Hairdressing event aims to spur innovation and creativity
A START-UP company is holding an event to encourage creativity and innovation across Northern Ireland’s haircare industry. The Belfast-based, Quartered Steels recently secured private equity funding to set up their bespoke scissors manufacturing business and with this one-day event its founders and organisers of the first ever HairFest 2017, Dan Wild and Andrew Mearns, hope...
Gillian McCann
Role: Cloud Architect Company: Liberty Information Technology Track Record: Working in a fast paced industry means cloud architect Gillian McCann needs good communication skills and the ability to think on her feet. HOW I BECAME A CLOUD ARCHITECT Give a brief outline of your career to date. I joined Liberty IT as a graduate in...
Study USA Student of the Year
AN ACCOUNTING student from Queen’s University, Belfast has been named Study USA Student of the Year. Niall O’Hagan spent a year studying business at Arcadia University, Pennsylvania and now hopes to use the experience to pursue a career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The 22-year-old was among 47 students from Northern Ireland to successfully graduate from the...
Catherine MacDonald
Role: General Manager Company: Little Wing Newtownards Track Record: Give a brief outline of your career to date. I had worked in a few different hospitality and retail jobs while at school and university. When I left university, I took up a full-time contract in the supermarket I had been working in and continued there...
3 sure-fire ways to tame your inner imposter
Ever felt like a fraud at work? That one of these days you’re going to get found out that you aren’t as good as people think you are? You’re suffering from Imposter Syndrome. It’s that feeling that you’re not worthy of your successes, that really you’re just lucky, so you end up working twice as hard...
Emma Bond
Role: District Commander Company: PSNI Track Record: During her 18 years with the PSNI Superintendent Emma Bond has enjoyed an interesting and varied career. HOW I BECAME A DISTRICT COMMANDER SUPERINTENDENT Give a brief outline of your career to date. I have been in the PSNI for 18 years and currently serve as a District...
Awards to recognise and celebrate diversity in the workplace
EMPLOYERS across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to enter the Northern Ireland Equality and Diversity Awards 2018 to showcase their commitment to advocating diversity in their organisations. The awards are organised by Legal-Island, a local independent multi-award winning workplace compliance company, in association with NICVA and sponsored by Diamond Recruitment Group. They are open to...
Final Call For Little Wing Little Stars Bursary
Three weeks left to apply for the bursary scheme Little Wing Pizzeria is spreading its wings into the local community and dishing out eight bursaries to local children’s clubs next month as its Little Stars scheme returns for the fourth year. Since the scheme launched in 2014, eighteen clubs from across NI have benefited and...
New facility to deliver customer engagement solutions
A NEW customer engagement centre has opened in Belfast. Global business services company, Concentrix has opened the purpose-built facility on the site of the old Maysfield Leisure Centre and it reflects the company’s continued commitment to outstanding facilities and exceptional customer engagement solutions for the world’s best brands. This centre of excellence also marks the...
Fertility clinic creates nine new jobs
THE expansion of a health, wellbeing and fertility clinic has created nine new jobs. The new larger premises on Belfast’s Lisburn Road will allow Logan Wellbeing and Medical to offer a wider range of treatments. Clinic Director Ruth Ellen Logan said: “The time and opportunity were just right to expand our offering in a different...