North West firms can now boost their digital capabilities by signing up for a £1million support initiative. The Digital Surge programme introduces small and medium-sized local businesses to a range of digital tools through workshops, mentoring, masterclasses and network cluster events. Derry City and Strabane District Council’s head of business, Kevin O’Connor, said the NI-wide […]
Global financial services firm FinTrU has been honoured for its outstanding growth in overseas sales. The company, which has two Derry offices, won the Queen’s Award for International Trade in recognition of its global expansion. In recent years, the Belfast-headquartered business has also created branches in New York, London, Dublin and Maastricht. Founded in 2013, […]
Thousands of manufacturers are set to benefit from a new £50m data innovation hub led by Ulster University. The Smart Manufacturing Data Hub will support small and medium-sized manufacturers to capture and better utilise data, helping them increase productivity, growth and sustainability. The hub is available to manufacturers in Northern Ireland before going live for […]
Some of Europe’s leading young tech stars have gathered in the North West for the Innovators Under 35 Europe Festival. This year’s event, held in Gweedore, County Donegal, celebrated a new generation of changemakers tackling society’s most pressing challenges as it emerges from the pandemic. Since its creation, MIT Technology Review has been publishing an […]
Passengers can now fly direct from City of Derry Airport to Edinburgh, on a new service launched by Loganair. The 55-minute direct flight will run three days a week (Tuesday, Friday and Sunday), with additional Thursday and Saturday flights during the peak summer months. Among the guests on the inaugural flight in May was Aidan […]
Derry’s cutting-edge Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre, C-TRIC, has showcased its work on International Clinical Trials Day. The award-winning research facility, based at Altnagelvin Hospital, houses the Research and Development Office, Ulster University’s Personalised Medicine Centre, and the Research Nurses Office. It connects patients directly to national and international research opportunities, and aims to […]
Northern Ireland’s largest IT company, Allstate NI, has revealed new flexible working practices as it continues to recruit 100 more employees. The tech firm has designated all of its workforce as hybrid, meaning staff can work remotely or from any of its three offices in Derry, Strabane and Belfast. Each office has been redesigned to […]
Ecommerce support platform eDesk is to create 150 jobs in the next 18 months as it plans further expansion in the US and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, more than doubling its current headcount. Among the roles on offer are positions in product, sales, marketing, customer success and customer support. The jobs will be […]
£50 million data innovation hub at Ulster University to support UK manufacturers to accelerate development of digital technologies Dedicated grant funding will be provided to manufacturers to implement expert recommendations from data scientists Adoption of digital technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things and artificial intelligence is key to driving manufacturing productivity, sustainability and competitiveness […]
The impressive ecosystem of multinationals based in the North West of Ireland provides the people of the region with strong employment and development opportunities across diverse sectors. One of the North West City Region’s largest employers, Allstate NI was established in 1998, to provide high quality software and business solutions to support its US-based parent […]
FinTrU, a technologically enabled regulatory solutions company, has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade) in 2022. The company won the Queen’s Award for International Trade for ‘Outstanding Continuous Growth’ in overseas sales over the last six years. Headquartered in Belfast, FinTrU has rapidly expanded in recent years with additional global offices […]
There was delight this week after Derry was named as a regional winner in a competition celebrating locations which have the most to offer for entrepreneurs and businesses. The UK’s Top Towns for Business competition was being run by Enterprise Nation in partnership with Dell UKand Intel UK and aimed to shine a spotlight on […]
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