Continuing their collaboration which saw the launch of the Sheeran by Lowden brand of guitars and a subsequent range of exclusive guitars to mark key albums, tours and career milestones, Ed Sheeran and Lowden Guitars have teamed up once again to create an acoustic guitar, this time to accompany Ed's latest – and seventh straight number one – album, Autumn Variations.

Following the launch of our East Midlands-based headquarters in early 2023, which reflected an investment of over £1.7m, HSL have confirmed continued growth and expansion of our health tech and audio-visual solutions team to continue to oversee and deliver audio-visual solutions across GB.

A new-build house in County Down is set to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint after becoming the first in Northern Ireland to be heated using a biofuel.

Founded in 2016 by Joanne O’Doherty and Jackie Crooks, Kinsetsu provides innovative sensor-based and automation technology solutions that are deployed to drive positive change within critical service environments. Kinsetsu’s ‘ktrack’ software works by simplifying the connection and management of assets using a diverse network of sensors, providing automated insight and status awareness of equipment, people, inventory and fleet.

Strengthening their ongoing support for Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ community, Citi Belfast has partnered with Cara-Friend and The Integrated Education Fund to offer grants to three schools to support LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Addressing one of the primary obstacles to electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Northern Ireland, the lack of access to charging facilities, startup GoPlugable has revealed their plans to build an online network and charger-sharing ecosystem to enable EV owners to take advantage of available privately-owned chargers in their areas and homeowners with EV chargers to earn money through sharing access.

Citi Belfast have continued their mission to challenge misconceptions of careers in the financial and professional services and encourage more people from diverse backgrounds to consider careers in the sector with the recent announcement of their Citi Career Empowerment Programme.

County Down’s Lowden Guitars is hoping to expand its global reach with Amazon to sell its ‘Sheeran by Lowden’ range. This comes in time for Ed Sheeran’s 25-date North American leg of his ‘Mathematics’ World Tour, playing to almost 1.5 million fans.

Artisan food lovers flocked to Hillsborough on Saturday to attend the first Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council’s first Hillsborough Farmers Market of 2023. Set up at The Dark Walk and Hillsborough Fort, the market took place between 10am to 3pm and showcased over 50 food and non-food local traders.

People across Ireland who are seeking tattoo removal or rejuvenation of problematic skin will now have a less painful option available to them in the capital city, as Irish aesthetics practitioner Shauna O’Neill launches Edit Laser Skin Clinic. Representing an investment of over 700,000 EUR, Edit Laser Skin Clinic is located at The Cubes Offices, Beacon South Quarter, Dublin 18 and is Ireland’s first clinic to offer tattoo removal and various skin treatments using the PicoSure Pro Laser.

As Northern Ireland businesses gear up to navigate an uncertain 2023, Northern Ireland’s only purpose-built data centre, Prescient Data Centres, have doubled-down on their commitment to providing an energy-efficient, carrier neutral data centre facility which offers flexible solutions for enterprises of all sizes and requirements.

American college basketball returned to the Island of Ireland at the weekend as the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght became the venue of the MAAC / ASUN Dublin Basketball Challenge, presented by Inspirus Sports.

Attended by over 400 runners, Citi Belfast recently welcomed the return of its annual 5K Race, a key fundraiser for its Charity of the Year. This year funds raised will be donated to The Welcome Organisation to enable its continued offering of a wide range of services to support the homeless community across Northern Ireland.

Recentre, Northern Ireland’s first of its kind trauma support programme, have shared research at a launch event on Wednesday that reinforces the role that their unique approach to trauma support can play within the mental healthcare landscape in Northern Ireland.

Over 600 family, friends, colleagues, and close acquaintances of the late Professor Jim Dornan descended on Belfast’s St Anne’s Cathedral Sunday evening to fondly remember his life and many accomplishments.

One of the largest financial advice networks in Northern Ireland, Milecross Financial has announced a £1.5million investment to further expand their operations across Scotland through several key acquisitions and partnerships in Glasgow, South Lanarkshire and Aberdeen.