Ulster Bank

Kirsty Fallis returned to Carrickfergus to run her family's listed hotel, Dobbins Inn, around 10 years ago. Since then, it's undergone a significant £250000 ...

Climate change is one of the biggest global challenges we face today and SMEs have a critical role to play in helping Northern Ireland reach net zero. In order to move forward, business need to look for new opportunities and at Ulster Bank, we believe a lot of this will be led by green growth. The new propositions come after NatWest’s announcement to provide £100bn of climate and sustainable funding and financing to customers by the end of 2025 and together, we want to see these incentives help SMEs finance the business assets they need such as solar panels, electric vehicles, or heat pumps on commercial buildings that fall within the eligibility criteria. “As a hospitality business we had quite a number of months in which we had been closed due to lockdown. A big part of my role as a business development manager with Ulster Bank is working with SMEs and family-run businesses to help them fulfill their growth ambitions. Not only was it an extensive refurbishment, throw in the complexities of restoring historical features and the pressure can certainly begin to mount.