THE best of North Down’s companies were celebrating on Friday night at the end of another successful Bangor Business Awards. The 2013 awards - the 13th annual competition - saw a first with the inclusion of businesses outside Bangor but within North Down. And Holywood in particular made the most of the opportunity to pick up several awards.

Bringing our children's imagination to life is all in a day's work for Bangor's BAFTA winning talent Colin Williams.

THE eyes of the footballing world will focus on Bangor sports vision expert Susan Park when she travels to Qatar in the run up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. For the talented eye specialist with SVEYE has been invited to the Middle East to set up a sports vision clinic in Aspetar, a leading sports medical facility.

Mayor of North Down Andrew Muir, has pledged his support for a new local enterprise led by a former Dragon’s Den contestant and backed by local businesses Denroy Plastics and Whale (Munster Simms Engineering), and supported by South Eastern Regional College (SERC) plus Invest NI.