The Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce and Trade in association with the Northern Ireland Hospice and supported by Carrickfergus Borough Council is staging the first ever Harbour Festival in Carrickfergus. This will be an annual event and the aim is to make it into one of the best-loved and most diverse festivals in Ireland - and one of the biggest free events in the country.

Local design company 9yards architecture has just launched its new website www.9yards.co.uk. A showcase for recently completed projects the site presents photographs and images to give clients a flavour of the range and quality of projects undertaken.

The newly opened Carrick Chiropractic Clinic on 20a High Sreet, Carrickfergus will be providing a team of Chiropractors at the Belfast Marathon on the 3rd May 2010. Joanne Wilson D.C. and Marie-Josee Turmel D.C. have now secured the event and it will be the first time Chiropractors have been invited to treat athletes at the Marathon.

The Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce and Trade officially launched the Business Excellence Awards at the Clarion Hotel this week.

There are 14 award categories and the chamber is encouraging all shops and businesses in the borough to enter the competition.

Representatives from the Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce and Trade were invited to Stormont last week to help launch The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Associatio's (NIIRTA) vision for the future of economic policy as the organisation marked its tenth anniversary.

The president of Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce and Trade Michael McCune this week personally welcomed Rory O'Neill, the manager of the newly-opened Carrickfergus Boots store, as the latest member of the Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce and Trade.

A Northern Ireland-based company is putting its best foot forward by distributing their exclusively designed men's Irish brogues with a green sole direct from their distribution centre in Carrickfergus to the rest of the world.

The Official opening of the Carrickfergus Chamber of Commerce & Trade

It is a case of 'infinity and beyond!' for a Northern Ireland company as it has just delivered the perfect 'toy story' to one of the world's most prestigious retailers.