MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
Ulster University reveals top placement employers The placements are designed to provide students with valuable insight into the working environment and enable them to develop industry-ready skills by applying their knowledge in the workplace.
Ulster University graduate Mark Hutchinson, pictured with Director in Assurance at PwC, Orla MacAllister, has secured a training position with PwC after a successful placement year.
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wC, Kainos and Warner Bros. Games are amongst the employers who have been recognised by Ulster University for inspiring and nurturing the next generation of business leaders at this year’s Placement Employer of the Year Awards. Annually, 2,000 Ulster University students undertake work placements across a wide range of sectors including healthcare, law, construction and the creative industries.
Local and international employers recognised at the Ulster University awards include PwC, Warner Bros. Games, Probation Board for Northern Ireland, Kainos, WDR & RT Taggart and I S Arc. Seamus McConomy, Work Experience Manager at Ulster University said: “The university provides placements to ensure that our graduates are equipped with the necessary industry-ready skills that are highly sought after by employers. This early exposure to the working world develops not only students’ technical capabilities but also their softer skills such as teamwork, communication and decision-making. “This is the eighth Placement Employer of the Year Awards and year on year the university is building stronger relationships
with employers, both locally and internationally, who are directly benefiting from having our placement students on board. Our students are providing additional resource to companies as well as injecting enthusiasm, dedication and creativity into the workforce.” Winners at the 2016 Ulster University Placement Employer of the Year Awards included: • Employer Self Nomination (over 50 employees) category – PwC • Employer Self Nomination (up to 50 employees) category – I S Arc • Employer Self Nomination (public sector) category – Probation Board for Northern Ireland • New Partnership category – Warner Bros. Games • Ulster University Student Nomination category – Kainos • Ulster University Staff Nomination category – WDR & RT Taggart
Banking fees in focus for Treasury Delta
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new company to Northern Ireland is promising to get businesses a better deal on their banking fees. Treasury Delta said it has developed an online solution which allows companies to get a so-called “market price” for their business banking products and services. Users fill in an online form compiling their banking needs and participating funders tender for the business on a confidential basis. Founder Padraig Brosnan, who has previously worked in the banking industry, said the system is due to launch for banking customers both in Northern Ireland and the Republic. He said it has three distinct platforms to deal with the different banking mix in both, as well as for those trading in Great Britain. “Treasury Delta’s solution makes it very easy for both companies and financial institutions to engage with each other in relation to pricing and commencing the bank switching process,” he said. “Treasury Delta is now putting plans in place to launch in Ireland and Northern Ireland in the immediate future with the view to a full roll out for the UK market in the second half of this year.” Mr Brosnan said the product will cut out cost and time for businesses, as well as for banks and niche providers.
JUNE 2016
Padraig Brosnan from Treasury Delta.
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