ENTERPRISE WINDOW
A COMMUNITY shop in Ballymena will give local people their first taste of enterprise. The Window will be operated by Bann Maine West Community Cluster in the Northern Zone Social Enterprise Hub premises on the corner of Bridge Street and will stock arts and crafts products made by local people. The Hub, managed by LEDCOM, is one of 11 Hubs established across the nine Social Investment Zones under...
IRENE ADDS TO BLEND
GROUND Espresso Bars has appointed Irene Hannahway to the position of store manager of its Lisnagelvin branch. In her role Irene will oversee the day-to-day running of the store operations by facilitating staff training, food merchandising, quality checks, as well as promoting the branch through social media and organising in-store music performances. With over 20 years experience, Irene has served in a range of well-known coffee shops, and held her...
CREATIVE MILESTONE
TITANIC Creative Management has celebrated its first year in business. The company, run by Nuala Campbell and Erika Clark, was created to bridge the gap between the booming Northern Ireland film industry and the lack of local creative artists with the skills needed to take up job opportunities in the sector. Dedicated to providing the best in standard and custom made prosthetics, professional materials and high level training for...
University’s Investment in the Future
ULSTER University’s £250m investment in a Belfast campus is the single, most important investment in retaining talent in Northern Ireland and growing the economy due to the considerable rise in student mobility. That is the view of Helen Brand OBE, chief executive of ACCA who, speaking at the Ulster University Accounting Symposium as part of...
Research Prize
AN ULSTER University psychologist has received a national research award for her pioneering research. Dr Victoria Simms was presented with the prestigious Neil O’Connor award by The British Psychological Society for her published paper on the Premature Infants Skills in Mathematics (Prism) study. Funded by Action Medical Research and carried out by the UK team of children’s development experts, the Prism study discovered that children born before 32 weeks of...
PAYMENTS DISCUSSED
EMPLOYMENT and Learning Minister Stephen Farry has launched a consultation into the frequency of student support payments for full-time undergraduate students from Northern Ireland. “The package is designed to support students while they undertake their higher education studies. Student support payments for full-time undergraduate students from Northern Ireland are made three times a year,” he...
BUSINESS EXPANDS
EIGHTY new jobs are to be created over the next two years thanks to the expansion Decora Blind Systems. The Lisburn-based family-owned blind manufacturing business is benefiting from an Invest Northern Ireland employment grant of £240,000 towards the new jobs. Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Jonathan Bell said: “Decora is ranked as one of the...
STUDENT PRAISED
BELFAST Met HND media student Sam Lockhart was the toast of his class when he claimed the runner-up prize for Moving Image Fiction at the Ulster Media Show. The event was held in the main TV studio at e3 and the keynote speech was delivered by Dermot Lavery, MD of DoubleBand Films. Speaking about the...
Magnificent seven off to Brazil for WorldSkills
SEVEN talented young people from Northern Ireland have started their journey to Brazil to compete as members of the UK team for WorldSkills 2015. The seven are first travelling to London for a reception for the UK team, before jetting off to Sao Paulo for the competition which takes place from August 11-16. Held every...
Brickies Cement Position as Luckiest of the Lotto
STATISTICS from the National Lottery have revealed that the building trade is the luckiest profession when it comes to wins, with 331 millionaire builders created since the first National Lottery draw took place back in November 1994. Drivers are in second place in the luckiest professions chart, with 193 millionaires created, and more than 1,500...