Industry News

17th September 2013

£65m social housing injection brings jobs boost

A funding partnership will bring a £65m boost to Northern Ireland’s social housing and support construction jobs. A £30m loan from Northern Bank will help Clanmil Housing access a further £35m statutory grant funding from the Department for Social Development. The combined public and private funding will allow construction of 550 new homes, bolstering the...

17th September 2013

Restaurant and cookery school aims to serve up 30 new posts

Around 30 jobs are to be created at a new restaurant and cookery school in Belfast when it opens next month. The owners of James Street South are to open The Bar + Grill, a 60-seat, three-storey restaurant on the corner of James Street South and Brunswick Street, just feet away from its award-winning sister...

17th September 2013

Group targets 100 digital start-ups

One hundred new digital companies could be created in the north-west by 2015. That’s the aim of Digital Derry, the group set up to boost the development of the digital sector in Londonderry. The group is planning to help launch a privately-funded incubation project and a major international festival. The city’s digital champion Mark Nagurski...

17th September 2013

Invest NI jobs fund allows firms to hire more than 40 new employees

More than 40 new jobs will be created in the North West through an Invest NI initiative. Axa Insurance, Fresh Food Kitchen and One Stop Data, all based in Londonderry, will benefit from new staff thanks to the Jobs Fund, previously known as the Short Term Employment Scheme, which was set up earlier this year...

17th September 2013

Manufacturing firm expands with creation of 30 new posts

A manufacturing company from Co Antrim has created 30 new jobs. Creative Composites, which has just opened a new factory extension in Lisburn, currently employs 136 people and designs, manufactures and assembles components for a diverse range of industries, including the forklift truck, bus and coach, automotive, construction, vending and other manufacturing sectors. Creative Composites...

17th September 2013

Subaru and MG drive into Belfast with a new dealership

A new car dealership has opened in Belfast, creating 15 new jobs. RMG Motors said it has invested more than £1m in the Boucher Crescent outlet – the city’s only Subaru and MG showroom. As well as a champagne reception at the showroom to herald the launch, the company hosted two family fun days at...

17th September 2013

Ernst and Young to create 300 posts in Ireland

Business consultancy firm Ernst and Young will create 300 new jobs across Ireland over the next 12 months. The company has announced plans to recruit 150 workers to its graduate programme from next year. Another 150 highly skilled professionals will be hired to senior executive positions in consultancy and accountancy from today. The job boosts...

17th September 2013

New firm to create more than 20 jobs with £1.4m investment

A £1.4m investment by a newly-formed manufacturing firm will create more than 20 new jobs over the next three years. Irish Manufacturing Services Ltd (IMS) plans to establish a new materials handling business in Aughnacloy and is almost exclusively targeting export markets. IMS has bought a licence to manufacture a special machine developed by a...

17th September 2013

Volunteers applauded for helping to create a more ‘confident and connected city’

Volunteers can triple the economic benefits achieved by Belfast City Council in its work with local communities, according to the Lord Mayor. Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile was speaking recently at an event in Belfast City Hall to mark the European Year of Volunteering. He said volunteering had important social and economic impacts: “Volunteers are helping to extend...

17th September 2013

Apprenticeship funding boost hailed as an ‘industry lifeline’

The CITB has welcomed the government’s pro-active response in attracting more apprentices to the workplace. Chief Executive of CITB-ConstructionSkills, Mark Farrar said: “We are delighted that the government shares our view that creating a pipeline of new talent into business is key to economic recovery and growth. Of course this requires new projects to be...

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