Okay, 296 posts later and I'm calling it a day here..... if you want to read some more then I'm over at http://www.jasebell.co.uk
If you want somewhere to go then there's the Open Coffee's.
16th Sept - Open Coffee Coleraine @ Starbucks 7pm
23rd Sept - Open Coffee Limavady @ NWLLA 7pm
1st Oct - Open Coffee Derry @ TBA 6pm
Enjoy.
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Thursday, 3 September 2009
The Propel Programme
If you have an idea of high growth with export potential then you should consider getting your skates on and looking at the Invest NI Propel Programme.
Once applied for thirty startups will go through 8 weeks of seminars in Belfast (looking like a Thursday evening). Then you will present your idea to a panel, 15 of the original 30 will then give up their employment (yes, hand your notice in and leave) to pursue your startup with mentoring and all the advice they can give you. During that final part you will have 50% of your salary paid for.
Interested? Have a look at www.propelprogramme.co.uk for more information. The cut off date for applications is September 18th.
Once applied for thirty startups will go through 8 weeks of seminars in Belfast (looking like a Thursday evening). Then you will present your idea to a panel, 15 of the original 30 will then give up their employment (yes, hand your notice in and leave) to pursue your startup with mentoring and all the advice they can give you. During that final part you will have 50% of your salary paid for.
Interested? Have a look at www.propelprogramme.co.uk for more information. The cut off date for applications is September 18th.
Job Update: 3/9/2009
Total jobs listed: 1505
Total jobs for Limavady: 17 (1.12% - a decrease of 0.05%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 17 (1.12% - a decrease of 0.05%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Job Update: 2/9/2009
Total jobs listed: 1442
Total jobs for Limavady: 17 (1.17% - an increase of 0.29%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 17 (1.17% - an increase of 0.29%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Job Update: 1/9/2009
Total jobs listed: 1465
Total jobs for Limavady: 13 (0.88% - a decrease of 0.11%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 13 (0.88% - a decrease of 0.11%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Friday, 28 August 2009
Perhaps now is a good time to say that a Telehouse in Derry is a really bad idea.....
Okay, best to read this post in this order. First of all take five minutes to read the BBC report.
Done? Right..... and I quote.....
The Fort George site has been earmarked as the location for Project Kelvin, but more than half the site is contaminated with heavy metals.
So perhaps this is not the best place for it after all. Who's paying the £6m for the potential clean up by the way?
Project Kelvin is a telecommunications initiative - which is expected to bring major benefits to the local economy.
An unmanned station controlled from Dublin will not bring major benefits to the local economy. I do wish people will stop fooling themselves on this one. All that happens is that data comes in and out just a little bit faster (not that much mind).
The telehouse will be the point were a transatlantic cable will link to the Northern Ireland telecoms network.
It's actually hitting land at Portrush so it's always made sense to put the Telehouse there. Suffice to say that there's probably someone somewhere with a vested interest to make sure the Telehouse is in Derry to secure contracts and the like. I wonder how long it takes to get the data from Portrush to Derry?
Here's my argument. £6million to clean up could be £6m used for job creation. How about an incubation unit (not Noribic, another one run so other people know about it). Perhaps a bit into creating a sustainable digital economy in Derry and the North West. It's not a lot to ask. There is one question that I am going to ask and I'm pleading for a level headed answer. How is a telehouse in Derry create jobs when the facts are laid before us.... it's an unmanned station.
I would like answers...... and good ones at that. Over to you Derry City Council.
Done? Right..... and I quote.....
The Fort George site has been earmarked as the location for Project Kelvin, but more than half the site is contaminated with heavy metals.
So perhaps this is not the best place for it after all. Who's paying the £6m for the potential clean up by the way?
Project Kelvin is a telecommunications initiative - which is expected to bring major benefits to the local economy.
An unmanned station controlled from Dublin will not bring major benefits to the local economy. I do wish people will stop fooling themselves on this one. All that happens is that data comes in and out just a little bit faster (not that much mind).
The telehouse will be the point were a transatlantic cable will link to the Northern Ireland telecoms network.
It's actually hitting land at Portrush so it's always made sense to put the Telehouse there. Suffice to say that there's probably someone somewhere with a vested interest to make sure the Telehouse is in Derry to secure contracts and the like. I wonder how long it takes to get the data from Portrush to Derry?
Here's my argument. £6million to clean up could be £6m used for job creation. How about an incubation unit (not Noribic, another one run so other people know about it). Perhaps a bit into creating a sustainable digital economy in Derry and the North West. It's not a lot to ask. There is one question that I am going to ask and I'm pleading for a level headed answer. How is a telehouse in Derry create jobs when the facts are laid before us.... it's an unmanned station.
I would like answers...... and good ones at that. Over to you Derry City Council.
Job Update: 28/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1703
Total jobs for Limavady: 17 (0.99% - an increase of 0.15%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
(Just for the record, my records haven't had a 1703 since they began in February.)
Total jobs for Limavady: 17 (0.99% - an increase of 0.15%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
(Just for the record, my records haven't had a 1703 since they began in February.)
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Job Update: 27/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1648
Total jobs for Limavady: 14 (0.84% - an increase of 0.02%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 14 (0.84% - an increase of 0.02%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Job Update: 26/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1585
Total jobs for Limavady: 13 (0.82% - an increase of 0.01%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 13 (0.82% - an increase of 0.01%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Open Coffee Limavady announced.
You heard it here second! After appearing at Open Coffee Coleraine last week the crew of NWLLA thought it would a good idea to try it out in Limavady and see what happens.
So, to that end, Open Coffee Limavady is happening on Wednesday 23rd September and runs from 7pm to 9pm. Derry, Coleraine, Mid Ulster and now Limavady... who's next? I don't see an Open Coffee Drumsurn at any time soon :)
You can now follow NWLLA on Twitter.
So, to that end, Open Coffee Limavady is happening on Wednesday 23rd September and runs from 7pm to 9pm. Derry, Coleraine, Mid Ulster and now Limavady... who's next? I don't see an Open Coffee Drumsurn at any time soon :)
You can now follow NWLLA on Twitter.
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Job Update: 25/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1481
Total jobs for Limavady: 12 (0.81% - an increase of 0.19%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 12 (0.81% - an increase of 0.19%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Job Update: 24/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1451
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.62% - an increase of 0.04%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.62% - an increase of 0.04%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Saturday, 22 August 2009
NWLLA - Give A Pound Campaign
I think everyone in Limavady will have heard of NWLLA, the big yellow house with the big red door on Irish Green Street. Home to a lot of people....
They've launched the "Give a £1 Campaign" to help retrain the unemployed in Limavady, especially those that seem to fall through the government schemes that are set up.
Today (Saturday) the NWLLA team are in Supervalu packing your shopping bags, so you can give them a quid there. Or you can donate online by clicking here.
I don't know many people that haven't been helped by NWLLA in one wave, shape or form, me included.
Friday, 21 August 2009
Job Update: 21/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1536
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.58% - an increase of 0.04%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.58% - an increase of 0.04%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Job Update: 20/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1469
Total jobs for Limavady: 8 (0.54% - a decrease of 0.09%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 8 (0.54% - a decrease of 0.09%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Meeting: Final reminder for Open Coffee Coleraine tonight.
What: Open Coffee Coleraine, informal business, tech, startup and creative business networking but without the pressure and the name badges.
Where: Starbucks, Kingsgate, Coleraine.
When: Wednesday 19th August from 7pm to 9pm.
Cost: Nothing but you'll have to pay for your own coffee/tea.
Where: Starbucks, Kingsgate, Coleraine.
When: Wednesday 19th August from 7pm to 9pm.
Cost: Nothing but you'll have to pay for your own coffee/tea.
Job Update: 19/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1412
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.63% - a decrease of 0.02%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.63% - a decrease of 0.02%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Jam and the joys of music distribution in today's world.
My first piece for the Belfast Telegraph appears today in the Web Watch column.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/opinion/watching-web/jam-and-the-joys-of-music-distribution-in-todayrsquos-world-14456679.html
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/opinion/watching-web/jam-and-the-joys-of-music-distribution-in-todayrsquos-world-14456679.html
MP in crisis talks with Invest NI over Stream
Possibly that MP's were in crisis talks to Seagate when the Limavady plant went to the wall.
The DJ reports that Mark Durcan has met with Invest NI chiefs over the future of the Stream Call Centres in Derry. He's also talking with Ilex regarding the possible opportunities of Project Kelvin's Telehouse in Derry (which is controlled from Dublin). Mr Durcan, I can save you some time there. There is non only for the cabling company that wires the datacentre up.....
Once we have landed back to reality a bit, let's consider some things here. Stream is suffering from supply and demand. There's no demand and way too much supply (which costs to keep in terms of staff salaries and somewhere to put them), contracts have been lost and it's the employees who lose out. Stream can't source new work for the simple face that Invest NI have over invested in call centres in other parts of the province. The focus shifts from Derry to Newry and Belfast.
Why put all the focus on Stream? Why not put it in startup creation, if Derry is so bothered about spawning jobs from Project Kelvin then you'd expect Noribic to be stepping up to the stage and asking to be counted in. Not so from where I'm sitting.
Taking Belfast as an example, there are a lot of low level grass roots things going on, these then spawn into larger things and link up with the funding things. So the likes of Open Coffee morphs into Barcamp/Bizcamp which can get the likes of Digital Circle involved who link and fight hard to get the attention of the funding bodies. Not easy but it looks like it's working.
Sitting in Refresh Belfast last night had that feeling of an underground movement just coming to the surface, it felt fresh and exciting again. Me, for one, though older than most in the room felt the creation of something good that could make a difference. How to spread that to the North West is the next challenge but having the likes of government focusing on one little thing that's failed and trying desperately to revive it, well perhaps it's time to move on and develop something new and sustainable.
No offence to anyone who works for Stream, it's a tough call for any employer to layoff staff but it happens all the time. And the fact of the matter is that every company is desperate to cut costs regardless of whether they have money or not. The rise of the one man band is around the corner again, it's just another cycle that will bottom out and rise again.
The DJ reports that Mark Durcan has met with Invest NI chiefs over the future of the Stream Call Centres in Derry. He's also talking with Ilex regarding the possible opportunities of Project Kelvin's Telehouse in Derry (which is controlled from Dublin). Mr Durcan, I can save you some time there. There is non only for the cabling company that wires the datacentre up.....
Once we have landed back to reality a bit, let's consider some things here. Stream is suffering from supply and demand. There's no demand and way too much supply (which costs to keep in terms of staff salaries and somewhere to put them), contracts have been lost and it's the employees who lose out. Stream can't source new work for the simple face that Invest NI have over invested in call centres in other parts of the province. The focus shifts from Derry to Newry and Belfast.
Why put all the focus on Stream? Why not put it in startup creation, if Derry is so bothered about spawning jobs from Project Kelvin then you'd expect Noribic to be stepping up to the stage and asking to be counted in. Not so from where I'm sitting.
Taking Belfast as an example, there are a lot of low level grass roots things going on, these then spawn into larger things and link up with the funding things. So the likes of Open Coffee morphs into Barcamp/Bizcamp which can get the likes of Digital Circle involved who link and fight hard to get the attention of the funding bodies. Not easy but it looks like it's working.
Sitting in Refresh Belfast last night had that feeling of an underground movement just coming to the surface, it felt fresh and exciting again. Me, for one, though older than most in the room felt the creation of something good that could make a difference. How to spread that to the North West is the next challenge but having the likes of government focusing on one little thing that's failed and trying desperately to revive it, well perhaps it's time to move on and develop something new and sustainable.
No offence to anyone who works for Stream, it's a tough call for any employer to layoff staff but it happens all the time. And the fact of the matter is that every company is desperate to cut costs regardless of whether they have money or not. The rise of the one man band is around the corner again, it's just another cycle that will bottom out and rise again.
Job Update: 18/8/2009
Total jobs listed: 1379
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.65% - a decrease of 0.04%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
Total jobs for Limavady: 9 (0.65% - a decrease of 0.04%)
To view the Limavady opportunities click here.
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