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From motherhood to entrepreneurship: Kerri Thompson's journey to launching visual aids business
By Rebecca Sayers
Passing of the torch: Sons taking dad's award-winning manufacturing business to another level
Gerry Mallon has been at the helm of his window manufacturing business, Malplas, since he took the brave and bold decision to go it alone back in 2001.
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Micheal McKenna
Joseph McKevitt: The father-of-five on striking a balance as founder of a tech start-up
Joe is a Newry man who has taken inspiration from the late, great Brian Conlon who set up First Derivatives. It's a model he would love to replicate in…
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Micheal McKenna
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How three Newry brothers built a multi-million pound waste recycling business
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Passing of the torch: Sons taking dad's award-winning manufacturing business to another level
 • Micheal McKenna
Succession: The daughter who turned dad's 40-year plant hire firm into a thriving business
 • Micheal McKenna
How Peter McVeigh helped turn a third-generation family shoe business into an online behemoth
 • Micheal McKenna
This couple and their four daughters run a successful drinks business from their kitchen
 • Micheal McKenna
Rory Canavan gave up the day job to open a pizza truck and hasn't looked back since
 • Micheal McKenna
How Peter McVeigh helped turn a third-generation family shoe business into an online behemoth
Plus, how the 41-year-old sold his the Chinese their own shoes back at a tidy profit
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Micheal McKenna
Overcoming adversity: How Elizabeth Sands built a beauty empire
From a humble newspaper advert in 2014 to training over 14,000 students across the UK and Ireland...
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Micheal McKenna
Rory Canavan gave up the day job to open a pizza truck and hasn't looked back since
Rory and his fiancee Laura are not transfixed on the bank balance but rather the balance and time their business affords them now...
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Micheal McKenna
'Your network is your net worth': Deborah Loughran was building a business long before she ever realised
Deborah founded King Communication in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic but contrary to what she thought at the time, she wasn't starting from…
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Micheal McKenna
A business fantasy turned reality: How two school friends built a thriving games café
Crowdfunding, events; members, merchandise, coffees and of course – tray bakes...
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Micheal McKenna
Co Tyrone couple transform family farm into an ice-cream business for their daughter
Trevor and Barbara Boyd, alongside their daughter, are the entrepreneurs behind Betty's Ice Cream
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Micheal McKenna
This couple and their four daughters run a successful drinks business from their kitchen
Nicky and Andrew Jackson run Jackson Roze with their four children..
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Micheal McKenna
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