Events

Adrian Dunbar Announced As Special Guest at NI Chamber Annual Lunch

NI Chamber has announced that awardwinning actor, director and writer Adrian Dunbar will be the guest speaker at its 2022 Annual Lunch.

Nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of the iconic Ted Hastings in all six series of Line of Duty, Adrian is one of Northern Ireland’s most celebrated actors. He is well known for a host of screen credits including The Crying Game, My Left Foot, Mickybo and Me, The General, The Snowman, The Secret Scripture and Hear My Song, The Hollow Crown, Broken, Inside No. 9 and Blood. He is currently filming the title role in Ridley for ITV. On stage, he recently starred in Hamlet opposite Cush Jumbo at the Young Vic. His directing work includes Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On in 2017 for BBC, Brendan At The Chelsea, which opened at The Riverside Studios in 2008 and then The Lyric Belfast and New York in 2013. He also directed a production of Philadelphia Here I Come, which he re-worked with playwright Brian Friel. Last year he presentedthe hugely popular travel documentary Adrian Dunbar’s Coastal Ireland.

Tickets for the NI Chamber Annual Lunch, which takes place at Belfast City Hall on Friday 24 June, are now sold out with a reserve list in place. The 2022 Annual Lunch is supported by NI Chamber’s communications Partner, BT, along with Cleaver Fulton Rankin, GMcG, Fujitsu and Dell Technologies.

Further information is available at northernirelandchamber.com

Get Ready to Meet the Buyer

NI Chamber and Bank of Ireland UK are inviting procurement professionals and suppliers across all industries to register their interest now for Meet the Buyer 2022.

The event is an opportunity for major buyers who are interested in re-shoring supply lines to meet with local suppliers across a host of industries. NI Chamber will undertake a facilitated match-making process, to connect companies with significant procurement needs to local firms who can meet their requirements in terms of quality, scale and delivery. Mutually beneficial meetings will be facilitated at an event in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Belfast on 28 September. To get involved in the matchmaking process as either a buyer or a supplier, please contact phil.murray@ northernirelandchamber.com.

Meet the Buyer 2022 is part of NI Chamber’s Learn Grow Excel business support programme, which is supported by SME Partner, Power NI.

Phil Murray (Business Support Manager at NI Chamber); Angela McFall (Supply Chain Manager at Nitronica, who will be attending Meet the Buyer 2022 as a buyer) and Niall Devlin (Bank of Ireland UK).