Spirit of enterprise continues to grow in Carrickfergus

New businesses make up 4.8 per cent of all companies in the former Carrickfergus Borough Council area.

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Oct 2015, 08:00 BST

Kelli Bagchus, Carrickfergus Enterprise, with Karen McLeod, Northern Regional College and participants attending the World Host Ambassador workshop. INCT 43-705-CON

In Northern Ireland, Carrickfergus is second only to Limavady on 6.1 per cent when it comes to entrepreneurialism, according to figures from the UK’s official registrar of businesses, Companies House.

Remarkably, the town is only just behind London on 4.9 per cent.

Meanwhile, a coastal tourism hub programme to create 10 new jobs and safeguard 20 more has reached the halfway stage with the innovative package of support developed by Carrickfergus Enterprise.