Major law firm expands into NI creating 125 jobs
International law firm Fieldfisher has moved into Northern Ireland, creating 125 new jobs. Based at its new offices in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the roles will have average salaries of around £25,000. Around 10 jobs are already in place at the premises on Old Channel Road. Last November, Fieldfisher announced its merger with Holywood firm Donaldson...
Carrick business park expansion has the potential to create 100 jobs
Carrickfergus Enterprise has revealed expansion plans for its existing 60,000 sq ft site. The business park, which opened in 1994, has 39 units with 13 high-tech offices. Key sectors currently represented at the park include manufacturing, ICT services, research and development, life sciences, fabrication services and financial services. After hitting full occupancy for the first...
15 tech jobs to be created in Belfast
Lightyear, a specialist in the accounts payable and procurement sector, is establishing its international base in Belfast, creating up to 15 new jobs. Local brothers Chris and Roger Gregg founded the global software company and have decided that Belfast’s “emergence as a leading innovation hub for fintech”, alongside Invest NI’s support, has persuaded them to...
City Quays 3 construction could create 600 jobs
The huge £15m, 17-storey City Quays 3 building looks set to be built by construction giant Farrans. The building, located at Belfast Harbour, is the latest and largest of the City Quays office schemes in the docks area, which could create 600 construction jobs. The firm’s Darrell McGuckian said: “Farrans are delighted to be working...
Global law firm to double Belfast staff numbers
Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, has announced plans to double the size of its Belfast office by 2020. The firm currently has 15 staff members in its Belfast office and the expansion is expected to bring the headcount to over 30 in the next 18 months. Originally set up in 2015 as a satellite...
Fast food company creates 60 new jobs
The Pizza Co and The Chip Co, one of Northern Ireland’s largest independent fast food groups, has announced it will create 60 new jobs over the next three months. With an investment of £600,000, the business will open three new stores including two new The Pizza Co stores – one in Ballyhackamore in east Belfast...
Jobs to be created by new Co Tyrone Greggs shop
Bakery chain Greggs is set to open a new shop in the Showgrounds Retail Park in Omagh. It has been suggested the opening could create between 20 and 25 jobs, according to the original report from the applicants, CCP IV Omagh. The store will be Greggs’ 16th in Northern Ireland in just over two years,...
Supermarket opening creates 30 new jobs
A new Centra store has opened creating 30 new jobs in the Craigavon area. The major £2.5M investment by retailer Musgrave and the Greene family comprises a new Centra store and Go Fuel forecourt, located at Lake Road, Craigavon, close to Rushmere Shopping Centre. Inside the store, customers will recognise the contemporary new design that...
Hardware giant continues NI expansion
Screwfix is set to open two new stores as part of its latest expansion across Northern Ireland. The company revealed Enniskillen and Cookstown are next on its list of regional towns where it will establish outlets. This new development in its expansion plans is expected to create around 16 new jobs. Screwfix currently has three...
10 jobs to be created by Fintech firm
A new development centre is to be opened in west Belfast by a London fintech company. McGinnis Consulting provides financial services and information technology consultancy to leading Tier 1 banks across Europe. Based in the Innovation Factory on the Springfield Road, with a focus on financial services and software development, there will be 10 jobs...