Gary Mcdonald
Business Editor at The Irish News
Irish News business editor since 2000, now clocked up 44 years in journalism (eek, really that long!).Big Man Utd fan and a journeyman bagpiper to boot
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1 week ago |
irishnews.com | Gary Mcdonald
The long-established W G Hamilton community pharmacy at Ballysillan in north Belfast has changed hands for an undisclosed sum. Following a confidential sales process with Karl Clezy, director at specialist business property adviser Christie & Co, it has been sold to first-time buyers, Andrew Crawford and Daniel Cheah. W G Hamilton has been owned and run by Fergus Hamilton for more than 20 years, and ge decided to sell to pursue a partial retirement.
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1 week ago |
irishnews.com | Gary Mcdonald
The Belfast-based production house run by the co-creators of the award-winning Blue Lights police drama has had its majority shareholding acquired by one of the world’s biggest entertainment companies. And Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn believe the move by Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to take a 51% stake in Hot Sauce Ltd will gives them the ability to reach even greater heights in the years to come.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | Gary Mcdonald
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 week ago |
irishnews.com | Gary Mcdonald
Confidence in Northern Ireland’s economic outlook has deteriorated sharply, according to a survey, with persistent concerns over economic stagnation, rising costs, and government policy. Chartered Accountants Ulster Society surveyed 270 of its members in the north (before President Trump’s tariff plan announcement) and just 8% viewed prospects as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ - a significant drop from last year’s already low figure of 17%.
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1 week ago |
irishnews.com | Gary Mcdonald
Belfast IT services provider Kainos saw its shares surge by around 10% in early Monday trading after the company said it expects full-year revenue and profit to meet analyst expectations. In a trading update for the year to the end of March 2025, Kainos said revenues and adjusted profit before tax are anticipated to fall in line with consensus forecasts of £365.6 million and £65.4 million, respectively. The performance was supported by cost discipline and improved growth in the final quarter.
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