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Competitive Frank Design beats big boys to go global by Ian Graham

A specialist Belfast design consultancy is planning renewed expansion after taking on and beating
some of the big boys of the industry in London and New York.

Frank Design and Communications, based in the city’s Cathedral Quarter, is increasingly being called in by international clients because of its skills and competitive pricing against bigger agencies. Read more at Belfast Telegraph

Business ‘angels’ crucial to driving the economy by Symon Ross

A call has been put out for more angel investors to come forward in Northern Ireland as new research showed business angels are now the key source of investment in high risk, early stage companies. Research by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, and British Business
Angels Association suggested that following a decline in more traditional forms of investment brought about by the financial crisis, business angels — wealthy investors in the Dragon’s Den mould — are investing around £1bn a year in the UK. Read more at Belfast Telegraph

Aerospace companies explore business options

Aerospace executives from across Britain and Northern Ireland and China have been in the north to explore business opportunities.Airbus, Rolls-Royce and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China arrived at Stormont... Read More at Irish News

Multi-million pound expansion for sandwich company

MORE than 40 jobs are to be created in Dundonald with the announcement yesterday of a multi-million expansion planned by the The Brunch Box Sandwich Company.The programme which will virtually double the workforce and is designed to do the same to turnover by 2012, was announced by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster during a visit to the plant which produces a wide range of ‘food to go’ products. Read More at Belfast Newsletter