Northern Ireland News for February 2011 : Page 16

Business News, Feb 2, 2011
Climate Change Levy Reduction Welcomed
The Stormont Energy Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed the announcement to reduce the climate change levy charges on gas supplies for Northern Ireland businesses. The announcement to replace the cli...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 2, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Soccer Drama Scores Chris Lyttle of the Alliance Party, Padraig Coyle (Belfast Celtic Society) and Michael Boyd (Irish Football Association), are shown launching the drama, Lish and Gerry At ...
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Recruitment News, Feb 2, 2011
Jobs Boost As Nomadic Renews Titanic Link
A century-long link between the SS Nomadic and Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard is about to be rekindled. The name made famous for building the Titanic has just been awarded a £2m contract by the ...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
UK Crime Map Website Crashes
Crime maps, just published by the Home Office for England and Wales, has 'crashed' just hours after its official launch. The new street-by-street guides, costing £300,000 to develop, will allow user...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
Met Re-Launches Anti-Scam Website
Officers from the MPS's Operation Sterling have today launched their new scam awareness website in support of Scam Awareness Month. The 'new look' re-launched website, named 'Fraud Alert' is a one s...
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Business News, Feb 1, 2011
Business Job Creation Plan Wins Backing
A proposed coalition of eight of NI's leading business organisations could see the creation of up to 94,000 jobs in Northern Ireland by 2020. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
Pfizer To Close Kent Factory
Pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer have announced plans to close its UK facility. The Kent-based site, which employs 2,400 people, will close due to the company's reorganisation of its research and develop...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
Millions File Tax Returns Online
Record numbers of people sent their Self Assessment (SA) tax returns online this year, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) revealed today. A total of 6,907,410 people filed online by the 31 January deadline ...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
New Powers To Help Councils 'Redraw The Map'
Local authorities will be given greater control over how their roads appear on maps and satnav systems under bureaucracy-cutting proposals set out today by Local and Regional Transport Minister Norman...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
Weather Forecasts To Launch In Welsh And Gaelic
The Met Office has launched Gaelic and Welsh language forecasts on its website, providing the latest weather forecasts and warnings to the 600,000 Welsh speakers and 58,000 Gaelic speakers, along with...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Dáil Dissolved And Election Announced
The Irish Premier, Brian Cowen has travelled to the official residence of the State's President this afternoon to ask Mary McAleese to dissolve the Dáil. The date of the general election was then for...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Call For Stormont To 'Focus On Suicide'
Last week's tragic deaths in three separate suicides - two of them being children - has led to separate calls for both greater support to suicide prevention and awareness groups and for a focussed Sto...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
New Rights To Benefit Consumers
Consumers should take advantage of new rights aimed at protecting them and encouraging lenders to act more responsibly, Consumer Minister Edward Davey said today as the EU Consumer Credit Directive ca...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Future Of £600m Sirocco Quays In Doubt
There has been an SOS call to 'Save Our Sirocco' as fears grow over the future of a plan to redevelop the formerly world-famous Sirocco Work's site in east Belfast. The proposed developer, the Carvil...
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UK National News, Feb 1, 2011
Other UK News In Brief
BA Call Centre Worker Guilty Of Terror Charges A former British Airways call centre worker has admitted offering to take part in terrorist training or insurgent operations overseas. Rajib Karim, 31, ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Cowen, Going, Gone
The Irish Republic's Taoiseach Brian Cowen has announced he is to retire from politics and will not stand in the upcoming general election. Mr Cowen, who has led the Fianna Fail party and the Dáil as...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Habitat Boost Puts Anglers In The Swim
Improvements in local river habitats are set to help rebuild salmon stocks - while an 'invasion' of giant hogweed is to be repelled through a £2.6m project to root the species out of riverbanks in bot...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Nomadic Contract To Renew Titanic Link
A century-long link between the SS Nomadic and Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard is about to be rekindled. The name made famous for building the Titanic has just been awarded a £2m contract by the ...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Offshore Renewable Energy Forum Welcomed
The NI Energy Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed the establishment of the Offshore Renewable Energy Forum. The Forum has been set up following the publication last year of the Department Of Enterpri...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Business Job Creation Plan Wins Backing
A proposed coalition of eight of NI's leading business organisations could see the creation of up to 94,000 jobs in Northern Ireland by 2020. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Top NI Apprentices Sought
Construction sector apprentices among those are in for a boost with the tenth annual search for Northern Ireland's Apprentice of the Year accolade just launched by the Stormont Employment and Learning...
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Recruitment News, Feb 1, 2011
Aer Lingus Cancels 20 Flights
Embattled airline Aer Lingus has cancelled 20 flights today as the dispute with cabin crew over rosters worsens. The flights affected are mainly to British and European destinations with a service to...
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Business News, Feb 1, 2011
Top NI Apprentices Sought
Construction sector apprentices are in for a boost with the tenth annual search for Northern Ireland's Apprentice of the Year accolade just launched by the Stormont Employment and Learning Minister, D...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
High-flying Lagan Wins Airport Contract
NI-based Lagan Construction has beaten high profile international rivals to overhaul Guernsey Airport's runway. Work on the reconstruction of the runway and other key operation systems is estimated t...
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Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2011
Other NI News In Brief
Bars Back Six Nations Rugby supporters gathered at the Kitchen Bar in Belfast this week for the launch of the Six Nations Championship ahead of the Ireland v Italy game on Saturday. On Friday they w...
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Business News, Feb 1, 2011
Lagan Construction Identified For Essential Airport Maintenance
Public Services has selected one of the UK's leading airfield construction specialists as its preferred bidder for the essential maintenance and improvements at Guernsey Airport. Northern Irish ba...
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Recruitment News, Feb 1, 2011
Limerick's Heiton Buckley 'Shut Down'
The Limerick building supply company, Heiton Buckley, has closed its doors as owner Grafton 'pulls the plug'. The company located on the Dock Road ceased operating after 40 years of trading although ...
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Recruitment News, Feb 1, 2011
High Speed Rail Line To Create Thousands Of Jobs
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has said that 30,000 jobs could be created if the construction of a new high speed rail line from London to Birmingham goes ahead. More than 8,000 of ...
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