The Northern Ireland Science Park is expanding in a £6.5m investment part-funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. This could mean that Belfast Titanic Quarter development will be able to accommodate another 500 technology jobs. Around 2,600 people currently work at the science parks in Belfast and Londonderry. The latest development [...]
The latest Northern Ireland A Level results have shown a marked rise overall in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) subjects since 2004. We wanted to see whether this was part of a longer term trend, so we asked CCEA if they could provide us with figures for the last [...]
Newtownards engineering firm CCP Gransden has secured major funding under a UK-wide aerospace initiative to carry out focused research and development into innovative aircraft components. The company has been offered nearly £100k under the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) through Invest Northern Ireland’s Grant for R&D, which is part funded by [...]
Storage tank manufacturer Clarehill Plastics in Moira has secured £750,000 from the Growth Loan Fund to help it grow market share and export destinations. The loan will also allow them to develop their range of large volume plastic storage tanks through research and development and it has already helped them to create 16 [...]
The European Commission has unveiled its detailed plans to create a Digital Single Market, helping to remove the online barriers which mean citizens miss out on goods and services. Only 15% of internet users currently shop online from another EU country, meaning internet companies and start-ups cannot take full advantage of growth [...]
Belfast's Big Data Conference (part of the worldwide interactive Big Data Week event) will take place on the 23rd April. Speakers from HP, Sky, Amazon Web Services, Royal Mail and JustGiving will be there to advise Northern Ireland firms on opportunities within Big Data – the global market for which is [...]
Local entrepreneurs could win up to €280,000 through InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition 2015. The competition is now in its 13th year and is looking for young companies from all business sectors to apply. The Seedcorn competition mirrors the real life investment process and is aimed at early and new start [...]
Technology experts from global companies such as Google, Bitnet and Datasnap will be flying into Belfast from 29th April until 1st May to address digital enthusiasts at this year’s BelTech conference. The event, which is curated by Northern Ireland based digital solutions provider Kainos, will profile Belfast as a top European technological [...]
George Freeman MP, Minister for Life Sciences, has outlined the key measures impacting the life & health sector from this week's Budget. £135 million of funding was announced for a range of Life Science and health related activities, with a new interdisciplinary research institute, further funding for the Crick, investment in [...]
A major investment of up to £38 million is set to establish Queen’s University Belfast as a world-leading research and innovation hub for cyber security for Smart Cities and the Internet of Things. The funding, which has been awarded as part of a major expansion of the Centre for Secure [...]
The organisers of Dublin's Web Summit will hold two conferences in Belfast in June. The events, which will be held between 15 and 19 June at the T13 venue in the Titanic Quarter, are called EnterConf and MoneyConf. EnterConf will be focused on enterprise software, while MoneyConf will cover financial [...]
Kainos Software Ltd is creating 403 new jobs in Belfast and Londonderry. Kainos is a leading technology solutions company operating primarily in the UK, and with customers in the USA and in continental Europe. Their CTO Tom Gray is Vice Chairman of the MATRIX ICT/Digital Horizon Panel. Invest Northern Ireland [...]