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February 22, 2012 |  |
 SpeechStorm®, a leader in software for automating customer service over the phone, is pleased to announce that British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSkyB) has deployed its advanced customer care applications to deliver highly personalised self-service to its 10.5 million Sky customers. As the UK's leading satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company, Sky deals with over 52 million calls a year. |
February 21, 2012 |  |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick discusses Globalisation and its effect on businesses.
Many entrepreneurs today will tell you we are living in a rapidly changing world. |
February 17, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick discusses 'New Jobs: New Challenges'.
Many companies continue to create new jobs and find new markets despite the current economic climate. |
February 15, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick discusses how Entrepreneurs turn failure into success.
Ask any entrepreneur about their success and you will invariably also hear about failures experienced along the way. |
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has welcomed a partnership between business advisory firm BDO and Queen’s University Belfast, to build a stronger alignment between academia and family businesses.
The partnership between BDO Centre for Family Business and Queen’s University School of Management will focus specifically on issues impacting on family businesses in Northern Ireland.
Speaking at an event to launch the initiative in Queen’s Riddel Hall, Arlene Foster said: “The family business sector plays a vital role in the success of our local economy, as it is estimated that approximately 75% of all businesses in Northern Ireland are family run. |
February 10, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick discusses how entrepreneurs see the world differently.
Before you begin your day consider how open or closed minded you are in your thoughts and in your actions. |
February 07, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick asks 'Is Education Enterprising?'
Given the level of change taking place in the world, the traditional education you have received may not have prepared you properly for the demands of the twenty first century. |
February 06, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick suggests that 'Entrepreneurs are needed to save the world given the current economic difficulties'.
The European economy is under pressure and no one is stepping forward to take charge. |
 11th Annual InterTradeIreland Venture Capital Conference will help companies
unlock investment opportunities
Business Angel Funds of up to £70m/€85m are currently available to start-up companies across the island, Margaret Hearty, Director of Business Services and Programmes, InterTradeIreland, has estimated.
Speaking at the launch of the InterTradeIreland Venture Capital Conference, she said that with a total of almost £41m/ €50m investment in funding partnerships since the Halo networks were set up, there is an even greater opportunity for companies and that it is a crucial time for start-ups to become ‘investor ready’.
The 11th annual InterTradeIreland Venture Capital Conference, which will take place at Belfast City Hall on Wednesday 7th March, is designed to facilitate networking between Ireland’s leading venture capitalists, business angels and start ups that are seeking funding from across the island. |
February 03, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick asks 'Are Entrepreneurs Happier People?'
Entrepreneurs tend to be more optimistic and positive about their lives and the future than the general population. |
 Secretary of State Vince Cable and DETI Minister Arlene Foster have officially opened a £6m composites research centre for Northern Ireland which links the University of Ulster, Bombardier Aerospace and QUB.
The University of Ulster and QUB co-own and operate the 3,700 sq metre Northern Ireland Advanced Composites & Engineering Centre (NIACE).
Funding to build the £6 million centre was announced in February last year and included financing from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) through the Strategic Investment Fund, Invest Northern Ireland and Bombardier Aerospace. |
The Secretary of State will officially open a flagship research facility in East Belfast - the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites Centre (NIACE) - with Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster.
NIACE has received £2.7m in funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and will bring together leading academics and dynamic companies to develop new technologies for the design and rapid manufacture of high-quality composite products. |
January 25, 2012 | |
 Each week Nick O' Shiel, Chief Executive, Omagh Enterprise Company, blogs on issues related to Enterprise and Innovation. This week Nick discusses the Occupy London protest.
The Occupy London and other similar protests around the world may or may not change the system but have served to focus attention on the capitalist model. |
January 24, 2012 |  |
 With approximately 6,000 small businesses set to be created in Northern Ireland this year, one leading local software development company is urging entrepreneurs to adopt online best practice to ensure survival in an increasingly tough marketplace.
K-Point Internet Solutions (www.kpoint. |
June 21, 2011 |  |
 Henrik Brusecke, a 17 year old student from St Columba’s Comprehensive School in Donegal, was celebrating following his success at this year’s Sentinus Young Innovators Exhibition, held at the Odyssey Arena. He was awarded the title of ‘Sentinus Young Innovator’ of the year by a panel of industry judges for his innovative ICT workload management programme.
Henrik, fended off stiff competition from a host of Schools and Colleges from all over Northern Ireland to take the prestigious award. |
 North-West based Technology Company Seedups will launch their full service on February 1st. Developed as a crowdfunding platform for start-ups to match with a growing network of investors, the company have already hit a number of milestones since their beta launch. Founder Michael Faulkner explained the concept of the business as “networking new entrepreneurs with angel type investors who are looking for the best new start-ups in which to invest”. |
January 26, 2011 |  |
<p>Derry-based company <a href="http://seedups.com">Seedups.com</a> launch their full service on February 1st - here’s the press release. |
 Seedups is a crowd funding initiative born out of the need to bring investors and start-ups together. Entrepreneurs in the start up phase can pitch to a growing pool of tech savvy investors who have pledged funds of £2.5 million. |
 The Arthur Guinness Fund, which awarded €1 million to social entrepreneurs in Ireland last year, including charitable organisations Camara and Anam Cara that have operations in Northern Ireland, has re-opened for applications.
In 2011 another €1 million will be made available to social entrepreneurs who are making a positive and sustainable impact on communities throughout Ireland.
Commenting on the initiative and new elements to the programme in 2011, Michael McCann, Head of Diageo Northern Ireland said, “The Arthur Guinness Fund is designed as a springboard to enable social entrepreneurs in Ireland to take their initiatives to the next level. |
 Polished Halo – NI Business Angel Network Named UK Business Angel Network of the Year
Halo, the NI Business Angel network based at the Northern Ireland Science Park has been named UK Business Angel Network of the Year at the annual British Business Angel Association (BBAA) Awards Dinner in Manchester. Halo is supported by Invest Northern Ireland and Intertrade Ireland with the purpose of stimulating angel investing in NI-based companies.
This Award was open to any UK-based angel network that has significantly grown its network and increased awareness of angel investing in its region. |
 Following on from a major funding announced by the US Economic Envoy last month, NISP CONNECT has begun its ‘search for the next big thing’ with the launch of the £25k Awards.
Sponsored by the Bank of Ireland, Invest NI, QUB University of Ulster and AFBI (Agri Food and Biosciences Institute), NISP CONNECT’s £25K Awards aims to uncover NI’s revolutionary intellectual property concepts and transform local ideas into commercialised business products. Entrants should submit their two-page concept plan by the deadline of Friday April 23rd 2010. |
July 03, 2009 |  |
Following a tough six weeks of intensive assessment, the identities of the 10 most innovative business concepts to come out of the publicly funded research base have been revealed by judges for NISP CONNECT’s £25K Awards.
Tweet smell of success! This year’s expanded £25k Awards brought ex-Twitter chief engineer Blaine Cook (right) alongside NISP CONNECT Director Steve Orr (left) and Mark O'Brien, Business Development Manager at competition sponsors Bank of Ireland, for the launch of the 2009 competition. |
June 16, 2009 | |
An interesting article was published in Newsletter a few weeks ago and since published online...
Lots of people want to see Northern Ireland companies grow and succeed. But how do you translate goodwill into firm actions? |
April 07, 2009 |  |
SLA Mobile has followed Google and eBay on to a list of the world’s top ICT companies after clinching a coveted ‘Red Herring’ award at a gala event in Berlin, Germany.
The annual awards, named after the media company Red Herring, are seen as an indicator of companies with the know-how to help transform our daily lives.
“Inclusion in the Red Herring Top 100 is an important achievement for us. |
March 15, 2009 |  |
Having recently won the Best Start Up Category in the Ulster section of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards, Replify now go to Dublin to compete against category winners throughout Ireland. The black tie event takes place in Dublin on March 12th.
Replify was founded in October 2007 and has its corporate Headquarters in Belfast. |
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