Following extensive engagement with its 34-member grammar schools and through them a large number of local primary schools, the Association for Quality Education Ltd. (AQE) can announce that applications for the 2021/22 Entrance Assessment will open on Tuesday 25th May 2021. Given the impact that Covid-19 has had on schooling, […]
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Power NI, Northern Ireland’s leading energy company, has today announced an increase in prices of 6.9% from 1st July adding 76p a week to a typical household electricity bill[1]. The rate change applies to domestic customers only, is agreed with the Utility Regulator and is due to a steady increase […]
Alpha Housing has joined Ulster Wildlife’s ‘Let Nature In’ campaign to help reverse the decline in wildlife by creating nature-friendly gardens in its 40 sites across Northern Ireland. The local housing association, which specialises in providing homes to older people, is committed to creating nature-friendly habitats in the communal gardens […]
Alpha Housing has joined with Ballymena-based Martin & Hamilton to launch a £2M construction project that will deliver 14 much needed homes for independent older people in Broughshane. Situated on Fir Park, just off main street Raceview Road, the development will incorporate the ‘HAPPI principles’, which provides a blueprint for […]
Overall jobs are up 24% YoY and 40% QoQ Top performing sectors YoY – Nursing, Healthcare, Security Trades and General Services and General Management Sectors with the most available jobs – Healthcare and IT IT dominates the Top 10 in demand roles Job listings now treble the “lockdown low “of […]
As we settle down on Sunday evening with Line of Duty with five weeks left, will we have our work office clothes sitting out for the next day by the series finale? Will we be getting our iron out of early retirement before we find out who “H” really is […]
Royal Caribbean International is setting a spectacular soundtrack this summer with its return to the UK. The cruise line has announced that Anthem of the Seas, a firm favorite in the region, will begin sailing from Southampton, England as soon as this 7th July. UK families can choose from a […]
Successful implementation of VINCI Airports’ campaign “Protecting each other” Best practices in health and hygiene measures key to passenger confidence Belfast International airport, member of the VINCI Airports network, has achieved its health accreditation certificate from the Airport Councils International (ACI). The award recognises industry best practise in relation to […]
firmus energy has appointed Eric Cosgrove as its new Director of Engineering and Sustainability to lead the company’s adoption of new technologies and help maximise the environmental benefits to be realised by using renewable gas sources in its natural gas network. Eric has been firmus energy’s Director of Engineering since […]
Clanmil Housing Group Chief Executive, Clare McCarty has announced her plans to retire at the end of 2021. This comes at a time when the organisation is preparing for continued growth and is about to launch an ambitious 5-year strategic plan that will see it deliver more much-needed new homes, […]