Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has chosen BT, one of the world’s leading communications and IT services companies to be the single supplier of voice and data communications in a five-year deal worth up to £20 million. Peter Russell BT’s Head of Public Sector and Major Accounts and Paul Duffy, Belfast Health and Social [...]
Down Royal Racecourse is set to unveil its latest £40k investment this summer at the Magners Derby Race Day, Saturday 23rd June, with the new balcony addition to the Rainbow Communications Suite. The Rainbow Communications Balcony is part of Down Royal’s continued plans to improve the hospitality offering and to bridge the gap between premium [...]
by Bill McCartney, Net4QWiseowls “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” – Sun Tzu in The Art of War Strategy dictates tactics and just having a list of social media tools with random engagement are poor tactics without a [...]
Organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with digital services provider Yell, The Pitch has showcased the very best of Britain’s small business talent since 2008. The competition gives innovative entrepreneurs a chance to win £50,000 worth of prizes including 12 months’ free mentoring from serial entrepreneur Karen Darby who sold price comparison service Simply Switch for [...]
We are thrilled to have been selected as a finalist in the prestigious CIPR Awards Media Website of the Year category. The results are Friday 11th May – so fingers crossed. Many thanks to our regular and new visitors who have helped us build businessfirstonline into a successful and popular platform for all Northern Ireland [...]
With this year’s Irish Open Golf Championship at Royal Portrush set to be one of the biggest in the competition’s history NITB Chief Executive Alan Clarke has reminded visitors to book their tickets and accommodation now to avoid potential disappointment. Alan Clarke with Antonia Beggs, European Tour With Ireland’s most prestigious golf tournament still more [...]
Ryanair is to close its website for ‘upgrade maintenance’ from 4pm on Friday 18 May to 12pm on Sunday 20 May. Many Business First readers are travelling to London this weekend for the rugby final. So if you’re travelling with Ryanair, this is for you. This means any passengers travelling this weekend must check in [...]
Thirty-three local businesses celebrated recently at the Arts & Business NI (A&B NI) Investing in the Arts special reception to mark their partnerships with local arts organisations. The Arts & Business NI Investing in the Arts event was hosted Arts Minister, Carál Ní Chuilín in the Long Gallery in Parliament Buildings and presented by Dan [...]
Ruan O’Tiarnaigh looks at how to track and analyse your social media and at the end of the day prove the ROI. So for quite a while now social media has been the of predominanttopic in the world of digital marketing, but actually establishing the relationship between the effort and its financialreturn has been tricky [...]
Neal Lucas, Managing Director of Neal Lucas Recruitment, explains why you must learn to manage yourself before expecting to manage others General George Patton, the famous US officer; nicknamed ‘Blood and Guts’ Patton, was noted to say, “a good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week,” ie some [...]
by Bill McCartney, Net4QWiseowls “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” – Sun Tzu in The Art of War Strategy dictates tactics and just having a list of social media tools with random engagement are poor tactics without a [...]
The Greening the Supply Chain event will essentially bring together experts from five Northern Ireland companies, who are considered ‘environmental’ champions, to share best practice with SME’s and give them tips on how to reduce cost through greening their supply chain. To register for this event, please click here Date: 30 May 2012 Time: 08:30-11:00 [...]
The commercial and economic benefits for businesses involved in Environmental Health undergraduate work placement schemes will be highlighted at a breakfast briefing at 7.30am on Wednesday 16th May hosted by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and the University of Ulster. The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Stephen Farry will address organisations from [...]
Date: Thursday 14th June Registration: 09.00 Workshop: 09.30am – 1pm Venue: Ramada Encore Hotel, Saint Anne’s Square, Belfast, BT1 2LD Facilitator: Bill McCartney, Net4WiseOwls Cost: £79 including post training support and your free winning social media strategy template and action plan. - Coffee and home made scones. Due to the intense interactivity of this Workshop, places are strictly limited. Please click [...]
Translink has signed a £1.78 million contract with energy supplier Electric Ireland that will mean the public transport provider continues to purchase all of its metered electricity from 100% renewable sources. Derek Russell, Commercial Manager Electric Ireland and Philip Reid, Translink Energy Engineer announce the new energy contract Under the new 12 month deal Translink, [...]
The Chartered Institute of Marketing has appointed Belfast-based PR provider Love PR to handle its PR activity on the island of Ireland following a competitive pitch. The agency won the 9-month contract to provide a media relations service to the Institute on the island of Ireland. The Chartered Institute of Marketing is the leading international [...]
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has chosen BT, one of the world’s leading communications and IT services companies to be the single supplier of voice and data communications in a five-year deal worth up to £20 million. Peter Russell BT’s Head of Public Sector and Major Accounts and Paul Duffy, Belfast Health and Social [...]
Are you a B2B sales expert from a medical diagnostics or devices background? Can you pitch to the toughest audiences and take new prospects through the entire sales process? If you would like to benefit from fantastic promotional opportunities and earn an uncapped income, this is the role for you. Field Based (covering Ireland, Northern [...]
The Web Bureau Ltd is an award winning full service digital agency. We specialise in engaging web site design, tailored online software development and online marketing strategies that get results. We are currently looking for a full time Key Account Manager to work alongside our existing Account Management Team – providing account management and generating [...]
Calling all controls engineers! Do you have good working knowledge of PLC software and programming machine controls? Looking to build on your understanding of electrical design, debugging and commissioning of automated machinery? If so, this is a great opportunity to further your skills and gain experience with an established company. To apply for the role [...]
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