Chamber of Commerce

Sponsors and organisers launching the North West Business Awards 2025 at the City Hotel, Derry. Back Row (L-R): Andrena O'Prey (Derry Journal), Aidan O'Kane (Allstate NI), John Cartin (NWRC), Erin McFeely (Alchemy Technology Services), Jacqui Diamond (Derry Journal). Front Row (L-R): Lorraine Allen (City Centre Initiative), Michael Kelly (Strabane BID), Hugh Hegarty (City Centre Initiative), Steve Frazer (City of Derry Airport), Danielle Whoriskey (Bank of Ireland), Anna Doherty (Londonderry Chamber of Commerce), Danielle McNally (Derry City & Strabane District Council).

2025 North West Business Awards launched

Derry chamber CEO Anna Doherty

Chamber’s Anna Doherty says Magee expansion would lead to ‘incredible boon’

Greg McCann, President, Derry Chamber.

View from the Foyle: Our ask for Derry and the NW

Chamber of Commerce Anna Doherty.

Anna Doherty hails rail review as ‘huge step’ on road to regional balance

L-R: Hubert O’Donoghue, Vice President, General Manager, AIB Merchant Services; Minister for the Economy, Conor Murphy MLA; Greg McCann, President, Derry Chamber; Anna Doherty, Chief Executive, Derry Chamber

Economy Minister Conor Murphy tells Chamber lunch new chapter opening for Derry

Selina Horshi, Andrew Fleming, Anna Doherty (all Derry Chamber); Conor Murphy MLA, Minister for the Economy; Mary Lou McDonald TD, President, Sinn Féin; Greg McCann, President, Derry Chamber; Ciara Ferguson, Sandra Duffy, Aidan O'Kane, and Steven Lindsey (all Derry Chamber)

Mary Lou McDonald discusses need for ‘balanced development’ with Derry Chamber

Jeffrey Donaldson says the DUP has backed a bilateral deal with the British Government to return to Stormont.

Anna Doherty says power-sharing vital as DUP backs bilateral deal with Tories

Outgoing President Selina Horshi pictured with new Chamber President Greg McCann at the AGM.

Greg McCann named as new president of Derry's Chamber of Commerce

Kieran Donoghue has been appointed as the new boss of Invest NI.

Appointment of senior IDA official Kieran Donoghue as Invest NI boss

RNIB NI's Joe Kenny with Anna Doherty, CEO of Derry Chamber of Commerce

Derry guests 'dine in the dark' to mark World Sight Day 2023

The Derry Chamber of Commerce held its Annual President’s Dinner at the White Horse Hotel. Pictured left to right are Chamber CEO Anna Doherty, US Consul General James Applegate, Chamber President Selina Horshi and Maurece Hutchinson, JMK Solicitors.

Selina Horshi says efforts must be redoubled to prioritise NW for investment

Selina Horshi

Derry Chamber President Selina Horshi welcomes ‘transformative’ rail review

Chamber of Commerce CEO Anna Doherty.

Derry's Chamber of Commerce says DfE budget cut will have 'serious' impact

Anna Doherty

Chamber chief Anna Doherty fears cuts will impact homes, workers and businesses

Swift Shift co-founders Christopher Shiels and Paul Leonard.

Derry duo launch ‘Swift Shift’ platform for hospitality firms and workers

Jeananne Craig, host; Hubert O’Donoghue, AIB Merchant Services; Selina Horshi, Londonderry Chamber; Anna Doherty, Londonderry Chamber; and Professor Liam Maguire, Ulster University.

Chamber President Selina Horshi: Political vacuum is having detrimental effect
The Chamber of Commerce President Selina Horshi has said the ongoing absence of an Executive is having a detrimental effect on the economy.
Kevin Mullan

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 27: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hold a press conference at Windsor Guildhall on February 27, 2023 in Windsor, England. EU President Ursula Von Der Leyen travelled to the UK today to meet UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to sign off on the agreement on the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland. They agreed yesterday to continue their work in person towards shared, practical solutions for the range of complex challenges around the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Derry Chamber hopes for 'speedy' return of NI Executive

Selina Horshi

Horshi says Invest NI report must lead to ‘much less Belfast-centric’ agency

Selina Horshi, President, Chamber and Greg McCann, Vice President, Chamber.

Selina Horshi becomes 80th President of Derry’s Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber has warned that the tick is clicking.

'This is last chance saloon for local political decision making'

Anna Doherty

Anna Doherty says business needs support as it is ‘thrust into another crisis’

Anna Doherty

Derry Chamber CEO Anna Doherty says Kwarteng mini-budget fails to address busine...

Aidan O'Kane

Lack of British Prime Minister compounds absence of Executive says Chamber Presi...

Chamber President Aidan O'Kane

92% of businesses would be hurt by lack of Executive

Aidan O'Kane

View from the Foyle: Executive return vital for businesses and households

Aidan O'Kane

Aidan O'Kane says political instability is bad for business and calls for 'grown...

The late Luke Hasson who has sadly passed away.

Sad passing of former Austins manager Luke Hasson
One of the north-west’s best known businessmen, Luke Hasson, has died suddenly.
Staff Reporter

Chamber Vice President Selina Horshi

Chamber Vice-President Selina Horshi expresses 'deep frustration' at Christmas r...

Paul Clancy

Derry Chamber boss Paul Clancy backs call for urgent financial support for strug...

Paul Clancy addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement on Thursday.

Derry Chamber chief Paul Clancy: Protocol working for majority of 350-plus NW bu...

Selina Horshi, Chamber Vice President, and Aidan O’Kane, Chamber President.

Recovery and rebuild will be crucial in 2022, says Derry business leader

Left to right: Leo Strawbridge, Derry City and Strabane District Council; Thomas Byrne, Director of Energy Strategy at the Department for the Economy; David McGowan, SONI; Paul Clancy, Chief Executive of the Chamber of Commerce; Sinead Hawkins, North West Regional College; Jennifer McKeever, Airporter; Brett Ross, RiverRidge.

Derry and NW businesses plan to tackle climate change

DSCF7972 – (L-R) Sarah Travers, host; Colin Mullan, Find Insurance; Derry Chamber President Dawn McLaughlin; Tony Connelly, RTÉ Europe Editor; and Derry Chamber CEO Paul Clancy.

IN PICTURES: BREXIT expert Tony Connelly at Derry Chamber of Commerce annual Pre...

RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly and dinner host Sarah Travers.

Tony Connelly tells Derry Chamber : ‘Stakes are very high’ as EU set to deliver ...

Chamber President Dawn McLaughlin.

Derry Chamber President calls on parties to prioritise North West ahead of next ...

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£100 High Street Voucher scheme: ‘Spend local, support local’ urges Derry Chambe...

A survey of businesses found that one in five firms plan on letting staff go in response to the furlough policy change (Photo: Shutterstock)

One in five firms planning staff redundancies as Covid furlough support tapers o...

Paul Clancy.

Boost for Derry economy post-lockdown ‘welcome’

Dawn McLaughlin

Derry Chamber President Dawn McLaughlin wants clarity ahead of indoor reopening ...

From left are Gary Middleton, MLA, Selina Horshi, Managing Director, White Horse Hotel, Dawn McLaughlin, Paul Clancy, Chief Executive, Derry Chamber, Diane Dodds, and Paul Curtis, Curtis Opticians.

‘Anticipation and excitement’ as local businesses to reopen

Dawn McLaughlin

Derry Chamber welcomes reopening but urges caution to keep virus cases down

Derry businesses are ‘financially, emotionally and physically exhausted’ after 12 months of Covid lockdown.

Derry business chief: ‘We need dates and targets for reopening’

Dawn McLaughlin

72% of Derry businesses confident of growth in 2021 despite COVID-19 Dawn McLaug...

Dawn McLaughlin

Chamber ‘thrilled’ at City Deal approval

Paul Clancy, Chief Executive of Derry's Chamber of Commerce.

‘Businesses of all sizes are seriously struggling’

Many local traders are struggling as a result of restrictions.

Covid-19: current restrictions must be last, says Derry business chief

Derry’s city centre must be much more than just somewhere to shop.

It is time to ‘re-imagine’ Derry city centre

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NI Executive decision ‘will kill small businesses, rather than the virus’ - Ret...

Paul Clancy

Derry Chamber of Commerce chief Paul Clancy says businesses need certainty and s...

An open letter from the Chamber of Commerce: Full-scale lockdown will destroy th...

Derry Chamber president Redmond McFadden calls for support for business in respo...

Last Friday Derry and Strabane posted the highest daily total for positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

DERRY JOURNAL Editorial: Testing times as COVID-19 cases rise in Derry and Strab...

PACEMAKER PRESS BELFAST 29-05-2008: Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume reads a book titled 'Britian & Ireland Lives Entwined II' before the launch of the book at the Verbal Arts Centre in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

“John was a Derry man through and through but his impact was felt far beyond the...

Paul Clancy, Chief Executifve of Londonderry Chamber of Commerce

Derry’s Chamber calls on Executive to establish local PPE supply chain

Paul Clancy

Derry’s Chamber of Commerce Chief welcomes VAT cut for hospitality sector