Tech Mission to us
d TECH MISSION TO US FIFTEEN Northern Ireland technology firms recently visited the US to pitch ideas to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in a bid to win lucrative contracts. Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell and Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry joined the Invest NI Tech Mission in San Francisco and said a 79% increase in...
Plenty on offer at job fair in Bangor
MORE than 20 employers will be recruiting at an employment event in Bangor this month. The North Down Jobs Fair, organised by the Department for Employment and Learning in conjunction with Ards and North Down Borough Council, will take place in the Marine Court Hotel on February 25 between 10am and 4pm. Present on the...
Entrepreneurs urged to avail of backing on business plans
MORE than 3,000 buying entrepreneurs are to get help creating their business plans in 2016. As part of The Regional Start Initiative, the next generation of businessmen and women are being invited to get help turning their business ideas into tangible business plans that could help them to secure funding from potential investors. In its...
Enda Corneille
Role: Country Manager Company: Emirates Track Record: If you network well, you might end up landing the ultimate job Life experience has been as important as education in getting Enda Corneille to this point in his career Give a brief outline of your career to date. Thirty years ago, in 1986, I responded to an...
Scottish Minister’s Meeting on Services
THE Minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry, recently met with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training, Roseanna Cunningham, to discuss the delivery of employment programmes and services in Northern Ireland. The powers for the delivery of employment provision will be devolved to the Scottish government in 2017 and this is...
CIPD Awards honour best PR professionals
HR PROFESSIONALS are being urged to enter this year’s CIPD Northern Ireland Awards. Celebrating excellence within the profession, the awards will be presented to teams, individuals and organisations across 10 categories. CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), the professional body for HR and people development, said they highlight the quality of the work and...
Academic Joins CAS
A QUEEN’S University professor has been appointed as an arbitrator to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Known as the international court of justice for sport, Prof Jack Anderson, from Queen’s School of Law, is the first person based in Northern Ireland to be appointed to the organisation in its 20 year history. Prof...
Decrease in Jobless
FIGURES released for the period September-November 2015 show a decrease in the Northern Ireland unemployment rate. The Northern Ireland Labour Force Survey statistics show the unemployment rate was 5.9% — a decrease of 0.1 percentage points over the quarter. More recent figures for December 2015 show that the number of claimants in receipt of unemployment...
Tech Mission to us
FIFTEEN Northern Ireland technology firms recently visited the US to pitch ideas to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in a bid to win lucrative contracts. Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell and Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry joined the Invest NI Tech Mission in San Francisco and said a 79% increase in exports to the US is...
Entrepreneurs urged to avail of backing on business plans
MORE than 3,000 buying entrepreneurs are to get help creating their business plans in 2016. As part of The Regional Start Initiative, the next generation of businessmen and women are being invited to get help turning their business ideas into tangible business plans that could help them to secure funding from potential investors. In its...