Schools Need Help If Girls’s Salary Expectations To Be Raised, Says UTU
NORTHERN Ireland schools need the resources and support to ensure women and girls reach their full potential if the gender pay gap is to be eradicated, according to local teachers. Avril Hall Callaghan, General Secretary of the Ulster Teachers’ Union, was responding to the new mandatory pay gap reporting recently introduced for companies with over...
New Home For Entrepreneurs
A NEW business centre is offering entrepreneurs a vibrant working environment where they can share space, creativity and business ideas. The Foundry at City East Business Centre is the first social enterprise to offer independent business owners an opportunity to do business in a space perfect for blending privacy with collaboration. The visionary behind The...
New Tenant Work Scheme Boosts Employability
A NEW programme aims to propel participants towards sustainable employment, further education or training. WorkChoice, a collaboration between Choice and Bryson FutureSkills, will work by providing practical work-based and accredited learning that are aligned with individual aspirations. The first phase of the sixmonth WorkChoice scheme will see eight tenants complete the full OCR level 1...
Food Chain Serves Up New Jobs
A HEALTHY, fresh food outlet is to create up to 50 new jobs in Northern Ireland. The Canadian-based global chain, Freshii has just opened its first Northern Ireland store in Belfast with plans to open four more branches in the coming months. The chain has more than 300 outlets worldwide, including six in Dublin, and...
NIJobfinder teams up with Digital DNA
The Belfast Telegraph has announced that it is the media partner for this year’s Digital DNA event. Digital DNA is Ireland’s leading business and technology event which promotes collaboration within the digital space. This year’s event will take place on June 6th and 7th at St George’s Market. With a full line-up of panel discussions,...
Students showcase STEM abilities
YOUNG science enthusiasts from schools across Northern Ireland attended the recent Sentinus Big Bang exhibition. Held at the Braid Centre in Ballymena the event was an opportunity for the students to showcase their solutions for real world business problems, developed in partnership with a range of local businesses. Incorporating the Sentinus Team R&D and Go4SET...
Skills & Opportunities Fund
SEVEN community groups throughout Northern Ireland have been shortlisted in the first round of Ulster Bank’s 2017 Skills & Opportunities Fund. Over 40 not-for-profit organisations applied for Round 1 funding and the judging panel whittled entries down to seven with each group asking local people to make their vote count and back them by voting...
Unique training scheme set up to put patients first
SOUTH Eastern Regional College (SERC) has created a unique training partnership with the Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT) to help prevent the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and improve patient safety. As a result of the collaboration, a pioneering Control of Water-borne Infections within Healthcare course has been developed by SERC in partnership with the...
Shortlist for CIPD NI awards is revealed
THE shortlist for this year’s CIPD Northern Ireland Awards has been revealed. The awards celebrating excellence within the HR profession will be presented at a gala ceremony in Belfast next month to teams, individuals and organisations across 10 categories. CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, said all those shortlisted reflected the growth...
Improving skills is essential to meet recruitment demands
RECRUITMENT intentions amongst firms in Northern Ireland remained strong in the first quarter of 2017. The findings from the latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) published by Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) and business advisors BDO showed that around two-thirds of businesses, in both the manufacturing and service sectors, have tried to...