Bill Wolsey
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Bord Pleanála rejects plan for hotel near Dublin markets area
- Commercial Property
- March 23, 2020, 12:33
Plans for a new hotel in the markets area of Dublin’s north inner city by one of Northern Ireland’s leading hotel groups have been rejected. An Bord (...)

No-deal Brexit anxiety mounts for Northern Irish businesses
- Irish News
- April 6, 2019, 00:43
“We are not out of the woods yet,” says Declan Billington, a chief executive in Belfast, reflecting the anxious view of the bulk of the Northern Irish(...)

Beannchor group to create 75 jobs with opening of £4m hotel
- Retail & Services
- October 31, 2018, 13:22
The Beannchor group is to open a new £4 million (€4.5 million) hotel in Lisburn that is set to create 75 jobs. The group, which was founded by Bill W(...)

Little Wing pizza chain to open at least five outlets in Dublin
- Retail & Services
- October 29, 2018, 05:13
Bill Wolsey, founder and managing director of Northern Irish hospitality group Beannchor, has confirmed plans to expand his Little Wing Pizzeria chain(...)

Sherry Fitz results, accountable bankers, and EY award winners
- Economy
- October 26, 2018, 06:30
Ireland’s largest estate agent Sherry FitzGerald paid a dividend of just more than over ¤1 million to shareholders last year on the back of strong sal(...)

Hospitality group founder Bill Wolsey scoops industry entrepreneur award
- Retail & Services
- October 25, 2018, 19:00
Bill Wolsey, founder and managing director of the Northern Irish hospitality group Beannchor, has been named EY Industry Entrepreneur of the Year. Mr(...)

Teamwork’s Coppinger and Mackey named entrepreneurs of the year
- Technology
- October 25, 2018, 19:00
Peter Coppinger and Dan Mackey, the founders of Cork technology firm Teamwork, have scooped this year’s overall EY Entrepreneur of the Year award. Th(...)

Tourism is booming as Belfast leaves behind the shadow of the Troubles
- Transport & Tourism
- August 4, 2018, 05:00
Belfast once boasted the most bombed hotel in Europe. It was arguably the only claim to fame its hotel sector had during the dark days of the Troubles(...)

Northern Irish hospitality group sets sights on Dublin
- Transport & Tourism
- June 11, 2018, 05:00
More than 42 years ago, Bill Wolsey opened his first bar in Bangor. That bar would ultimately form part of the Beannchor Group, which now owns more th(...)

Entrepreneur retreat shows chief executives ways to go forward
- Business
- May 26, 2018, 06:00
Oxford’s Balliol College chapel is an unlikely setting to observe some of Ireland’s brightest business minds run into difficulty. A choir of eight pat(...)