IT WAS a tough year, particularly for local businesses, but 2022 ended with a buzz in Fermanagh’s county town, with traders enjoying a festive boost to sales. Things are looking positive for the new year ahead, too, with a number of businesses seeking to open new premises in Enniskillen town centre, showing how even in the […]
Enniskillen leading on local and loyal shopping
AN Enniskillen man has rode off with the big prize given away as part of the town’s ‘Mi Rewards’ programme. Steven Gunner landed an Echelon Bike after points gained via the scheme – earned via every £1 spent in participating Enniskillen shops – put him in the national draw. Enniskillen introduced its Mi Rewards programme in December 2020, […]
Republic day-trip shoppers boost Enniskillen businesses
SHOPPERS coming over the border from down south are “critical” to Enniskillen’s local economy. Noelle McAloon of the Enniskillen Business Improvement District (BID) says that Republic of Ireland car number plates are a welcome sight as day-trippers from over the border are boosting the town’s coffers by spending their euros here. A number of residents […]
Halloween fireworks goes up in smoke
THIS year’s Halloween celebrations will not be going off with a bang after the Council cancelled Monday’s fireworks night. Finances and an ‘awareness of the cost of living crisis’ have been cited as factors for extinguishing the event’s fuse just days before it was set to take place. The last time Enniskillen’s skyline was lit […]
Businesses praised for their entrepreneurial spirit
Enniskillen’s High Street revival is down to the town’s natural entrepreneurial spirit. That’s the view from Noelle McAloon of the Enniskillen Business Improvement District (BID). Businesses have bounced back from the Covid lockdown period while new ones have sprung up to add to the colour and vibrancy of the town. Helped by BID’s Enniskillen Gift […]
Still no sign of new Enniskillen Post Office
“What they want just makes it quite difficult for anybody to take that on.”
Enniskillen BID delighted with ‘yes’ vote
By Rebecca McGirr Noelle McAloon, Enniskillen BID Manager is ‘delighted’ by the 86 percent yes vote from businesses for BID to continue in Enniskillen for the next five years. ‘We are very happy to get another five years to really show what else we can do,’ she said. Enniskillen BID’s first term finishes at the […]
BID’s bid to keep boosting Enniskillen business
“We see that Enniskillen has a very vibrant future.”
Over 600 businesses to vote on ambitious scheme
Over 600 businesses in Enniskillen are currently casting their votes on whether or not the town will become a Business Improvement District (BID).