out inbusiness under the Northern Ireland Business Start Programme. The certificates were awarded by Christine ...
Belfast company gets the call for [Pound]2m deal
Jun 02, 2003 ... A BELFAST firm has won a [Pound]2m contract to provide thetechnology and training for a new call centre being operated byStockport Metropolitan Borough Council. The deal is one of several won by Lagan for its FrontLine systemin recent times - which has seen the company's turnover ...
Trekkers sought for special charity walk
Jun 02, 2003 ... Mencap and Deep RiverRock have been trekking all over the worldbut also realise there is no place like home. Here Ciara Gallagher(left), Mencap challenge events manager, and Clare Fee, marketingassistant with Deep RiverRock, launch the Mencap Mourne Challenge LEARNING disability ...
Firms save [Pound]2.6m in Invest NI initiative
Jun 02, 2003 ... A NUMBER of Northern Ireland firms have made total savings of[Pound]2.6m as a result of taking part in an Invest NI initiative. A record 42 companies signed up for the Profit ImprovementProgramme (PiP), funded by the agency and delivered by a consortiumincluding ...
That was the week! Weekly business round-up
Jun 02, 2003 ... Monday: The Belfast Telegraph continued to publish despite anaccidental fire which damaged the press hall. Tuesday: Exporters reached for their calculators as the eurogained strength to almost 73p. Wednesday: Bombardier Group crept back into the black but theoutlook for ...
Money Talk: Better mortgage deals
Jun 02, 2003; ... Q: I have heard colleagues at work talk about how they have beenable to save money by changing their mortgages. Is this reallyworthwhile, and will the savings outweigh the hassle factor? A: One of the fundamentals of financial planning, in my view, isregularly reviewing your ...
Bishops step up to take retail award
Jun 02, 2003; ... It's a Bobby Dazzler: David Dickson (left) presents Nigel Hamiltonand Tom Hamilton of Bishops Footwear with the national award as SimonGoodman (right), MD of overall award sponsors Florida Group, looks on A COLERAINE company has been branded as the UK's best shoe shop. Bishops ...
Why the Euro is not the doddle it once was
Jun 02, 2003 ... Working it out: The euro sums are getting harder IT ALL used to be so simple. When euro notes and coins wereintroduced in January 2002, you did not need a gnome from Zurich or ahigh-flying treasury expert to help you do the sums. With the euro trading at 62p, all you had to do ...
Tax: Stay out of jail by playing it straight with the tax man
Jun 02, 2003; ... Legendary mobster Al Copone came unstuck by not being entirelyhonest with the tax man. Don't end up like Al WHEN your Tax Return is looked into the tax-man may find mistakes.If you are in business, or the errors are big then you may be chargednot only extra tax but also interest ...
Under-30s believe cash is still King
Jun 02, 2003; ... YOUNG people in Northern Ireland would rather have a few quidtucked away than a champagne lifestyle, a new survey has found. The latest Britannia Building Society survey of 18-30 year oldsreveals that cash is king, with respondents five times keener onhaving a healthy savings ...
Golf: Captaincy dilemma splitting Europeans Faldo is throwing spanner in the works
Jun 02, 2003; ... NICK Faldo is adamant. Ian Woosnam's pretty determined andBernhard Langer wants a crack as well. And once life was all sweetness and light in the European RyderCup camp. It's a measure of how imortant the competition has become to theTour - and it is the single most important ...
Tosca acts to scale on stage Castleward Opera: Tosca by Puccini
Jun 02, 2003 ... CASTLEWARD Opera operate from a tiny stage which works againsttheir surely resistible temptation to squeeze every singer in thecompany into view at the one time. But in Jamie Hayes production of Puccini's Tosca, subtitled inEnglish, and with David Craig's stunning settings ...
Royal bond with Ulster In the 50 years since she was crowned, Elizabeth 11 has been to Northern Ireland on a number of occasions. Eric Waugh recalls two memorable visits and the security scares that failed to deter the Queen
Jun 02, 2003; ... The Queen's 1966 visit drew rapturous crowds in Belfast where sheopened the bridge that bears her name The most highly charged of Royal visits was in 1966. This was thefirst visit by the Queen for five years. But already the firstindications of unrest were apparent. The ...
New move to encourage visitors to stay longer in Derry
Jun 02, 2003; ... A NEW private tourism initiative in Londonderry is aiming toencourage visitors to stay longer. Recent tourism statistics have shown that most visitors to Derryand the North-West are predominantly short-term, a fact which washighlighted and encouraged in the BBC's Holiday Programme ...
Councils praise local enterprise agencies
Jun 02, 2003; ... THE council leaders from four North-West councils haveacknowledged the work being carried out by the Local EnterpriseAgencies on their behalf in encouraging new business starts. In the past 19 months, the Business Start Programme has succeededin setting up over 437 new businesses ...
The Inkspot: The column that name drops
Jun 02, 2003 ... Ground control to Mars Express Though a total of four space probes will be heading from Earth toMars next month, one in particular, the Mars Express, will becarrying Ulster's hopes of finding life on the red planet. For rightat the heart of its Earth-bound mission control in ...
Hotel scoops prize
Jun 02, 2003; ... THE Tower Hotel in Londonderry has won an award in an InvestNorthern Ireland programme to help managers boost profits. The company received its award from Leslie Morrison, Invest NIChief Executive, at a ceremony in Antrim. Tower Hotel was among 42 companies which achieved ...
Orde admits to PSNI bias 50/50 ruling hits Protestants
Jun 02, 2003; ... Hugh Orde CALLS for an immediate end to the PSNI's 50/50 recruitmentprocess were made today after Chief Constable Hugh Orde admitted itdiscriminates against Protestants. The police chief came under fire from Policing Board member IanPaisley Jnr after an interview in today's ...
Viridian grassroots to vote on directors' pay deals
Jun 02, 2003; ... SHAREHOLDERS in Viridian Group are set for the first time ever tovote on directors' pay packages, it was disclosed today. The company said a vote on the directors' remuneration package wasbeing placed on the agenda for this year's annual meeting. The issue of executive pay has ...
Trimble faces a Summer of discontent The election battle between the parties is off. Which, Political Correspondent Chris Thornton reports, frees up the Ulster Unionists to pick up where they left off - beating up each other
Jun 02, 2003; ... David Trimble: how will he stand up to test? WHAT a difference a delay makes. The Government's decision to postpone the Assembly election,portrayed by nationalist critics as a device to save David Trimble,may now prove to be the undoing of one David Trimble. Back in ...
Shipyard delivers linkspan for Welsh ferry terminal
Jun 02, 2003; ... Alan Haley, project manager at H&W, oversees final preparationsfor the linkspan's waterborne journey to Holyhead in north Wales HARLAND & Wolff has been building bridges in north Wales, withthe delivery of a bulky new linkspan for the ferry terminal atHolyhead. The ...
Ofreg on brink of awarding gas supply licence
Jun 02, 2003; ... OFREG is set within weeks to award a licence for the supply ofnatural gas to customers in Londonderry and towns in the north-west. It is expected that the licence, which could extend for 20 years,will be issued at the end of this month. Two companies are in the fray for the ...
Bowls: Horner and Gillen answer Ireland's call
Jun 02, 2003; ... BELMONT'S Robin Horner and Blackrock's Ian Gillen are the only newcaps in the Irish team for the Home International Series atNorthfield, Ayr, on July 2-3. Horner, who has been knocking on the international door for years,finally made it yesterday following the Senior ...
Motorsport: Donnelly scores Munster victory
Jun 02, 2003; ... EUGENE Donnelly just keeps on winning. The Maghera driver added the Circuit of Munster to his 2003 rollof honour yesterday with a clear-cut victory over Irish nationalchampionship leader Michal Barrable. Already winner of two rounds of the series as well as the ...
Longevity's in the genes for farmer At 103, William credits long life to his loving wife
Jun 02, 2003; ... Limavadey farmer William Wray has seen many changes in farmingover his 103 years A LIMAVADY man who celebrated his 103rd birthday this week hascredited the secret of his long life to his wife of almost 60 years. But William Wray's gene pool certainly plays a part in ...
Haughey 'gravely ill' with cancer
Jun 02, 2003; ... Charles Haughey: family in hospital beside vigil FORMER taoiseach Charles Haughey was today gravely ill in hospitalas he awaits test results shortly on the extent of cancer in hisprostate. Mr Haughey is waiting to learn whether the condition hasdeteriorated through other ...
Web watch: How to strike the work-life balance
Jun 02, 2003; ... THE issue of work/life balance has been the subject of somecontroversy in the past seven days, with the Institute of Directors(www.iod.com) and the TUC (www.tuc.org.co.uk) offering widelydivergent opinions about its importance. The IOD accused campaigners of creating urban myths ...
Working brief: Employees' rights on redundancy
Jun 02, 2003; ... RECENT announcements about job losses at Desmonds factories andjob losses in the textile industry in general have generated queriesabout redundancy. This article focuses on employees' rights onredundancy. A redundant employee has the right to be considered foralternative ...
Football: It's pasta joke and famine will get worse Sammy's boys have their own Everest to scale against Italians
Jun 02, 2003; ... THE clock will start ticking again tomorrow at 9pm Italian time. It's stuck on 792 minutes at present. Just in case you have forgotten, that 792 minutes relates to howlong it has been since Sammy McIlroy's full international side scoreda goal. The Italians aren't ...
Woman 2 Woman: I have HIV ... and I have nothing to be ashamed of ... Practising Buddhist Noelle Houston (45) lives with her two cats in a cottage on the Mount Stewart estate, on the shores of Strangford Lough. When she was first diagnosed HIV+ the prognosis was bleak, but nine years on, she tells Una Bradley why life is worth living
Jun 02, 2003; ... Noelle Houston relaxes at home, Mount Stewart I'LL never forget Christmas Day, 1994, which was also my 37thbirthday. For instead of celebrating, I rushed myself to A&E. Icould hardly breathe and felt so awful I thought I wouldn't last outthe night. I got a chest X-ray ...
Institute lifts award
Jun 02, 2003; ... Marylin Lento (left), management lecturer, and Dorothy McElwee,head of Business Service, are pictured with the 'Employer of Choice'award won by North West Institute of Further and Higher Education The north-west institute of further & higher education hasbeen awarded a ...
Church service for George Cross body
Jun 02, 2003 ... THE first annual RUC/George Cross Day church service took place inKnock Presbyterian Church in Belfast yesterday. In his final official duty, the Moderator of the PresbyterianChurch, Dr Russell Birney, gave the address at theinterdenominational service. The service was ...
Man in court on car injury charges
Jun 02, 2003; ... A 21-YEAR-OLD Belfast man was due to appear in court today chargedin connection with injuries to two policemen who were dragged along aroad by a speeding car. The accused was set to face a total of seven charges atDownpatrick Magistrate's Court this morning in connection with ...
Don't use the subway at night: warning
Jun 02, 2003 ... A COUNCILLOR has urged the public not to use subways at nightfollowing a terrifying knife robbery in Co Antrim. Martin Clarke (DUP) said the safety of subways in Ballymena wasto the fore after a man was robbed of jewellery and a mobile phonewhen confronted by two men, one of whom ...
Policing body due to meet
Jun 02, 2003 ... THE first public meeting of Armagh District Policing Partnershipwill be on June 17. Chairman, councillor Jim Speers (Ulster Unionist), described thepartnership as an "exciting and significant" step forward indeveloping community policing for the whole community. "Armagh DPP ...
Robberies threaten investment
Jun 02, 2003 ... A SPORTS goods retailer says that planned investment in thePortadown area is at risk because of robberies at its premises in thetown. Some [Pound]7,500 worth of sportswear and other items were stolenfrom the Sports Factory outlet in the Carn Industrial Estate lastFriday morning ...
Ireland sees rise in number of job losses
Jun 02, 2003 ... Over 8,000 jobs have been lost in Ireland over the past fivemonths, according to the Small Firms Association. In its annual summer economic statement, the SFA says theGovernment must show ...
Policeman suffers injuries at routine check
Jun 02, 2003 ... A man is due to appear in court in Co. Down this morning chargedwith seriously injuring a policeman who was dragged hundreds of yardsdown a road by a car trying to escape a routine police traffic check. The 21-year-old faces seven charges including ...
Ulster Unionist Council shows signs of rejecting joint declaration
Jun 02, 2003 ... There are increasing signs that the Ulster Unionist Councilmeeting scheduled for June 16th may reject the British and IrishGovernment's joint declaration on ...
Honouring Brian Boru
Jun 02, 2003 ... ARMAGH City and District Council are staging a commemorativeconcert next week - a Millennium celebration of the life of BrianBoru, the once High King of Ireland. The event takes place in ...
Choral Society hit by ticket slump
Jun 02, 2003 ... THE future of Banbridge Choral Society is hanging in the balancebecause of a "substantial" financial deficit. Poor ticket sales for the society's recent 60th anniversaryproduction Anything Goes has resulted in a loss of [Pound]4,000 inrevenue. Society chairperson Christine ...
Briefs: Facelift for rundown areas
Jun 02, 2003 ... A MAJOR improvement scheme for properties in Larne town centre hasbeen launched. The project has been developed by the Town Centre management,under funding from Larne Development Partnership. The EU grants will be targeted at properties which are rundown andin need of a ...
Mandy in Merit Award
Jun 02, 2003 ... THE Medal of Merit for services to scouting has been presented toMagherafelt woman Mandy Gourley, of the town's Three Spires BeaverColony. Mandy has been in scouting for 19 years and ...
Briefs: Carrick man shot in leg
Jun 02, 2003 ... A 21-YEAR-OLD Carrickfergus man was recovering in hospital todayafter becoming the latest victim of a paramilitary-style shooting. He suffered one gunshot wound to his right leg after he wasattacked at North Road shortly after 6pm yesterday. Police appealed for information on ...
Crowning moment for the Monarchy THE QUEEN: An enduring symbol during decades of social and political change
Jun 02, 2003 ... Fifty years on, so much has changed but the Queen represents asymbol of continuity. Her reign has spanned a virtual socialrevolution in Britain, from the post-war hardships to today'scomparative affluence. Today's ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Coronation willhave ...
Rugby: Shields set to face Aussies
Jun 02, 2003 ... PAUL Shields, the Ballymena hooker, is in line for his full Irishdebut on Saturday - against the world champions! He's a certainty to sit on the replacements' bench in Perth asunderstudy to Shane Byrne - his good fortune coming after the shockdeparture from the squad of Frankie ...
Golf: Carin has the look of future champion
Jun 02, 2003; ... CARIN KOCH has the face and figure most men would die for. She is the 31-year-old mother-of-two who plays golf as well as shelooks, and that's good enough to have been offered $$250,000 to posefor a Playboy centre-fold. "I'm flattered to be asked," smiled the blonde, blue-eyed ...
Golf: Malone duo put title on the line
Jun 02, 2003 ... NOW in its 44th year, golf's premier foursomes' championship isnext Sunday at Malone, where Paddy Dean and Jim McCracken, from thehost club, will be defending the title on a course that has undergonesome exciting changes of late, courtesy of David Jones. Johnny Foster and Rory ...
Rugby: Solomons stays tight-lipped
Jun 02, 2003 ... ALAN Solomons completed his stint as coach to the Barbarians witha third consecutive win in a week, this time with a 48-35 successover Wales at the Millennium Stadium. The Ulster coach remains tight-lipped about his future after therevelation that he's had talks with Scotland about ...
Boxing: Angry Hide blasts Audley security over riot
Jun 02, 2003 ... HERBIE Hide has laid the blame for Saturday night's Bethnal Greenriot squarely at the feet of the security team appointed by his rivalAudley Harrison. Hide believes he was deliberately targeted by members of the crew,who go under the name of A-Force Security. Trouble flared ...
Formula One: Schumacher up for a fight to the finish Montoya ends 20-year Monaco wait for Williams
Jun 02, 2003; ... MICHAEL Schumacher admits he has got a fight on his hands if he isto win a record sixth drivers' crown this year. The Ferrari driver had to settle for third in yesterday's MonacoGrand Prix as Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya ended Williams' 20-yearquest for another victory in Monte ...
Darts: Taylor's power firing on all cylinders again
Jun 02, 2003 ... PHIL Taylor issued a warning to his rivals as he proved he is backto his best by winning the inaugural Sky Bet UK Open title atBolton's Reebok Stadium. Some people were suggesting after 'The Power' had lost an epicWorld Championship final to John Part in January that the mantle ...
Cycling: Evans races to fine double
Jun 02, 2003 ... FOLLOWING his win in the Northern Ireland Open Road Racechampionship on Saturday, Tommy Evans completed a weekend doublewith victory in the 80 miles Noel Teggart Memorial at Banbridgeyesterday. With two laps to go the leading break of six split into three withEvans and Conor ...
Golf: Ulster's journos are going for a hat-trick
Jun 02, 2003 ... ULSTER'S pressmen are bidding for a historic golfing hat-trick inthe journalists' Inter-Provincial championships next month. No province has ever won the title three years in a row but theUlster team, led by Sky News Ireland correspondent Gary Honeyford,will be hoping to bring home ...
Hockey: Unlucky Irish now seeking revenge in Dublin
Jun 02, 2003 ... ENGLAND came out top in the three Test series against Ireland asboth teams prepare for the forthcoming European Nations Cup finals inBarcelona. The English won twice and drew once in the games staged atCannock, near Birmingham, over the weekend to show they aremarginally more ...
Golf: Maybin is gunning for Walker Cup place Royal Troon is the first hurdle
Jun 02, 2003; ... GARETH Maybin's foot is on the throttle. For Ulster's best youngamateur golfer, the drive towards Walker Cup selection began inearnest today at Royal Troon, where he shared the spotlight with 30other candidates for Ganton come September. Maybin hasn't found it easy to adjust to wet ...