Stephen Moore
LLB, Law & Accounting (1995)
Docklands Ltd is a private limited company formed in 2003 to provide quality assured Financial/management accountancy services, risk management and economic appraisal services to the public and private sector in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
As a Chartered Accountant, Stephen has been able to provide services to high-profile clients like the Northern Ireland Assembly, Sports NI, DCAL and the Arts Council.
The company continues to be reappointed as a service provider under the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) 'Framework for Financial & Management Services'.
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What made you decide to set up your own business?
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The 'buzz' of winning new work and competing for work. The variety of work has also been great, meeting new people and the freedom to explore new opportunities. |
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What has been your biggest challenge so far? |
Making the move out of permanent employment to self-employment. |
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What has been your biggest success or triumph so far?
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I take a certain pride in work we done in providing a Financial Health Check and Business Case/Economic Appraisal for the Grand Opera House, Belfast, which helped the organisation restructure, receive £1.7m in government funding. We played a small part in keeping this great Belfast institution alive and well into the future. |
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How do you feel your time at Queen's prepared you for this venture?
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Meeting new friends from both the North and South of Ireland and the UK. Queen's give me the confidence to start up a business. I also learnt by having a pint in the Students' Union and the ‘Speakeasy’ you would get insights which you would never learn from any of the books in the library! |
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What advice would you give someone considering starting a business? |
Stave off any regrets and give it a go! |
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What is your next ambition? |
Continue in business and explore new opportunities in the growing ‘Green’ economy. Recently we launched new software in this area under our innovative “Energy Accountability” brand. |
