Travel firm on cloud nine after award
A leading Belfast travel management business has won an award for its innovative family friendly policies in the workplace. Â Selective Travel, which employs almost 50 people won the Small to Medium Enterprise of the Year Award at the Childcare Works Awards 2012. The event, organised by the Employers for Childcare Charitable Group, aims...
Volunteering gives Emma and Nikita a Head Start
When young people participate in the decisions which affect them it gives them employable skills for the future, according to the Commissioner for Children and Young People. Patricia Lewsley-Mooney was speaking in the run up to the closing date for entries to the 2013 Participation Awards (October 19) which celebrate government and public organisations...
Recruitment firm sets up a special IT service
Recruitment firm PRG Specialised Professional Recruitment has launched a newly-developed specialism for top-calibre IT professionals. IT & Business Change will match them with Northern Ireland companies wishing to implement business change strategies. According to PRG, the new specialism is in response to shifting trends in the market, increased competition between businesses and the growing...
Team Miles Ahead
Allstate NI has won the Sustrans UK wide Big Cycle and Walk Challenge for 2012. Allstate NI clocked up more than 10,00 miles in 2987 journeys to work by foot or bike. The team burnt nearly 600,00 calories and saved £2489 in travel costs. More than 200 individuals and 50 groups competed to clock up...
Funding Boost
Local companies could access much-needed funding towards personnel training thanks to a series of free one- to-one sessions next week. Hosted by Vision Business Consultancy the sessions aim to help local companies achieve funding – even if they have already been turned down by a bank or other funding organisation. Vision’s company director, Grainne Convery,...
Cancer Research
Dr Kienan Savage has been appointed as Cancer Focus Research Fellow and will take up his post in November. The primary focus of his research is preventing breast cancer and he will be investigating how damaged genes can be repaired. Dr Savage, from Brisbane, has recently identified a number of new cancer genes that appear...
Space Sector Focuses On Telescope Profits
Northern Ireland’s jobs market could benefit from a share in the UK’s £9 billion annual space sector turnover, local business have been told. At a recent seminar in Belfast Invest Northern Ireland highlighted the potential for local companies to profit from expansion of the sector. Over 20 local companies gathered at the Northern Ireland Advanced...
Putting the PR into entrepreneur
Manaspire to be an entrepreneur and see their dream become a reality while taking a healthy slice of profit home with them. But the primary reason most people don’t realise this dream is because it’s a huge challenge to actually start a business from scratch. Investing large sums of money on fresh ideas, innovative...
College’s new course for legal eagles
An international law firm is teaming up with a further education college and a recruitment company in Northern Ireland to launch the province’s first Document Skills Foundation Course. Alllen & Overy will be working with South Eastern Regional College (SERC) and Grafton Employment Group on the new course which has just enrolled its first 20...
Autism training centre hailed as ‘Outstanding’
An all-Ireland training centre in Co Armagh for people working with those who have autism has been described as ‘outstanding’ in its latest inspection report. The inspection of Middletown Centre for Autism was completed jointly by the Education and Training Inspectorate from the north and the Department of Education and Skills Inspectorate in the...