Careers and Jobs

Fujitsu Services will create 150 jobs in Northern Ireland as part of an Stg11 million investment. The jobs will be created in Derry and Belfast. 120 Jobs will be created at the new Applications Services Centre in Derry and a further 30 jobs will be created at Fujitsu’s Belfast operations. The new jobs will be created in areas such as technical support and application management. The announcement will bring the total number employees to over 900 in Northern Ireland.

The IT services company will invest Stg9 million and InvestNI will invest Stg2 million in the project. The latest investment follows previous investments of over Stg20 million in the last year creating over 400 jobs.

Northern Ireland is becoming increasingly attractive to investors seeking to expand into Europe and it has seen its fair share of multinational activity over the last few years. Many view this as lost opportunity for the South but I feel the Island as a whole is benefiting.

Eircom have appointed Darren Lemon as the New General Manager for its Northern Ireland Business. Eircom recently won a huge contract in NI valued at 100m euro to build a world class infrastructure for Northern Ireland Civil Service. The new contract and the appointment indicate that Eircom in committed to establishing a strong presence in the region.

This is further indication that the North is growing from strength to strength as a region. You may remember that posted about a possible 180,000 jobs in NI should corporation tax be reduced.

The good news keep rolling for the north