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FSB NI Award winners revealed
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FSB NI Award winners revealed

The winners of FSB’s Celebrating Small Business Awards demonstrate the huge breadth of talent across the small and self-employed business community in Northern Ireland.

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Inside Belfast Podcast: John Lavery
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Inside Belfast Podcast: John Lavery

In episode #005 your host, Simon Thompson, interviews John Lavery – the owner of Fish City in Belfast. Fish City is a lively, award-winning fish, chip and seafood restaurant in Belfast's city centre. Listen as John talks us through his entrepreneurial journey, his commitment to being as honest as he can (even if it gets him in trouble), the influence of his parents in building his work ethic and persistence and much more.

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Fish City first to join Sustainable Fish Cities NI
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Fish City first to join Sustainable Fish Cities NI

Fish City is the first business in Northern Ireland to join Sustainable Fish Cities NI and pledge support in buying and serving seafood from sustainable sources, using sustainable catch methods in seas where species are healthy and thriving.

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New campaign to ‘plaice’ sustainable seafood on city’s menus
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New campaign to ‘plaice’ sustainable seafood on city’s menus

An ambitious campaign to create Northern Ireland’s first-ever Sustainable Fish Cities in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry has been launched today, Thursday 21 October, by Ulster Wildlife in partnership with the Belfast Food Network. Fish City, an iconic seafood restaurant in Belfast’s City Centre, is the first local business to join the campaign committing to buy, serve, and promote only fish from sustainable sources on its menus. 

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Restaurant Review: Fish City leads the way in innovation
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Restaurant Review: Fish City leads the way in innovation

Fish City in the heart of Belfast is one of the more forward-thinking chip shops. It is in fact a licensed restaurant with a takeaway. But it is a fish and chip shop through and through. This is an important distinction because I would not apply the same criteria when weighing up a conventional restaurant to a chip shop. Having said that, the quality of what Fish City does is exemplary.

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Belfast's Fish City Takes Top Prize at Fish & Chip Awards
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Belfast's Fish City Takes Top Prize at Fish & Chip Awards

A Belfast restaurant has been awarded a top honour at the National Fish & Chip Awards 2020. The awards are a UK-wide competition which aim to celebrate “true excellence” in the industry organised by Seafish, the public body that supports the seafood industry.

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UK's Top 10 Fish and Chip Restaurants Revealed 2020
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UK's Top 10 Fish and Chip Restaurants Revealed 2020

The National Fish and Chip Awards celebrate excellence in the UK Fish and Chip industry - showcasing the best businesses in 14 award categories each year. The UK’s Top 10 Fish and Chip restaurants have been revealed today as part of the 2020 National Fish & Chip Awards.

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Fish City Brings Home Catey
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Fish City Brings Home Catey

Fish City in Belfast is celebrating this month having won a Catey award at the prestigious ceremony in London earlier this month. Considered the Oscars of the Hospitality Industry, over 1200 of the great and the good from the UK hospitality sector attended the award ceremony.

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Fish City Win Health & Nutrition Award at the Cateys
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Fish City Win Health & Nutrition Award at the Cateys

The award of the Health and Nutrition Catey to Fish City is well deserved and shows what fish and chip restaurants can achieve. Judge Nicky Martin summed up: “It’s fantastic to see the nation’s favourite meal has been reformulated and packaged to align with health goals. Fish and chips may be perceived as unhealthy but, cooked correctly and portioned appropriately, it can be a perfectly balanced meal – as shown by Fish City.”

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