Business Eye


	March 2006

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George's Theatre Dreams Come True

It’s a measure of George Priestly’s commitment to the cause that the retired food industry entrepreneur has spent close to 16 years as Chairman of the body which runs Belfast’s landmark Grand Opera House.

New era for the drinks trade's 50 year man

Jim O’Neill slips into the conversation the fact that he’s celebrating an amazing 50 years in the drinks business in 2006…..a remarkable career which has taken him from junior barman in Belfast to Managing Director of a drinks group successfully sold six months ago to a new UK parent.

SHS - Big Hitters Stay Private & Stay Here

Up until last year, NI-based grocery and drinks group SHS was more than happy to lead the corporate quiet life…..not avoiding publicity, but doing little to encourage the spotlight to come their way.

A Ferrari for the weekend, sir?

It was always inevitable that the prestige car private members club concept which works so well in England was going to come here.

Carina Williamson, General Manager of the Radisson SAS Belfast

Carina Williamson, who ranks as the first female General Manager of the Radisson SAS group in the UK and Ireland, could be considered something of a workaholic by most standards, but she willingly admits that the devotion to the job has helped her on her way to the top.

Coverage of the 2008 UTV Business Eye Awards

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"The archaic law which gives Members of Parliament the freedom to say just about anything in the House of Commons and not face up to the consequences of their words has to be of dubious value. "

(March 2006)

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