‘It’s all about the cow!’ explains Gareth Wilson.  Wilson Agri was the first importer of cow mattresses into Europe in 1994 and today they supply everything to ensure that the cow has a clean dry comfortable bed, with clean fresh water and air, with reduced pressure...

Textile designer Olive Rankin established LoveOlli in 2012 with the simple desire to create inspiring and unique candles and accessories with a vintage twist.  Four years on, the business was experiencing relative success supplying 200...

Established in 2012 in Coleraine, Hope and Gloria is a community enterprise vintage themed lifestyle store with a coffee shop selling fashion, furniture, homewares and accessories.   It is operated by Causeway Coast Vineyard with profits...

For over 25 years, Garth Mahood has been “supplying inspiration” from his shop in Coleraine to thousands of professional and hobby florists all over the world.  Established in 1998, Floristry Warehouse is a UK and Ireland based worldwide suppliers of florist supplies,...

Crusoes Coffee Shop is the creation of local artist Roger Robinson. With a love for good food and local produce,  Roger spent time travelling across Europe and to New Zealand to find the very best recipes for his coffee shop, which he...

We all have madcap ideas from time to time, but how many of us take the time to write them down? Lorna Kyle did, scribbling a note in her journal about a business based around a mobile craft workshop for children’s parties. It was years later...

It’s time for home and here you are flapping about on one leg like some frustrated Flamingo, desperately attempting to extricate yourself from a wet swim suit or trunks whilst the family next to you on the beach averts their eyes. It was just...

Daisy Mae Boutique…where the past makes the perfect present “They deal with people in business day in, day out, but they made me feel like I was the only business that had walked through their door. They made me feel like I was special.” For Marianne Blaney, owner of...

“…fine, true artisan foods: taste them once, and you want them in your life.” Irish Food Writers, John and Sally McKenna.  It’s not just renowned food critics who salivate at the mere mention of North Coast Smokehouse - a whole new generation of people, from all walks...

Ten years ago, Frances Galbraith took a year out from her job with Ulster Bus, packed her bags and travelled the world. Where many leave these shores never to return, seduced by chilled out Thailand, Aussie beach culture, or the bright lights of the Big Apple, it had...

If Babushka was any closer to the sea, they’d need to supply customers with life jackets. Perched on the pier beside Portrush’s West Strand this tiny but increasingly influential kitchen café is at the forefront of a north coast food and drink revolution. At the...

The North Coast hasn't had a brewery since the 1980s. That is until Lacada Brewery was set up in October 2015. But, this is a business with a difference - a craft beer co-operative brewery with origins in a love of beer and brewing, a love of...

Allprint Design & Print is a well-established label printing company established in 2002 and has built up an enviable reputation over the last 10 years. The company owner Norman Malcolmson is proud of his commitment to providing a...

Don't fence yourself in Damian Rodgers is an experienced metalworking engineer with expertise in railings, gates and maintenance of industrial equipment. Damian became unemployed in May 2014. He reviewed his situation and felt the best...

Established in 1998 by William and Stephanie Holmes, Moorbrook Lodge Trout Fishery in Castlerock has gone from strength to strength over the last 16 years. And, with a Venture Causeway investment of £10,000 awarded to the fishery in 2013,...

A TEMPLEPATRICK businessman has developed new technology for the agricultural industry which could also have major positive implications for the rest of the world. Dr Aaron McConnell, of IT solutions company Vynomic Ltd, has created...

Once the place to be for dancing the night away, and then vacant for many years the iconic building that is The Arcadia in Portrush has enjoyed a new lease of life over the past five years, thanks to Tanya Gillen.  Having already launched a...

The next time you source a hard-to-find item, think twice, as it might just reveal a gap in the market for a great business idea… That’s precisely what happened to Maurice Lucas in 2009, when he went hunting for a few artificial trees for his...

Brothers, Connory and Damian McGill, fulfilled their career ambitions when they launched Sign-It Design in 1998 with the help of Causeway Enterprise Agency. With Damian working in London and Connory creating CAD (computer-aided design) drawings...

Denron Products owner Ronnie Young launched his new bike cleaner and degreaser “Mud-Buster” at the NW200 with the support of Invest NI’s Growth Programme at Causeway Enterprise Agency. Ronnie Young of Denron Products commented: “My cleaning...

Starting a new business can be a challenge but if you have the right amount of experience and support, success may not be far away, as Coleraine-based florist Jill Peterson discovered when she set up her business “The Stables Flower Co”. Jill...