BANGOR'S success story engineering firm Whale has been bought over by an American corporation in a multi-million pound deal.
A SALES-of-the-century achievement could generate a cash bonanza worth over £80m for hardpressed Bangor town centre, it has been claimed this week.
A 'GRASSROOTS' campaign to promote a 'Small Business Saturday' across North Down needs time to grow on local shoppers, the Borough's town centre manager has claimed this week.
While local businesses failed to cash in as much as they would have liked at last weekend's inaugural event, it should get bigger and better in the future, Stephen Dunlop added.