Manufacturing firm welcomes its first female engineering apprentice
ENGINEERING student Nadine Morrison has secured an apprenticeship with manufacturing firm Acheson & Glover (AG). Nadine, a Level 3 Gold Construction Products Engineering Apprentice, is one of only two girls on her course but the gender imbalance in the sector never deterred her from entering the profession. Encouraging more females to enter the engineering sector...
Financial Services Academy open for enrolment
THE fifth FinTrU Financial Services Academy is now open for application. As part of the scheme twenty graduates will undertake an intensive four week training programme delivered by Belfast Met and Ulster University with the training having a strong ocus on investment opportunities and financial compliance. On completion of the course the graduates will be...
Food Development Centre receives industry ovation
NORTH West Regional College (NWRC) has officially opened the region’s first centre of excellence for food development and technology. Foodovation, under the direction of food development centre manager Brian McDermott, is a new research and development centre which offers a sanctuary to develop excellence in food innovation, science and technology. Award winning chef Neven Maguire...
100 new jobs for North West
TEN businesses are creating 100 new jobs in the North West. With the support of Invest Northern Ireland, Mechanical Installations & Maintenance, Meritcom, Precision Group, Retail Systems Technology Limited, Junk Kouture, Click Energy, Gradon Architecture and FAST Technologies have each been working on growth projects. Two GB-based software businesses, Launch Pad and Peoplesafe, are also...
BANGOR RESTAURANT SERVES UP NEW JOBS
A NEW Mexican restaurant in Bangor, Co. Down has opened creating 10 new jobs. Proprietor Chris Fraze made the decision to open the takeaway and sit-in burrito bar,Bebe Adrianos Mexicanos,on the town’s High Street after struggling to find a job that matched his skill set. After working as a chef in a busy restaurant for...
SPILLING BEANS ON LOCALCOFFEE BRAND
A LISBURN-based company has launched a new subscription service. The service from Wanted.Coffee will allow connoisseurs across the UK and Ireland to receive a micro-lot of coffee direct to their door every month. Commenting on the development and the increase in demand for the brand’s unique offering local entrepreneur and master roaster at Wanted.Coffee, Martin...
STUDENTS’ SPORTING CHANCE OF SUCCESS
ULSTER University has launched a new online portal offering advice and guidance to young people aspiring for careers in the thriving sport industry, including everything from psychology, coaching and teaching to sports law, journalism and nutrition. The University’s ‘Careers In’ portal provides tailored support for users depending on what stage they are at on their...
NI is right on track to deliver jobs
THE Northern Ireland Knowledge Economy is half way to achieving its target of delivering 80,000 high earning jobs and should be a place that attracts the best talent in the world. That was the message according to the findings from the annual Knowledge Economy Report The report, supported by Bank of Ireland UK, also showed...
Awards evening celebrates Personal & Development success
THE DMS Awards 2016 celebrated the achievements of 36 Human Resource (HR) and Learning & Development (L&D) professionals and it was an extra special evening for Mid Ulster Council’s Joseph McGuckin. Joseph, who has just completed the CIPD Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management with DMS, was the proud winner of the DMS Candidate of...
Success at the DMS Awards 2016
THE achievements of thirty six Human Resource (HR) and Learning & Development (L&D) professionals were recognised at a recent awards evening. The DMS Awards 2016 celebrated the hard work of those candidates who have completed their Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) Professional Qualifications with local centre, DMS Ireland in the past year. In...