Economy Minister Paul Frew today announced a £4.5million initiative to support air connectivity between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. As part of the Minister’s Economic Recovery Action Plan (ERAP) the NI Domestic Aviation Kickstart Scheme (NIDAKS) will support airlines to help kickstart NI’s economic recovery from Covid by maintaining and enhancing NI’s domestic air connectivity between […]

OSG Cloud welcomes new team member with vast experience in line with expansion and growth plans for the UK.   We are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Devlin as Commercial Development Manager in line with strategic growth plans of OSG Cloud. Paul joins OSG Cloud from Verizon Business where he was responsible for the development of new […]

The six Further Education Colleges in NI have collaborated to produce a package of resources to promote and enhance the apprenticeship scheme. “Mentor Connect”, is supported by the NI Apprenticeship Challenge Fund through the Department for the Economy and was awarded funding of £85k. It offers a range of online materials for both employers and apprentices which will strengthen relationships and ensure that apprentices gain the maximum benefit from their experience.

Recently four local businesses took part in Level 2 World Host Customer Service training on SRC’s Newry Campus. Employees from, Casey’s Eurospar, Mulkerns Eurospar, Kukoon Rugs and Fitzsimons & Mallon Solicitors all availed of this fully funded course under the Skills Focus Programme funded by the Department for the Economy.

Glen Dimplex staff from across 3 sites (Portadown, Newry & Dunleer) recently completed a bespoke course
in Automation & Industrial Robotics. This course was contextualised to meet the needs of Glen Dimplex, following a demonstration of the automation facilities in SRC.

Grant Thornton has today announced the launch of the first Northern Irish Business Voice programme. The Grant Thornton Business Voice Programme, operating across the island of Ireland, was established to support locally-owned businesses in navigating key areas of interest following the unprecedented and rapid change of the landscape over the past year. Grant Thornton has […]

With the cosmetic industry continually growing, guidelines and best practices must also continue to evolve to ensure proper safety and care are practised during every stage. Therefore, the ISO body developed and set forth the internationally accepted standard for cosmetic product safety in the ISO 22716 Cosmetics Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices. This standard has been accepted by multiple governmental agencies and regulatory bodies that recommend these guidelines for GMP.

Isolation and loneliness have been significant problems in recent times, and many older people have therefore signed up for Age NI’s Check In and Chat service which provides a weekly phone conversation for them with a friendly volunteer. But when one older person – 75-year-old Jim from East Belfast – took a call recently as […]

In recent years and certainly since the pandemic, work-life balance and employee wellbeing have become increasingly more crucial for employees and employers across the world. JMK Solicitors were one of the first employers in Northern Ireland to commit to and implement a four-day week for all employees, with no reduction in pay. Since January 2020 all JMK staff […]