What a pleasure it was to welcome MBA students from the Texas McCombs School of Business to our site this morning – and they brought the good weather with them! They started off the morning learning about nitrites…
Read More“You can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job.” How often do we hear this? Finnebrogue is trying to address these concerns through its collaborative school and business partnership programme. As the largest private employer in Downpatrick and one of the largest…
Read MoreNorthern Ireland food producer, Finnebrogue Artisan, recently hosted a training evening for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service. Twelve officers and training staff attended the site in two fire appliances and participated a simulated emergency. During the evening, Finnebrogue’s emergency response procedures were used to create a scenario…
Read MorePictured at The Food Shack where staff collect their weekly food bundles, are Clare Forster, Mash Direct and Chris Overend, Head of HR, Finnebrogue. -Finnebrogue Artisan and Mash Direct joins forces in first of its kind initiative in Northern Ireland. -Locally produced food bundled up for workforce, comprising…
Read MoreFinnebrogue Artisan signs three-year partnership with one of County Down’s largest & most popular road races. The Jimmy’s 10k road race will take place on 12th March 2023 in Downpatrick, and will include a new faster and flatter route overlooking scenic River Quoile to mark its 24th year. …
Read MoreThe Denis Lynn Scholarship for Sustainable Food Innovation is a generous bursary of £20,000 towards tuition fees and living expenses for a student on the Advanced Food Safety Masters degree, within the School of Biological Sciences and Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), at Queen’s University Belfast. The…
Read MoreNorthern Ireland’s vulnerable barn owls population have been given a much-needed boost with the discovery of a new nest site at Finnebrogue Estate in Co. Down. There are fewer than 30 breeding pairs estimated to be left in Northern Ireland and Ulster Wildlife is asking landowners to report…
Read MoreThis week, the Department of Health and Social Care (HSC) created a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre for employees at Finnebrogue Artisan. HSC staff provided the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to attending employees over the age of 16 and will return in 19th October to give…
Read MoreFollowing receipt of their exam results this week, Finnebrogue Artisan hosted an information day for its newly recruited student population on Thursday 12th August at its site in Down Business Park. It was a celebration of their hard work and an opportunity for them to understand more about ‘what next’ pathways in…
Read MoreWe’re very proud to annouce that Finnebrogue is supporting Children in Northern Ireland’s holiday hunger project. The charity provides food to kids who rely on school meals and will go hungry during the school holidays. We have donated £25,000 to the Downpatrick club and are providing food for projects in Carrickfergus and Portadown too.
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