HALO Belfast visit January 2018
Yet another exciting week for the HALO team! Marie and the HALO Belfast team met with business leaders and politicians to discuss opportunities, the economy, jobs and innovation.
The HALO Kilmarnock Receives Planning Permission in Principle
The HALO, Kilmarnock’s £65 million urban regeneration on the site of the former Johnnie Walker bottling plant, reached a significant milestone today (26th January, 2018) when it received the green light from East Ayrshire Council.
Marie Macklin winner of GCUs Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Marie Macklin winner of GCUs Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
UK Government Minister for Scotland Visits The HALO Kilmarnock
Lord Duncan, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office, visited the site of The HALO Kilmarnock today (Monday, 4th December) to witness work getting under way on the £65 million urban regeneration project.
Ayrshire College partners with neighbouring HALO
The HALO, Kilmarnock, and its neighbour, Ayrshire College, are partnering to encourage leading-edge, practical learning in enterprise and innovation, cyber resilience and digital security to support the creation of a future workforce of digitally skilled young people from Ayrshire.
Marie Macklin recognised as Business Woman of The Year
Marie Macklin C.B.E., owner and Executive Chair of Macklin Enterprise Partnerships, has been announced as the Business Women Scotland (BWS) and Women’s Enterprise Scotland’s (WES) Business Woman of the Year.
Marie returns to Belfast
After a successful visit last month, Marie Macklin CBE was excited to return to Belfast for an extended stay to progress discussions with education , community leaders, politicians, business people and investors about bringing the HALO urban regeneration concept to Belfast city.
Scotland’s first deep geothermal district heating network given Scottish Government backing.
Ross Developments & Renewables Ltd (RDRL) announces that the Scottish Government has allocated £1.8m of grant funding to support the creation of Scotland’s first low carbon, renewable deep geothermal district heating network at The HALO Kilmarnock development in the West of Scotland.
£5.3 million for Ayrshire
The Scottish Government is to invest £5.3 million to turn a former Kilmarnock bottling plant into a low carbon development, which will include hundreds of affordable homes.
Taking HALO to Belfast
This week Marie Macklin CBE visited Belfast to meet political, education and community leaders, business people and investors with the aim of taking the HALO urban regeneration concept into the heart of the city.
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