Tagged: Northern Ireland
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BT creating 120 jobs in Northern Ireland News
02.05.2012 BT is expanding its operations in Northern Ireland, creating up to 120 new jobs for a new contact centre in Belfast. -
Halo director elected VP of European engineering body News
16.04.2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has elected Alan Watts, director of the Northern Ireland business angel network Halo, to serve a three-year term as its...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Life Sciences, Investments, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Bio Tech -
Seed scheme could triple angel investing for NI start-ups – Halo News
05.04.2012 Northern Ireland’s new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) could potentially more than triple business angel investment levels in start-ups in the region, particularly in...Categories: Intellectual Property, Funding, Enterprise, Economy, Internet, Investments, R&D, Science -
InterTradeIreland opens €1.2m Acumen programme for SMEs News
02.04.2012 InterTradeIreland today has launched the latest phase of Acumen, its sales and marketing programme that targets SMEs. In all, €1.2m in funding will be given to qualifying SMEs... -
Northern Ireland ramps up its e-car programme News
30.03.2012 Northern Ireland has launched its e-car project and started to invest in its electric vehicle network, with the installation of 41 charge points across the region, and a 100... -
Teacher wins European award for classroom tech News
30.03.2012 Northern Ireland teacher David Young from Limavady High School has won out over 122 European entries to glean the ‘Cutting Edge Use of Technology’ category at Microsoft's... -
Cowen International Ltd to create 50 Belfast jobs News
27.03.2012 Cowen International Ltd is to set up a technology research and development centre in Belfast, leading to the creation of 50 high-value jobs, Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster... -
US pharmaceutical firm to create 50 Belfast jobs News
22.03.2012 US pharmaceutical company CVS Caremark Corporation is to set up an IT centre in Belfast and create 50 jobs in the process. -
SEED Enterprise Investment Scheme to launch in NI in April News
20.03.2012 The new SEED Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is aiming to incentivise a new wave of business angel investing, as well as spurring on new start-ups, in Northern Ireland when...Categories: Tax, R&D, Private Irish Business, Investments, Government, Enterprise, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
£25K awards open for Northern Ireland’s scientific researchers News
12.03.2012 NISP Connect and Bank of Ireland UK have launched the 2012 £25K awards programme which reaches out to Northern Ireland’s research base involved in pioneering innovations around... -
Northern Ireland invests in rollout of stg£170m education cloud News
09.03.2012 Northern Ireland is investing stg£170m in a new ‘Education Network Northern Ireland’ cloud-based network as part of the Classroom 2000 (C2k) programme. Northgate Managed...Tags: Managed Services, Cloud Computing, Northern Ireland, iPad, Broadband, WAN, LAN, Digital Schools, Eircom -
NI Science Park facility to house 500 knowledge jobs News
02.03.2012 Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) has announced its new stg£6m development is aiming to host up to 500 knowledge jobs when the facility opens, most likely in August.Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Careers and Employment, Energy -
Angel-backed film The Shore scoops Oscar News
27.02.2012 Northern Ireland film The Shore has won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 84th Annual Academy Awards last night. The film was partly funded by Lough Shore... -
Northern Ireland film The Shore hopes to shine at The Oscars News
24.02.2012 Northern Ireland film The Shore is among five nominees in the Live Action Short Film category at this Sunday’s 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.Categories: Investments, Funding -
Derry aims for 4,000 tech jobs by 2020 through investment News
20.02.2012 Up to 4,000 new ICT jobs are hoped to be created for Derry by 2020 following a period of major investment in telecoms and digital projects across the city. -
New NI start-up spins out of NISP Springboard programme News
03.02.2012 Northern Ireland start-up Thermblow, a spin-out of the Polymer Research Cluster at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), has become the latest graduate from the NISP CONNECT... -
Holy smokes! BT plans to offer 300Mbps broadband across UK News
03.02.2012 Following successful trials of FTTP on Demand in Cornwall, BT says it will soon be able to offer end users speeds of up to 300Mbps anywhere on BT’s fibre footprint, including... -
Arthur Guinness Fund and Ireland’s social entrepreneurship upsurge News
03.02.2012 The 2012 Arthur Guinness Fund has received applications seeking financial support and mentoring from a record 400 social entrepreneurs and community groups spanning the island...Categories: Digital Media, Economy, Funding, Internet, Investments, Jobs, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Sustainability -
Republic of Ireland needs to catch up on fibre rollout News
02.02.2012 By March, Northern Ireland will have Europe’s most advanced fibre network. BT Ireland CEO Colm O’Neill explains to John Kennedy that the Republic needs to hurry up.Categories: Telecommunications, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Education, Economy, Communications