Employment Briefs – Cyber Crime Focus
Northern Ireland’s cyber security sector is making an increasingly important contribution to the local economy, That was the message from the Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster at the World Cyber Security Technology research summit. Speaking at the event, hosted by Queen’s University’s Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT), the minister said the sector supported around 900...
Employment Briefs – Accolade For Elena
An astrophysics researcher from Queen’s University Belfast has won a major prize at the UK House of Commons. Elena Andra Muntean, a research fellow in the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen’s, was awarded Silver in the SET for Britain poster competition for the excellence of her physics research. Elena presented her work, which looks at...
Employment Briefs – Bakery’s Asda Deal
A Northern Ireland bakery has secured a new series of supply contracts with a national supermarket chain. The deal will see 10 of Fivemiletown-based Scott’s Bakery lines appearing in Asda stores across the UK in 2015, including Asda Chosen By You ‘Egg-cellent Cupcakes’ just in time for Easter. The family-run bakery, which was established in...
Little Wing has recipe for apprentice success
Little Wing Pizzeria has launched a recruitment campaign to appoint 10 apprentice chefs. The restaurant chain, part of the Beannchor Group, has partnered with Springvale Employment and Learning to recruit the apprentice pizza chefs. Attending the launch the Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry said: “Through the apprenticeship programme, my department will support this...
Minister welcomes decrease in jobless
Figures released this week show a decrease in the Northern Ireland unemployment rate. The Northern Ireland Labour Force Survey unemployment rate for the period from November 2014-January 2015 was 6.0% — a decrease of 1.5% over the year. The current total number of people in employment is an estimated 815,00. More recent figures for February...
New Carrickfergus childcare nursery to create 14 jobs
A new childcare nursery is opening in Carrickfergus with the creation of 14 new jobs. Clare Moore and husband David converted an abandoned warehouse on Woodburn Road in the Co Antrim town into the new nursery, Important Mini People. Ms Moore, who has 25 years childcare experience, said: “I have already set up three day...
Award at the Double
The recent Ulster University Business School’s student awards recognised the top performers across the range of marketing, entrepreneurship and strategy-related programmes. Belfast Telegraph marketing manager Joanne Uprichard presented two awards at the event organised by the department of marketing, entrepreneurship and strategy. Claire Geehan, who has recently graduated with a BSc Hons in marketing, won...
Northern Ireland healthcare leader provides shot in arm by creating 60 new jobs
A Northern Ireland community healthcare firm is adding 60 new jobs amid its expansion across Ireland. Homecare Independent Living is adding 20 posts at its headquarters in Milford in Co Armagh – with a further 40 jobs also being created in the Republic. The firm employs more than 1,200 people and has offices in Armagh,...
Help at hand for start-up companies
A new programme aims to provide support for start-up companies. The Larne Business Innovation and Incubation Programme (LBIIP) and Innovation Suite, launched by LEDCOM, is open for applications from eligible start-ups and existing small businesses and offers access to support in areas such as: Business and marketing plans, HR plans and corporate governance plans; Signposting/referral...
Placements ‘Are a win-win for Employers and Students’
ROGER Gilpin, director of executive search company Gilpin, explains how a placement is a win-win situation for both employers and students alike. It’s a chicken and egg situation for many people seeking employment. You can’t get a job with-out a degree and graduates can’t get a job without experience. There’s a growing impetus for employers...