Lyons Announces Plans to Progress All Age Apprenticeships
Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has announced that plans are underway for the introduction of All Age Apprenticeships in 2023. He said: “The issue of widening access to apprenticeships and, in particular, the introduction of All Age Apprenticeships has been a subject of...
Digital Catapult Smart Manufacturing Experiment welcomes Spot the Robotic Dog
Twelve manufacturers from across Northern Ireland who have been selected to embark on the FutureScope Smart Manufacturing Experiment programme had an unusual visitor for their opening session - Spot, the robotic dog! Created by Boston Dynamics, Spot was in attendance...
Energy Bill Relief Scheme: help for businesses and other non-domestic customers (Northern Ireland)
The Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy have published details of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for Northern Irish firms. This scheme will provide energy bill relief for non-domestic customers in Northern Ireland. Discounts will be applied to...
ABC Community Food Hub
The ABC Community Food Hub (providing help to those in food insecurity living in ABC Borough) is a centralised donation point and is in need of Food Supplies. Please take the opportunity to consider the Hub as an option for your customers, strategic partners and...
Fermanagh & Omagh Welding Academy
South West College (SWC) is now enrolling for new fully-funded ‘Hospitality and Welding Academies’ in the Fermanagh and Omagh district to help reskill those looking for work. The initiative is funded by the Department for Communities and is being delivered in...
Fulton Cleaver Rankin Webinar recording
https://youtu.be/6h70KzB_6r4 We were joined by experts from Cleaver Fulton Rankin to discuss a variety of legal issues around talent and retention. Slides can be found here: ManufacturingNI_CleaverFultonRankin_Recruitment_Onboarding_Retention_Webinar...
Almac Group Announces New COO and Appoints New Almac Pharma Services MD
The Almac Group, the global contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing organisation, has announced the appointment of Graeme McBurney to the Board of Directors in the role of Chief Operating Officer effective 1st October 2022. Graeme has over 30 years’...
Northern Ireland companies continue to illustrate innovation despite economic headwinds and uncertainty caused by pandemic
HMRC has published the R&D tax credit statistics for the first full tax year under pandemic conditions which provide interesting reading for Northern Ireland plc. According to R&D tax credits specialist The Momentum Group, analysis of the latest HMRC figures...
Industrial and collaborative automation technology roadshow NITC
Reliance Automation are hosting an event showcasing the latest industrial and collaborative robotic technology on the 18th October at NITC, Queen's University, Belfast. Hear about features and benefits of collaborative vs industrial technologies as well as safety....