170 New Jobs for Belfast
A TEXAS based company is setting up a new European base in Northern Ireland with the creation of nearly 170 new jobs. Bazaarvoice, Inc. the provider of consumergenerated content (CGC), advertising, and personalisation solutions, is making a multimillion pound investment in a new office in Belfast and will be recruiting the new staff over the...
Digital Innovation Brings Jobs to North Coast
NORTHERN Ireland’s first Enterprise Zone, Atlantic Link Campus, has been officially launched at an event hosted at Ulster University. The Campus, a core element of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s vision for a digital causeway to international investment, represents an investment of £2.7 million by the Council and presents a significant economic development...
Initiative to encourage a return to the workplace
DIAGNOSTICS manufacturer Randox has launched an initiative to help bring more talented women and men back into the workforce. Randox Returners has been developed to support professionals who have had a career break for three years or more. The six-month paid scheme gives people the chance to transition back into a working environment without the...
Community groups encouraged to make funding applications
COMMUNITY groups are being urged to apply for this year’s Coca-Cola Thank You Fund ahead of its July 14 deadline. This year, €100,000 (approximately £85,000) will be made available in grants to non-profit and community groups for projects that inspire and support young people. Programmes are sought which align with bridging the divide between education...
Mentor of the Year
A SEAGATE employee who mentored a North West Regional College student studying IT has been given a top award by the Career Ready programme. Level 3 BTEC extended diploma student Claire Deery successfully nominated Danielle Killen from Seagate for the Mentor of the Year award. The pair joined forces as part of an 18-month employability...
Investing in innovation
MANUFACTURING firm Kilwaughter Minerals Ltd has made three new appointments to its Research and Development department. The posts come on the back of the recent news that the company is to create 30 new jobs over a two year period and are testament to its commitment in innovation and delivering market-leading products for Ireland and...
Celebrating STEM achievements
MORE than 4,000 young people from over 130 schools have attended Northern Ireland’s largest science fair. At the Sentinus Young Innovators and Big Bang Fair Northern Ireland, hosted at Ulster University, Jordanstown, students showcased their science projects solving real world problems and competed for a variety of prizes including the chance to represent Northern Ireland...
Placement students making their mark on healthcare
A FEMALE scientist who has been working on the development of a test that diagnoses sepsis is just one of the award-winning students in this year’s university placement scheme with Randox Laboratories. The breakthrough sepsis test is being created by the Randox Molecular Diagnostics team, which Sarah-Louise Morrow from Belfast joined in September. Her innovative...
Camp to develop future IT skills
TWO Northern Ireland companies have joined together with Belfast Metropolitan College (Belfast Met) to offer budding IT engineers the chance to develop their skills. Novosco Cloud Camp, which is organised by Novosco and supported by Almac, will run at Belfast Met’s Titanic Quarter Campus between August 7-11, 2017. Free of charge and open to students over...
Core Systems is Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the Technology Market
A locally-owned software development company which specialises in solutions for those in the criminal justice system, Core Systems (NI) Limited is bucking the trend in the IT industry. Considered a male-dominated sector, Core Systems’ not only has a female CEO, Patricia O’Hagan MBE, but it has female employees in each sector of the business –...