Founded in 2004, McKvr has grown from a specialist online retailer into one of Ireland and the UK’s leading sports and teamwear suppliers. McKvr design and manufacture custom kits under official GAA, LGFA, and Camogie licences, supplying clubs, counties, schools, and organisations across multiple sports. With sustainability at the heart of everything they do –
Brothers Scott and Stuart Gordon behind The Gordon Group in Lurgan went into business together 19 years ago when they struggled to find decent quality football boots without the flashy colours! Back then, their business was called The Beautiful Game and while that beautiful game is still at the heart of everything they do –
From roles in construction and pharmaceuticals to accounting and engineering, there were plenty of opportunities for the 150 job seekers at the recent job fair at Lurgan Town Hall. The event was organised by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s Labour Market Partnership, in collaboration with the local Jobs and Benefits Office. Funded by
A food to go business in Lurgan has walked away with an award at the inaugural NI Food to Go awards. The ceremony was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast this week on Tuesday 19th November. Taste of Philly in Lurgan took home the winning award for Newcomer of the Year – Specialist.
Hannah Kinloch and Carter Wright from Lurgan College Students Hannah Kinloch and Carter Wright from Lurgan College recently participated in the NI Water inaugural Hybrid Work Experience Programme – the first in a new series developed in partnership with the leading social mobility charity, Speakers for Schools. The programme offered 26 students aged 16-19 the
Fresh food product manufacturer Avondale Foods Ltd are recruiting for several positions within their Lurgan-based site. Founded in 1965, by Harry and Derek Geddis Avondale Foods started in business growing vegetables at their family farm for distribution to local markets and retail outlets. As Avondale Foods expanded, produce was outsourced to local growers while the
Lurgan-based surveying professional Carolyn Brady has been crowned Surveyor of the Year at the RICS Matrics Surveyor Awards, which recognise the most inspiring and influential surveyors who have been qualified for up to 10 years. Carolyn, a building surveyor and regional lead partner for global quantity surveyor and construction consultancy firm Rider Levett Bucknall, won
A Lurgan local has been announced as the newest recruit in NI based tech company, Outsource Group in the position of Business Development Manager. Outsource Group, headquartered in Antrim, employs almost 100 people and offers a broad range of technology support and services to customers in the UK and Ireland, with an increasing focus in
Featured Image: From left to right: Alan Hamilton, James Hamilton Group director; Brian O’Sullivan, Zeus Group founder; and Keith Hamilton, managing director of James Hamilton Group. The Lurgan-based print and food packaging business James Hamilton Group, which has annual sales of around £15.4 million, has been bought by the Zeus Group. James Hamilton Group, which
A Lurgan based water bottling company has signed a £3.8 million deal with ALDI Ireland to supply all of their 155 Irish stores over the next year. Classic Mineral Water, which employ 70 full-time staff, is Ireland’s oldest water bottling company. They produce a range of products for ALDI including still and sparkling water, sold
