North South Business Cooperation Awards

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou launches the “North – South Business Cooperation Awards”! With a total of €500,000 in cash prizes to be won by 18 entrepreneurs on the island of Ireland in 2025!

Working for lasting peace and economic prosperity on the island of Ireland by promoting business cooperation between North and South.

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the easyJet founder created the North-South Business Co-operation Awards to encourage cross-Border entrepreneurship. Interview by Mark Hennessy, The Irish Times, 7 July25

Interview by Mark Hennessy, The Irish Times, published 7 July25. Stelios Haji-Ioannou of easyJet: I was asked ‘how are you going to fly into Belfast with an orange airline?’ Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s interest in Ireland came in stages – first when easyJet began flying out of Belfast in the late 1990s and then, more importantly, after […]

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Now Available: Recording of the 2025 North-South Business Cooperation Awards hybrid launch event

On 18th June 2025, Sir Stelios and the Stelios Foundation launched the North-South Business Awards for the Island of Ireland at a hybrid event at Monaghan Peace Campus. You can now watch the full event below:  https://youtu.be/nAy9E6PaOLQ Essential Details for Applicants Download the application form here. Application Deadline: 16 September 2025 (by email to maya.turnbull@stelios.com) Awards

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Sir Stelios Announces 2025 North-South Business Awards on BBC Radio Ulster on 18June25

On 18 June 2025, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou was interviewed by Sarah Brett, host of BBC radio show Good Morning Ulster, to discuss the launch of the new Stelios Foundation North-South Business Cooperation Awards 2025.  Listen to the discussion below:  https://stelios.foundation/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-3.mp4 You can find the full episode of BBC Good Morning Ulster on BBC Sounds via

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On 18 June 2025 Sir Stelios launches North-South Business Cooperation Awards for the Island of Ireland.

Today, the Stelios Foundation hosted the launch of the inaugural North-South Business Cooperation Awards at the Monaghan Peace Campus in Ireland. At this hybrid event, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands – including easyJet.com, easyHotel.com and many others (see www.easy.com and www.easyHistory.info), and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation ( see

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£500,000 Business Awards Programme Launched by the Stelios Foundation to Celebrate Entrepreneurship and Encourage North-South Business Cooperation on the Island of Ireland

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands – including easyJet.com, easyHotel.com and many others (see www.easy.com and www.easyHistory.info), and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation ( see stelios.foundation and stelios.ie) – has today (18 June) announced the launch of the inaugural North–South Business Cooperation Awards, a major new initiative designed to celebrate and support cross-border entrepreneurship and encourage start-ups on the

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Invitation to join hybrid event via Zoom on 18June25– Launch of New Initiative by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation on the Island of Ireland

Stelios North-South Business Cooperation Awards 2025

The event will mark the launch of a brand new all-island initiative by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation (www.stelios.org and www.stelios.ie) focused on advancing cross-border cooperation and entrepreneurship on the Island of  Ireland. Hosted via Zoom  by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou,  creator and owner of the easy family of brands (www.easy.com and www.easyhistory.info), the event is held

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