Honours for NI staff at Star Awards
TWO staff from Northern Ireland were the overall winners of their Award categories at the Sodexo 2016 Star Awards for the UK and Ireland held in London recently. Alaistair Armstrong, who manages the PSNI contract in Northern Ireland, won the Overall Account Manager of the Year Award while Pamela Millar, Sodexo’s business manager at Allstate...
Support vital for export business
THE business expertise provided by LEDCOM has been instrumental in assisting many businesses to achieve success in export markets. That was the message according to Economy Minister Simon Hamilton during a recent visit to the company’s Willowbank Business Park. During 2016, LEDCOM was involved with initiatives and services which supported 1350 people, helping to create...
Call for real creative jobs
UNPAID internships are preventing many young people in Northern Ireland from realising their dream of a career in the creative industries. That was the message from the Northern Ireland Creative & Cultural Skills Awards. Speaking at the awards nations director of Creative and Cultural Skills, Sara Graham issued a call for creative organisations to take...
Science success for Almac trio
CONTRACT development and manufacturing organisation, Almac, has supported three of its employees through a new, tailored MSc Pharmaceutical Analysis degree undertaken at Queen’s University Belfast. The Almac Sciences’ employees, Alison Quinn, an analytical chemist, Robert Elliott, a data and document reviewer and chemist Laura McGee recently graduated together during a ceremony at Queen’s University Belfast....
Ten new jobs for Belfast start-up
A START-UP business is set to create 10 jobs after securing a significant injection of capital from local and international investors. CADshare, which is based at the Ulster Bank-powered Entrepreneurial Spark Hatchery in Belfast, has raised over £200,000, including investment from techstart NI, private investors based in Northern Ireland and the US, and support from...
New contract delivers 170 jobs
A NEW multi-million pound contract is to create 170 jobs in Ballymena and Derry/Londonderry. The jobs come as a result of the Department for Communities securing a £8million contract from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to deliver services to claimants in Great Britain. The Ballymena office will get the majority of the jobs...
Unlocking the power of female entrepreneurs
WOMEN continue to confront gender bias when it comes to starting or growing a business. That was the view from Professor Barbara Orser, entrepreneur and author who recently delivered the third in the SANTANDER Lecture Series at Ulster University Business School. A champion of women entrepreneurs, Professor Orser has been named one of the most...
Apprentice carves out a gold win at skills event
SOUTH Eastern Regional College (SERC) student William Campbell has been named the best in the UK after winning Gold at the UK’s national WorldSkills competition. The carpentry and joinery apprentice, who is employed by Stephen Hamilton Construction progressed to the final having won two previous gold medals at both the intercampus and regional heats of...
Investment helps creative youth projects flourish
TWO Northern Ireland youth initiatives are to benefit from a £22,000 investment. YouthAction and YouthBank International have been named the Round Two winners from Ulster Bank’s £2.5 million UK and Ireland Skills & Opportunities Fund. Regional voluntary youth charity, YouthAction Northern Ireland has secured £18.5K and will roll out a range of regional creative industries...
New premises pack a punch for boxing club
BANGOR Abbey Boxing Academy is moving to new premises after extending links with South Eastern Regional College (SERC). To celebrate its new location at SERC’s Bangor Campus on Castle Park road the club recently held a launch event which was attended by guests including Sports Minister Paul Givan and the Minister for Education Peter Weir....