Tesco has announced it will create more than 350 new jobs across Northern Ireland this year.
Some of the jobs will be in Ballymena where it opens a new store next month. It has also announced plans to expand its store at Knocknagoney in east Belfast.
Canadian aerospace firm Bombardier is investing £500m in the Belfast area to manufacture a new range of fuel-efficient jet. It is thought that this huge investment into the area will create hundreds of jobs.
Firstsource, a telecommunications company, are to create eight hundred new jobs across Northern Ireland. The company announced 300 jobs would be based in Londonderry and a further 500 new posts at an undecided location. The company already operates two centres in Belfast and Londonderry employing more than 900 people.
Firstsource Solutions is a global outsourcing company and it has been given £6.7m from Invest NI to support its expansion. This will a great opportunity for local people to gain valuable, transferable skills.
Loughall’s Hewitt Meats, a meat plant in Armagh is to create 28 new jobs through a new product range.
The firm was founded in 1974 and it currently employs 32 people and exports about 50% of its product outside NI. So this new range and expansion of the company will nearly double the workforce.
Victoria Square development in Belfast’s City Centre is welcoming French Connection, La Senza, Fossil and Claire’s Accessories in time to join the other shops (listed below) for its launch in March.
Belfast is fast becoming the most fashionable place to be for shopping in Northern Ireland, combine that with the stunning design of Victoria Square you’ve got a fantastic environment to work in.
Victoria Square has three floors above ground two levels of basement parking with 1,000 spaces, Confirmed stores include House of Fraser, Urban Outfitters, Cruise, Hugo Boss, Coast, LK Bennett, All Saints, Reiss, Clockwork Orange, Firetrap, Billabong, River Island, Tommy Hilfiger, The Perfume Shop, Puma, JD Sports, Virgin Megastores, Lunn’s, Goldsmiths, The Carphone Warehouse, Q-Park, ODEON Cinema, GBK, Pizza Hut, Topshop, H&M, O’Briens, Costa Coffee, the Kitchen Bar, Pizza Hut Chilli’s Bar & Grill, Maggianos Little Italy, Spur Steak Ranch, McDonalds and Nando’s.
