Kevin Kingston (Danske Bank), Colin Conway (Newell Stores), Minister Mervyn Storey MLA (NI Executive), Peter Boyle (Argento) and Glyn Roberts (NIIRTA).
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Danske Bank – business ‘Advantage’ series
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anske Bank recently hosted a retail sector business breakfast at the Ramada Plaza hotel in Belfast and a manufacturing sector business breakfast at the Glenavon House hotel in Cookstown. Danske Bank’s ‘Advantage’ series of business events will run all year giving customers and prospective customers an opportunity to hear from leading speakers in different sectors that will be key to the ongoing recovery of the local economy. The retail event was held in partnership with the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA), which was launching its annual Independents’ Day retail campaign. Kevin Kingston, Danske Bank’s Deputy CEO & Managing Director of Business Banking said at the event: “We believe the economic landscape for retailers is only
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going to improve in the year ahead and Danske Bank is committed to supporting the growth and success of the local retail sector. It is fitting that Danske Bank decided to focus the first of its Advantage events on the retail sector as it is the largest sector of the Northern Ireland economy”.
“We believe the economic landscape for retailers is only going to improve in the year ahead and Danske Bank is committed to supporting the growth and success of the local retail sector.”
Also addressing this event was an impressive list of speakers that included Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey MLA, Peter Boyle of Argento, Colin Conway of Newell Stores and Danske Chief Economist Angela McGowan. The manufacturing event was held in partnership with Manufacturing NI and at the event its CEO, Stephen Kelly, revealed that 11% of all jobs in Northern Ireland are manufacturing jobs, with the figure rising to 27.5% in the new mid-ulster council area. Also addressing this event was an equally impressive list of speakers that included Chairman of the NI Assembly Enterprise, Trade and Investment committee Patsy McGlone MLA, Professor Peter Russo from EBS Business School in Germany, David Henderson of Tobermore and Danske’s Head of Markets, Brian Telford. More Danske Advantage events are planned for the autumn.