Changes of career the driving force behind job creation in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland workers are feeling increasingly confident about switching jobs with one global recruitment firm witnessing a 40% increase in the number of permanent positions filled here. Recruitment giant Hays saw a 25% increase in the number of jobs over the last six months of 2014. That includes both temporary and permanent roles. The firm has...
New H&W Welding Academy praised as boost for key engineering skill
The Welding Academy recently created by Harland and Wolff (H&W), and supported by the Department for Employment and Learning, is helping to strengthen the local skills base at one of our most important engineering businesses, Dr Bill McGinnis, Northern Ireland’s Adviser on Employment and Skills, has said. He was speaking during a visit to the...
Banking software firm creates 50 jobs in Belfast commanding £45k salaries
A software firm which counts big-name banks among its clients is creating 50 well-paid jobs at its new Belfast hub. London-based Intelligent Environments is adding the new posts — which will command salaries of around £45,000 — over the next three years. Based in the city centre, it’s now eyeing up a location in the Titanic Quarter to accommodate...
County Tyrone mattress company beds into the market with nine new jobs
A Co Tyrone mattress company is creating nine new jobs in a bid to grow its export sales across the UK and Ireland. Comfizone – which manufactures mattresses and bedding – was established in 2010 and currently supplies a number of high street shops and independent retailers. The Coalisland firm now hopes to double its...
Grace Joins Team
Wollowbrook Fine Foods has appointed Grace Collins to the role of sales development manager. The company, which was established six months ago, now has a total of four sales managers to cope with demand for the new company’s premium meal accompaniments range. As well as supporting and developing business with existing customers, Grace will be...
Professor’s Award
Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, Professor Patrick Johnston, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RSCI). Founded in 1784, the RSCI is a world renowned medical institution, providing extensive education and training in the healthcare professions for students in Ireland. The award, the highest distinction the RSCI bestows,...
New Agri-Advisor
First Trust Bank has appointed Kieran Mailey to the role of Specialist Agri-Advisor, bringing the number of Agri-Food consultants at the bank to 16. Kieran, who previously worked as a livestock specialist with the Irish Farmers Journal, and as a farm development adviser at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, will play an...
Entrepreneurs urged to show flair to win award
Final year business students are being encouraged to reveal their entrepreneurial flair as the Ulster University Business School opens entries for this year’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. The award, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is a Postgraduate Bursary up to the value of £9,000 which includes a mentoring programme, giving...
Belfast technology firm has got the bit between its teeth
A Belfast firm at the forefront of digital currency bitcoin is hoping to double its workforce here as it prepares to launch its product on the world stage. Bitnet currently boasts a 30-strong team of top-end software talent at its Belfast base – the firm providing a platform for the world’s ever-burgeoning commerce in bitcoins....
Concentrix plans conversion of Maysfield Leisure Centre
The wheels are in motion for the conversion of the Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast into Grade-A office space by US outsourcing firm Concentrix. The former leisure centre has been empty since 2004, but after its purchase by Concentrix from Belfast City Council last June, it will now be turned into high level offices by...