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68 ‑ Ian Beasant test drives the new BMW 320ed
62 The Titanic Quarter ‑ Belfastʼs Canary Wharf is under construction
Stephen Cross, corporate partner at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, talks with Business First about the excitement that is rising in Belfast
Belfast is seeing the benefit of unprecedented investment in cultural, leisure and business facilities and this is most apparent at Titanic Quarter which is shaping up to be Northern Irelandʼs Canary Wharf.
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36 Cloudy future? One certainty is that cloud computing and SaaS represents one of the most potentially significant trends the IT industry has witnessed in many years, says Scott McClenaghan, technical sales and marketing director, NITEC
Business First Volume 6 Issue 3 02 Accepting an honour and a challenge
by Francis Martin, president of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce Taking over the presidency of the Northern Ireland Chamber, the regionʼs biggest business body, for the next two years is a great honour and also a tremendous challenge because of the economic difficulties that lie ahead. We are all well aware that the cuts that face us will result in greater pain for everyone and, largely because of the sovereign debt crisis, a hazardous future.
22 Diversity isnʼt tokenism
Deborah McConnell, Opportunity Now manager, Business in the Community talks to Business First about the business case for diversity
By 2011, it is estimated that only 20 per cent of the workforce will be white, male, able bodied and under the age of 45. Business in the Communityʼs Opportunity Now campaign is providing practical help to modern employers by demonstrating the benefits of a diverse and flexible workforce.
27 Branding ‑ look where you are going by Lester Manley, managing director, Manleys ‑ the branding house
Focus on where you are going, not on where you are, or where you have been, this will significantly influence your handling of the present. Lester Manley uses his love of motorcycling to prove a point of branding
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