Ambitious family kitchen firm creates 23 new jobs
A NORTH Antrim kitchen manufacturer is creating 23 news jobs with the aim of doubling its turnover in three years. Rasharkin-based company Woodland Kitchens is investing almost three-quarters of a million pounds in its 65,000sqft facility, with InvestNI coming in with £130,000. The company designs and manufactures a range of cabinets for the kitchen, bedroom...
£900k boost for Queen’s engineers
QUEEN’S University has been awarded £900,000 to help turn science into jobs. The money, awarded by the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, will boost the Northern Ireland engineering sector by helping the university create more successful companies, grow industrial collaboration and foster entrepreneurship. It is part of a £60m total investment spread across 31 UK universities...
£200M for Queen’s University
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry, has commended Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB) on their success in the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) which he hopes will lead to more high quality research posts. Welcoming the additional £200m funding recently provided by the UK Government to this scheme, the Minister said: “The success of...
Tourism jobs boost
NI Tourist Board estimates that new tourism capital projects will support over 450 construction jobs in the short term. The jobs will result from an extra £5.7million which has been announced to develop tourism which had not previously progressed because of budgetary constraints. The money is part of a new £200million Economy and Jobs initiative...
Patrick aims to be cut above the rest at finals
A Belfast hairdressing student is this week competing in the finals of the Worldskills UK Intermediate Hairdressing competition which will take place at the NEC in Birmingham. Patrick McCartan, a mature NVQ Level 3 student in women’s hairdressing at Belfast Metropolitan College’s Whiterock Campus will compete against 15 other finalists in the three-day event which...
Research key to economic development says Farry
Robust evidence from sound research is vital to underpin economic development and potential job creation, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. Speaking at the launch of his department’s Implementation Plan and a report into evaluating research into economic growth, he said a multi-disciplinary approach was crucial to engage business leaders, policy makers...
Jobs boost as Lisburn secures training centre
A new state of the art training centre is set to boost job opportunities and career development in Northern Ireland’s security industry. Tavcom Training and Technical Consultancy, the UK’s leading security systems training company, has joined forces with Northern Ireland’s biggest independently owned security service provider Mercury Security Management Ltd to launch the technical training...
H&W In £25M Deal
HARLAND and Wolff has announced a new two-year contract worth £25m. The deal to build key components for a Norwegian oil platform cements the company’s growing credentials in the oil industry and adds to its increasing portfolio of work in the renewable energy sector and in ship fit-out and design. By securing this type of...
College Site Visit
CONSTRUCTION students have witnessed first hand the development of a unique flagship urban redevelopment scheme in Belfast. The SERC students, from the college’s Bangor campus, visited The Skainos Project in east Belfast as guests of developers Farrans Construction. When completed, The Skainos Project will provide a shared space for community transformation and renewal featuring the...
£400 For Students
ELEVEN University of Ulster housing management students have each been awarded bursaries of £400 by a north Belfast housing association. Newington Housing Association (NHA) is working in partnership with Newington Credit Union which has been operating a similar scheme for seven years, involving 10 bursaries of up to £400 a year for three years to students in further education. NHA operations manager Anthony Kerr said his organisation was now...