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• Executive investment can make a difference to local economy - Wilson

  Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson has reaffirmed the Northern Ireland Executive’s commitment to recovery and growth of the local economy.

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• NI FIRM WINS UK’S FIRST EVER AWARD FOR AUTO-ENROLMENT

  Belfast-based HR and payroll expert Equiniti ICS has been recognised as a leader in the auto-enrolment field, taking home Pay & Benefits magazine’s ‘Product of the Year’ award for its outsourced auto-enrolment solution.

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• Education Partnership for NWRC & Irish Congress of Trade Unions

  North West Regional College has signed a new partnership agreement with the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions(NICICTU) which will see the further and higher education college act as the sole provider of education programmes for union representatives across Northern Ireland. The partnership means that NWRC is the only college in the UK to be designated as an exclusive provider for trade union education in its region

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• Balloo Hire Lights Up Ulster Rugby

  LEADING equipment rental firm Balloo Hire has signed a three-year agreement with Ulster Rugby to become the Club’s Official Floodlight Sponsor.

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• TOP AWARD COMES TO NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE FIRST TIME

  Top Northern Ireland financial planning and wealth management firm, Navigator Financial Planning Ltd, has been placed first in Scotland and Northern Ireland in an award for the best financial planning businesses in the UK.

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• BANK OF IRELAND TO OPEN NEW BRANCH IN BELFAST CITY CENTRE

  Here's a rare piece of positive news from the banking sector.
  
  Bank of Ireland UK is to open a new branch at 1 Donegall Square South, to be known as City Hall Branch. The new branch will open its doors in Spring 2012 and will operate as a full service branch offering a comprehensive suite of banking services for personal and business customers.

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• Queen’s appoints new Chief Executive of QUBIS

  Queen’s University’s venture spin-out company, QUBIS, has appointed Frank Bryan as acting Chief Executive. Mr Bryan, who sits on the board of the Institute of Directors (UK), has served on the board of QUBIS as Non-Executive Director for the past three years.

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• SPAR TEAM 'HACK IT' TO RAISE OVER £4,000 FOR NSPCC

  Staff from SPAR presented a cheque for £4006.60 to Dearbhla McGrath, fundraiser with NSPCC Northern Ireland, following this year’s Hike Against Cruelty to Kids (HACK). Already limbering up for the 2012 event, the enthusiastic team was delighted to have played a part in helping vulnerable local children, while enjoying a great day out in the Mournes!

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• Local brands make ‘Pit Stop’ to raise much-needed funds for NICFC!

  Allied Bakeries is celebrating the success of its ‘Sunblest Veda Pit Stop’ – which offered Christmas shoppers the perfect winter warmer snack on the go, all in the aid of the bakery’s charity of the year.

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• Musgrave MarketPlace celebrates the Chinese New Year!

  Local company Musgrave MarketPlace is celebrating the Chinese New Year with the announcement that they are to further develop their Asian business network and through this aim create up to 8 additional jobs within their dedicated Asian sales team in Northern Ireland.

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• DeskStream acquires Northern Irish cloud start-up WorldDesk

  LAS VEGAS -- DeskStream Inc., a leading provider of desktop virtualisation software, has today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a prominent Northern Irish start-up in the cloud computing and virtualisation software space. DeskStream, with development centres in California, U.S.A., and Hyderabad, India, will acquire Belfast-based start-up, WorldDesk Ltd. The deal was announced at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

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• It’s official! Booking a holiday is good for you

  It’s considered the gloomiest month of the year but bmibaby has today (17th January) teamed up with leading psychologist, Professor Geoffrey Beattie, to bring a ray of sunshine to those of us suffering from the January blues with the news that simply booking a holiday can make us feel happier.

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• WRIGHT GROUP APPOINT DR ALAN LENNON AS NEW CHAIRMAN

  Alan brings to the Group a wide variety of commercial and industrial experience. Alongside his appointment he will continue to serve as Non Executive Director of InvestNI, Business in the Community and Young Enterprise.
  
  Alan was born and educated in Northern Ireland gaining a first class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queens University Belfast, followed by a Doctorate in Material Science.

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• Placement Employer of the Year Awards Launched

  The University of Ulster has launched its annual search for the ‘Placement Employer of the Year’.
  
  The competition recognises the contribution that employers have made to Ulster student development through work experience. 
  
  Some of the country’s top companies compete for these prizes and leaders of local and national enterprises are invited to attend a gala ceremony at the Jordanstown campus in May this year.

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• NI’s top financial advice firm named

  LEADING Belfast-based investment advice specialist Johnston Campbell Ltd has been placed first in Northern Ireland in a UK-wide survey of the country’s best independent financial advice groups.

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• Bank of Ireland launch Enterprise Week,

  Pictured at the Belfast City branch of Bank of Ireland UK to launch Enterprise Week, which is taking place from Friday 18th- Friday 25th November are from left: Terry McCrudden, Manager, Belfast City Branch Bank of Ireland UK, John Barclay Business Advisor, Lisa Morrow of Mash Direct one of the many businesses exhibiting their products in the branch throughout the week and Mr Joe Jordan, President of Belfast Chamber of Trade & Commerce. Enterprise Week will see SMEs, both customers and non-customers, displaying their products and boosting their sales in Bank of Ireland branches across Northern Ireland. This is the fourth such initiative run by the Bank in the past eighteen months to actively support businesses in the community by providing them with financial support and practical advice. The week-long initiative will focus on agribusinesses and include a flagship seminar.

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• Local IT Companies Lead the Way to the Cloud

  A consortium of leading technology companies from across the province have joined forces and announced the formation and launch of Northern Ireland’s first Cloud Services broker.Whisple Cloud Services has been formed to help local businesses realise the global potential and benefits Cloud Computing offers.

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• Baileys safety performance leads to £7500 boost for local charities

  The success of Diageo Baileys Global Supply health and safety scheme is seeing local charities benefit to the tune of £7,500 this Christmas as the company celebrates zero ‘Loss Time’ Accidents (LTA’s) at its Mallusk site.
  As part of its focus on health and safety Diageo Baileys donates funds to charity for each accident-free month that occurs. All the charities are nominated by employees and this year eight organisations were invited onsite to benefit from the team’s successful performance over the recent months.

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• John Bishop to Headline Drinks Inc 2012 Titanic Charity event

  Legendary Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop will headline an exclusive charity fund-raiser being organised by Belfast-based drinks distributor Drinks Inc.

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• Weber Shandwick Northern Ireland Strikes Gold

  Weber Shandwick Northern Ireland clinched five awards for communications excellence at the recent 2011 Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards.

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