Look for the Light
There is not a lot of positivity on the ground at the moment. Seeing empty shops and streets in the run up to Christmas is certainly not...
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deborahloughran
Nov 30, 20204 min
Lockdown Version Three
Here we are back to square one or maybe even a few steps back from that. We are facing the inevitability of another lockdown which may...
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deborahloughran
Nov 30, 20203 min
Simply Good Business 18th November
This week we at least have certainty around the lifting of the localised restrictions. There is a significant responsibility now on...
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deborahloughran
Nov 30, 20204 min
We have a Result- 'Simply Good Business' Newry Reporter 11th November
And we have a result- a good result. Hopefully one which will bring some stability to one of our largest nation’s, while the rest of the...
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deborahloughran
Nov 8, 20204 min
Farewell to the 'TanTrumping' President
By the time of going to print we could know who the American President will be for the next four years. For me if it is Donald Trump I...
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deborahloughran
Oct 29, 20202 min
Leaders Eat Last
I was absolutely delighted to see Jacinda Ardern win a convincing second term in office with a majority in New Zealand. It is a fabulous...
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deborahloughran
Oct 29, 20203 min
Happy Lockdown Halloween
We’ve just gone through our first week of semi-lockdown and while the figures in Newry, Mourne and Down are looking a bit more positive...
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deborahloughran
Oct 21, 20203 min
Simply Good Business- 14th October 2020
So we narrowly avoided a local lockdown last week; not least due to the combined effort of so many organisations in Newry, headed up by...
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deborahloughran
Oct 11, 20202 min
Newry Scoops City Prize in Bank of Ireland Awards
Newry BID with its partners and stakeholders has scooped a major all island award in the Bank of Ireland ‘Begin Together’ Awards. The...
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deborahloughran
Oct 11, 20202 min
Trans Europe Express Celebrates Major Milestone with 30 Years in Business
Trans Europe Express (TEE), a family owned international freight forwarding company based in Warrenpoint is celebrating 30 years in...
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deborahloughran
Oct 11, 20203 min
We need to Prevent Another Lockdown
The time has come for tough love. We need to prevent a local lockdown. At the time of writing we were next in line if we hadn’t...
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deborahloughran
Oct 11, 20203 min
Technology- It's Fantastic When it Actually Works
My phone stopped working on Friday morning. It is only three months old – I had no warning and no prior issues. There I was on a busy...
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deborahloughran
Sep 21, 20204 min
Why you Cannot Afford Not to Do Digital
Recently I was working with Newry BID delivering webinars for members on ‘Google My Business’. Digital media is not my area of expertise,...
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deborahloughran
Sep 9, 20203 min
Never Underestimate the Power of Your Network
One of the things that has emerged from the current pandemic is the fragility of many of our current business offerings. Where I find it...
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deborahloughran
Aug 19, 20203 min
To live is the rarest thing in the world
Our island wide tourism industry needs support and needs agility to get through this autumn/winter.
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deborahloughran
Aug 3, 20203 min
King Communication Officially Launched
Today is the ‘official’ start day of King Communication. It is really only a date in the diary but important as I set goals for the future.
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deborahloughran
Aug 3, 20203 min
The World as We Know It
The world as we know it is slowly trying to create some sort of sustainable economy for itself but everyday brings more uncertainty.
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deborahloughran
Jul 20, 20203 min
Simply Good Business- The Newry Reporter 15th July 2020
Last week the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced another series of measures to help stimulate economic recovery. While the summer...
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deborahloughran
Jul 13, 20203 min
It's a Mixed Bag Out There
It's a ‘mixed bag’ in business but sometimes you need to dig through the bag to find the positives instead of focussing on the negatives.
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deborahloughran
Jul 3, 20203 min
Simply Good Business 1st June 2020
Consumer confidence is key to rebuilding our economy, with redundancy & job losses, this confidence will be knocked. We cannot afford this.
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