John Mulgrew, Editor at Ulster Business Magazine, interviewed our MD Joseph Doherty, Darren McDowell from Harbinson Mulholland Chartered Accountants, and Dr Ian Smyth from Ulster University, for the latest podcast.

They discussed the environmental and political challenges facing SMEs, innovation, new product development, entrepreneurial spirit, leadership, and the Harbinson Mulholland Homegrown 50 companies in Northern Ireland.

Joseph said: “From a covid point of view, waste as an industry was quite resilient… Re-Gen were supplying paper to Huhtamaki in Lurgan to make egg cartons… becoming an essential service…”

“We want to keep developing… to drive efficient resource management of our waste…”

“We also have an engineering arm and that has led to a good bit of innovation and, on the back of that, the Re-Gen Group have Connex a bathroom pod business, that we’ve developed in the last few years. We have Re-Gen Robotics which is going out in the market… and tanks need cleaned regardless of how the economy is doing. We also have another engineering company that we’re just setting up now to make an individual product so… that resilience comes from [companies] adjusting, pivoting, being agile, and waiting on the opportunity and… growing.”

Listen to the podcast here > Episode 60 – SMEs and homegrown business special – The Ulster Business Podcast | Podcast on Spotify