The Irish Times

Wrightbus family urged to ‘hand land back’ to people of Ballymena

Unite says neither town nor Northern Ireland can afford loss of 1,200 jobs

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 04:27

How Wrightbus took the wrong turn

Questions are already being asked about charitable donations

Wed Sept 25 2019 - 21:35

Wright Group bus builders say 95 jobs may go

Lack of new orders from UK the cause

Tue Jun 05 2018 - 20:25

Ballymena bus group Wrights to buy 100-acre JTI Tobacco site

Engineering company says it is running out of space on current site after strong recent growth

Mon Oct 31 2016 - 16:23

Net worth of Ballymena-based WrightBus increases to £24.4m

Outlook for group, which employs 1,200 people in North, ‘remains positive’

Mon Sept 05 2016 - 23:10

Van Morrison, Kerry-born British Council head to be knighted

Belfast singer-songwriter was named in Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours list

Fri Jun 12 2015 - 23:15

Wrights Group opens bus body plant in India

Move will help sustain employment for its workforce in Northern Ireland, says group

Fri May 29 2015 - 01:00

Engineering firm PanelDuct wins top innovation award

Co Mayo company crowned overall winners of InterTradeIreland Innovation awards

Mon Apr 20 2015 - 01:00

Mayo firm scoops top innovation award

North’s Minister for Enterprise welcomes winners to Belfast at awards ceremony

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 01:00

Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards Finalists

The shortlist of Ireland’s most ingenious innovators offer cost-saving advances in a range of fields

Mon Jan 26 2015 - 01:45

Northern Ireland bus group to create 130 jobs

Wrights to invest £14m in R&D projects

Mon May 12 2014 - 19:40

Taoiseach lauds entrepreneurs at ‘Irish Times’ Innovation Awards

The island's hottest new innovators received some well-deserved recognition at this year's awards where Enda Kenny presented UCD spin-out Oxymem with the overall prize

Mon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00

UCD spin-out Oxymem wins Innovation of the Year award

Athlone-based firm scoops top prize for creating pioneering system for waste-water facilities

Thu Apr 10 2014 - 08:28

Northern Ireland Executive to get £21.2m spending boost in UK budget

North’s Minister for Finance Simon Hamilton welcomed additional capital allocation

Thu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00

NI Chamber calls on Osborne to deliver ‘budget for business’

UK Chancellor will make his spring statement to the House of Commons this Wednesday

Mon Mar 17 2014 - 01:00

Belfast Briefing: Business world has a message for Richard Haass

A worried community wants a shift away from costly tribal divisions

Tue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00

Passage to India for Ballymena bus firm

The Wright Group has done a deal with Daimler to enter the Indian market

Tue Sept 10 2013 - 01:00

Belfast briefing: It’s a vintage year for ice cream despite the clouds

Companies hope business boost isn’t just a fair weather phenomenon

Tue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00

G8 talks ideal opportunity to get investors on board

North needs to improve when it comes to wooing potential investors

Tue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00

NI corporation tax rate cut out until after Scottish independence vote, says Cameron

Robinson and McGuinness say decision could be taken immediately 'if there was political will’

Tue Mar 26 2013 - 21:44