New jobs at technology firm
A TECHNOLOGY firm is set to double its workforce. The North West based MetaCompliance is recruiting 69 new jobs over the next three years to help develop its worldwide sales and market presence. The company develops software and creative content for the cyber security sector and is aiming to triple its turnover by capitalising on...
CIPD NI Awards 2018 set sail
TITANIC Belfast will once again be the venue for a major celebration of Northern Ireland’s HR profession. CIPD Northern Ireland is staging its annual awards gala at the famous Belfast landmark for the third year running on May 10, 2018, with recruitment specialists Grafton as the principal sponsor. Entries for next year’s awards are now...
Upskilling future business leaders
ULSTER University Business School has launched a programme to help develop the skills of future leaders. The Mini MBA initiative in partnership with American legal firm Axiom is designed to complement the company’s Developing Leaders curriculum and the first cohort will compromise of 15 members of Axiom’s talent pool from the local office in Belfast...
Inspiring the next generation of scientists
OVER £1m is being invested through a partnership agreement aimed at enhancing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) knowledge and understanding among the next generation of budding scientists W5 has secured the Almac Group as its Health and Life Sciences partner for the next 10 years and the collaboration includes plans to open a new...
Hairdressing event aims to spur innovation and creativity
A START-UP company is holding an event to encourage creativity and innovation across Northern Ireland’s haircare industry. The Belfast-based, Quartered Steels recently secured private equity funding to set up their bespoke scissors manufacturing business and with this one-day event its founders and organisers of the first ever HairFest 2017, Dan Wild and Andrew Mearns, hope...
Study USA Student of the Year
AN ACCOUNTING student from Queen’s University, Belfast has been named Study USA Student of the Year. Niall O’Hagan spent a year studying business at Arcadia University, Pennsylvania and now hopes to use the experience to pursue a career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The 22-year-old was among 47 students from Northern Ireland to successfully graduate from the...
Awards to recognise and celebrate diversity in the workplace
EMPLOYERS across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to enter the Northern Ireland Equality and Diversity Awards 2018 to showcase their commitment to advocating diversity in their organisations. The awards are organised by Legal-Island, a local independent multi-award winning workplace compliance company, in association with NICVA and sponsored by Diamond Recruitment Group. They are open to...
Final Call For Little Wing Little Stars Bursary
Three weeks left to apply for the bursary scheme Little Wing Pizzeria is spreading its wings into the local community and dishing out eight bursaries to local children’s clubs next month as its Little Stars scheme returns for the fourth year. Since the scheme launched in 2014, eighteen clubs from across NI have benefited and...
New facility to deliver customer engagement solutions
A NEW customer engagement centre has opened in Belfast. Global business services company, Concentrix has opened the purpose-built facility on the site of the old Maysfield Leisure Centre and it reflects the company’s continued commitment to outstanding facilities and exceptional customer engagement solutions for the world’s best brands. This centre of excellence also marks the...
Fertility clinic creates nine new jobs
THE expansion of a health, wellbeing and fertility clinic has created nine new jobs. The new larger premises on Belfast’s Lisburn Road will allow Logan Wellbeing and Medical to offer a wider range of treatments. Clinic Director Ruth Ellen Logan said: “The time and opportunity were just right to expand our offering in a different...