Selective Travel wins new territory by rising to universities’ challenge
A multi-million pound contract could create up to 12 new jobs for Northern Ireland’s travel sector. Specialist local travel management company Belfast-based Selective Travel has been appointed travel supplier to the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) framework agreement. It includes around 250 universities and higher education departments across the UK and has a combined annual...
Sound venture is keeping youngsters on right path
A joint project between a Belfast church and the Department of Justice is aimed at skilling up young people through music and multi-media and preventing them becoming involved in anti-social behaviour. Justice Minister David Ford recently visited the high-tech media bus which is operating in the Castlereagh area of the city. Developed by Dundonald Elim...
Retail giant and DEL in plan to fill 80 vacancies at new outlets
Retail chainstore Home Bargains is working with the Department of Employment and Learning to fill the 80 new vacancies created by its two new Northern Ireland outlets. DEL’s Employment Service, through a network of 35 Jobs and Benefits offices and JobCentres, offers a range of services to the unemployed, job seekers or job changers, including...
Sod cutting paves way for 200 jobs in the city’s parks
A £5m scheme to improve some of Belfast’s outdoor areas will create 200 jobs and 400 work placements, according to the Department of Social Development. The investment is just part of a larger £150m physical Investment Programme agreed by the leaders of the council`s political parties earlier this year. This week Belfast City Council and the...
A step on ladder to entrepreneur success
Northern Ireland’s young entrepreneurs of tomorrow have been celebrating their success. Over 20 have completed the latest course through the Belfast Enterprise Academy which gave them first-hand experience of the work of businesses, helping them build contacts and providing them with the motivation to take their business ideas forward. The Academy was developed by...
Asda workers rolling in the aisles as they celebrate long years of service
Over 1,500 dedicated Asda employees, including 36 from Northern Ireland, have celebrated a mammoth combined 41,040 years of service. Workers from Newtownards and Coleraine, Enniskillen and Downpatrick, Dundonald, and Shore Road in Belfast and Omagh joined in the party to mark over 900 years of service between them. The annual celebration, which is now...
Consultation on programme to help jobseekers launched
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched a public consultation on a proposed new employment programme for Northern Ireland. The new programme, which has been called provisionally Steps 2 Success (NI), will replace the Department’s main adult return to work provision, Steps to Work, which was introduced in September 2008. The Steps...
Enterprise Minister over the moon about aerospace skills initiative
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed the creation of an additional 500 MSc places in aero-engineering at UK universities. The places, which will be jointly funded by business and government, are in response to industry feedback that the current level of provision of graduate courses at UK universities is not sufficient to meet the future...
Lucas Love Healthcare aim to fill 30 new jobs
Lucas Love Healthcare today announces that the company has acquired several new healthcare contracts. The contracts will create 35 new permanent roles and up to 30 temporary roles throughout the private sector in Northern Ireland. Lucas Love Healthcare is Northern Ireland’s fastest growing, registered Nursing and Domiciliary Agency. Renowned for their exceptional support and...
A walk in the park for pupils as they take action in great outdoors
A new skills programme, backed by Belfast City Council, is helping children develop their outdoor know-how. Belfast City Council has been working with the Northern Ireland Forest Schools Association (NIFSA) to develop the 12 week outdoor learning and participation course. The programme is in line with the council’s aim to encourage children to be active...