IN THE HEADLINES
GENESIS scoops CIM Marketing Agency of the Year 2015
elfast-based creative ad agency Genesis has won Marketing Agency of the Year including Digital at this year’s Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Ireland Marketing Excellence Awards held in Belfast. The CIM Ireland Marketing Excellence Awards celebrate, recognise and reward proven marketing achievements across various industry sectors in Ireland and acknowledge the contribution made by both individuals and teams. On the night, Genesis also picked up the CIM Marketing with Impact Public Sector Award for the Invest Northern Ireland Go for it campaign, and was shortlisted for the HSENI Farm Safety campaign, and the Henderson ‘Passion about Local’ campaign for SPAR. Stephen Bogan, Managing Director of Genesis, commented, ‘We’re delighted to
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receive these awards in recognition of the hard work and commitment of the team, and the vision of our clients. As an agency, we aspire to international class and receiving these awards lets us know that we are well on our way there. ‘At Genesis we’ve invested for over 22 years to excel in strategy, concept origination, project management, digital and production, which is why we’ve won 30 major awards in the past three years alone, most recently Northern Ireland Media Agency of the Year in Dublin. And we’re the only Northern Irish agency to have won a prestigious Drum Marketing Award. It’s a huge boost for our clients – the awards we’ve picked up this year confirm that they’re working with the very best in Northern Ireland.’
Angels reach £35M milestone with Halo NI TAGGLED investment alo, the Northern Ireland business angel network and partner to HBAN, the allisland umbrella group responsible for stimulating angel investment and joint initiative of InterTradeIreland and Enterprise Ireland, today announces that it has helped HBAN breached the landmark of £35 million invested by business angels. A further £65 million has been leveraged from other sources including Invest Northern Irelandsupported capital funds. NI Science Park-based TAGGLED raised a further £250k from Halo angels, the Halo Fund and the NI Cofund. This helped the all island HBAN and Halo NI to reach this milestone.
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Brian Ambrose conferred Honorary Fellowship at Belfast Met
Brian Ambrose chief executive Belfast City Airport with Belfast Met principal and chief executive MarieThérèse McGivern
elfast Metropolitan College celebrated the achievements of over 1,000 higher education learners at its annual Graduation. Belfast Met conferred an Honorary Fellowship Award to Brian Ambrose, chief executive of Belfast City Airport who was awarded for his outstanding contribution to tourism and economic development in Northern Ireland. Brian Ambrose OBE, Belfast Metropolitan College Honorary Fellow, has worked within the aviation industry for 39 years holding senior management positions within Bombardier in Engineering, Business Development and Operations. In his current role Brian is responsible for a growing business which has become a significant employer and contributor to the Northern Ireland economy employing approximately 1500 people on site and generating an annual passenger throughput in excess of 2.7 million. Brian said: “It is an honour to receive an Honorary Fellowship from Belfast Metropolitan College at a time when both Tourism in Northern Ireland and passenger throughput at the airport are hitting record highs. I had the privilege of graduating from the College many years ago and have been an interested observer as the Belfast Met has gone from strength to strength. “Reflecting upon and sharing experiences from my own career with the 2015 graduates was a reminder of how far the tourism industry and business has come in recent years and I hope I have in some small way inspired the next generation to take hold of every opportunity and make the next 40 years just as successful.”
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