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Jun 20
Graduate Opportunities in Cyber, Cloud and Date Analytics

Graduate Opportunities, Are you over 18 and interested in gaining an accredited qualification in this much sought-after area? -21 week program -Starting on 2nd October 2023 -Delivered on SRC’s Portadown Campus Monday – Friday 9.15 am – 1.45 pm £150 weekly allowance plus childcare and travel, if required* Terms and conditions, apply. Entry requirements: Level […]

Jun 20
CRASH Services & JMK Solicitors donate £10k to PIPS Suicide Prevention Charity

BID members CRASH Services and JMK Solicitors have raised an impressive £10,000 so far this year for their charity partner, PIPS Suicide Prevention. This accomplishment is the outcome of their dedicated teams’ fundraising endeavours and commitment to supporting PIPS Charity in the awareness of suicide and mental health. Renee Quinn, Executive Director at PIPS Charity said, […]

Nov 10
Newry BID partners with Retailers Against Crime

City center safety is a BID priority and particularly so with increased instances of a crime arising from the cost of living crisis. Our latest initiative sees Newry BID delighted to announce that we have joined forces with Retailers Against Crime (RAC) to give traders access to the SentrySIS system to log incidents, gather intelligence, […]

Mar 16
SRC in partnership with McGuinness Plumbing crowned winners at the NI Apprenticeship Awards 2022

SRC in partnership with McGuinness Plumbing (MGP), were delighted to recently be awarded the ‘Small/Medium Enterprise Employer Award’ at the NI Apprenticeship Awards. This award acknowledges excellence and originality by employers, working with training providers, in the delivery of apprenticeship training. MGP delivers apprenticeship training in conjunction with Southern Regional College and are firm advocates […]

May 26
Business Help to Grow Programme

Take your business to the next level with the government’s new Help to Grow programme. The programme will help small and medium sized businesses learn new skills, reach new customers and boost profits. You could get: an Executive Development programme that could help you improve business performance and growth potential through Help to Grow: Management […]

May 26
Apprenticeships – Supporting the Future of the Workplace

Apprenticeships – Supporting the Future of the Workplace Following on from Apprenticeship Week and Southern Regional College’s successful Big Apprenticeship Event, the move towards encouraging employers to consider apprenticeships is continuing. The Recruitment of New Apprentices Scheme is open to all employers to support the recruitment of new apprentices. As an employer, you will be […]

May 17
Free 2 Day Level 2 Principles of Customer Service Course hosted by SRC

Give your staff the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver excellent customer service with our WorldHost `Principles of Customer Service’ programme, and give your business the outstanding reputation it deserves. This workshop is aimed at any front-line staff who come into contact with and have regular interactions with customers. It covers: • Identifying customer needs […]

May 12
Upskill in areas of Project Management, Leadership or Finance for free

Dear Members, The Open University, in partnership with the Department for the Economy, are currently offering fully-funded places on our short courses for anyone whose employment has been affected by the pandemic. These short courses are university-level online programs designed to help build professional skills, enabling learners to rapidly develop new skills and techniques that they can immediately apply or take back […]

Apr 28
Free Online Support for Small Businesses

Visa and Google UK, have joined forces with a number of other organisations to offer free support to small businesses in relation to digital skills. Through Digital Boost formed in partnership between BCG Digital Ventures and Founders4Schools, they are offering a platform that allows small businesses to get free help from experts in the form of mentoring, online […]

Feb 12
National Apprenticeship week

As it is National Apprenticeship week, we wanted to have a chat to our Higher Level Apprenticeship  Marketing and Communications Executive, Aaron Bradley about his experience working with Newry BID and the benefits of taking on an apprenticeship. Aaron talked to us about how he found the apprenticeship, “I  went to university in Liverpool and […]