Technology Firm Creates 100 New Jobs
THE Northern Ireland jobs’ market received a boost this week with the announcement of 100 new jobs in Belfast. The creation of the high quality software development jobs at Concentrix Technologies was announced by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster Part of the international SYNNEX Corporation, Concentrix Technologies is a leader in the provision of advanced customer...
£1.8m to help universities’ EU research
NEW jobs are being created as part of a £1.8m funding scheme towards research and development in Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster. The DEL-DETI Higher Education EU Support Fund is aimed at helping organisations and businesses secure more funding from the EU for international research and development projects. The funding is designed...
An ‘essential’ education for nurses in new book
A NEW book written by two University of Ulster academics is set to become essential reading for nurse lecturers across Europe. Nursing Education: Planning And Delivering The Curriculum is a strategic guide with a practical focus on designing and management of nursing education programmes. The latest book to be published on nursing education in...
Financial Course
BUSINESSES looking to skill up in the area of financial management should sign up for the latest course to be hosted by Belfast City Council. The Business of Finance Programme is open to 15 small businesses or social enterprises in the city with less than 20 employees and will offer a financial health check and...
More Going Abroad
MIGRATION experts are warning that more middle-class families are leaving the UK for a better quality of life abroad. Paul Arthur, director of The Emigration Group said: “People can see a way of life in Australia or New Zealand that can’t be achieved in the UK and this is reason enough to up sticks”. For more...
100 Jobs Through Derry’s City Of Culture Year
A £1 MILLION programme for smaller businesses planned by Derry City Council is expected to create around 100 new jobs next year during the City of Culture event. Invest Northern Ireland has offered over £700,000 of support towards the project which is also being funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the Sustainable Competitiveness...
East Belfast Now On A Mission To Create Jobs
EAST Belfast Mission, recently named the UK Social Enterprise of the Year, is creating 21 new full time positions with support from Invest Northern Ireland’s Jobs Fund. The community development organisation has opened a childcare nursery and relocated its café to its new Skainos building on the Newtownards Road where 17 of the 21 jobs...
Trust The Prince To Support Retail
THE Prince’s Trust’s Get Into Retail programme has secured employment for 11 young people thanks to a joint programme with a high street retailer. Fully funded and supported by TK Maxx this four week project, delivered in partnership with People 1st, has been specifically tailored to give unemployed 16-to-25-year-olds the confidence, skills and training to...
Hundreds To Be Helped By Job Scheme
OVER 300 unemployed people in East and South Belfast will benefit from a new job skills programme. Launched by the First Minister, participants in the ’Rapid Impact Programme’ will benefit from gaining new skills, training and work experience opportunities and a guaranteed job interview at the end of their placement. Welcoming the initiative Peter Robinson...
Skills on show
NORTHERN Ireland’s most talented apprentices, employees and learners are competing for places on Team UK for the next World Skills competition. Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry congratulated the 20-string Northern Ireland squad of UK trainees during a visit to the Skills Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Commending the trainees who will now...