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Small Firms Development Programme (Newtownabbey)

Download the application form. If your business is located in the N… Continue

Added by Matt Johnston on December 2, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Creative Collaborations 2010

Creative Collaborations flyer.doc Please find attached information on Creative Collaborations, a new programme from Belfast City Council, specifically designed to promote awareness of and access to procurement opportunities for Be… Continue

Added by Brendan McGoran on December 1, 2009 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Presentations from last week's HMRC R&d Tax Credits and EIS briefing

Things to take home: Talk to David Stewart at HMRC and explain the process of your business. Lots of businesses have managed to get (income) tax back from HMRC even though the owners didn't think they were doing R&D at first. Digital Circle 24.11.09.ppt (10 MB PPT) ORTUS are offering EIS certification for free until the end of 2009. EIS provides a lot of benefits to a business… Continue

Added by Matt Johnston on November 30, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Geldof Highlights 'Democratic Deficit' in Northern Ireland within Digital Britain

Northern Ireland will not have the opportunity to be part of a UK-WIDE pilot programme of new ways to deliver NEWS CONTENT and Media. The province is the only region within the UK to not get a pilot. Sir Bob Geldof recorded a video which was played this evening at the Slugger O'Toole Awards in Belfast the full transcript is Below OR you can watch the video here Please add your views- as potential developers and cre… Continue

Added by Matthew Scott on November 24, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Why not 'Take a Titanic Leap' for Habitat NI as we launch our iphone app 'Titanifacts'

We are about to officially launch our new iphone app and community site. Within the Titanifacts ‘app’ users will have the opportunity to view the documentary, ‘Titanic Island’ which highlights the amazing feats of engineering that were taking place over 100 years ago in Belfast. There are many contributions from key people including Una Reilly of Belfast Titanic Society and Dr Norman Apsley of NI Science Park. We hope… Continue

Added by John Bustard on November 24, 2009 at 5:39pm — No Comments

Chinwag — Digital Mission to SXSWi

Digital Mission to SXSWi is back for it's second year after the success of the mission to Austin in March 2009. Applications are only open until Friday 27th November - so not long left to get yer app in.... http://digital-mission.org/sxsw10 South by South West interactive (SXSWi) takes place in Austin, Texas from 12-16th March 2009 and applications are now open until Friday, 27th November. The festival features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technolo… Continue

Added by Andy McMillan on November 19, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Breakfast with the BBC Trust

Every so often the full membership of the BBC Trust meets in Belfast. This is one of the out of London meetings shared by Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. In addition to meeting BBC staff, they meet with other stakeholders and interested parties to garner opinion and thoughts about the BBC and how it operates and the view from the Nation. This morning I had breakfast with the Chair Sir Michael Lyons, Rotha Johnston Tru… Continue

Added by Davy Sims on November 18, 2009 at 10:45am — No Comments

Holywood based company develops iPhone app for Grand Opera House

A local creative digital agency has developed a new mobile technology tool for the 114-year old Grand Opera House in a major step for the arts in Northern Ireland. iPhone users will

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Added by Matt Johnston on November 17, 2009 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Belfast Business Awards 2010

Belfast City Council is delighted to be hosting the Belfast Business Awards 2010, in partnership with Belfast City Centre Management. The awards are all about celebrating success and they recognise the excellent contribution made by local businesses towards the overall development of our city. The Belfast Busine… Continue

Added by Brendan McGoran on November 11, 2009 at 8:38am — No Comments

Hat Off to Advantage NI's Business Boot Camp

The final 12 participants on Advantage NI’s innovative Business Boot Camp recently graduated from the programme at Belfast Castle. After fierce competition from over 120 applicants across Northern Ireland, 36 young would-be entrepreneurs secured a much coveted place on the programme. Funded by Invest Northern Ireland, and endorsed by ILM, Business Boot Camp is geared to 18-30 year olds who are considering starting their own business. After pitching their business idea to a panel of experts the 3… Continue

Added by Digital Circle on November 9, 2009 at 11:43am — 1 Comment

SME engagement with Employment and Skills Programmes

Bill McGinnis, the NI Skills Advisor, has established an Advisory Task Group to investigate and make recommendations about SMEs engagement with Employment and Skills Programmes. In simple terms this task group is asking SMEs if they are aware of existing Government funded programmes, if they make use of them and if they have ideas on how best to promote these schemes. By the way, SMEs are defined as organisations with up to 250 employees. I would be grateful if you would take a few minutes to c… Continue

Added by Digital Circle on November 9, 2009 at 11:38am — No Comments

Take12:UK Digital Media workshops

I will be taking part in the Take 12:UK digital media workshops - the first takes place next month. Anyone else from Digital Circle going along? The first workshop will look at the "digital media ecosystem" - sounds intriguing! Continue

Added by Una Murphy on November 4, 2009 at 6:37pm — 5 Comments

Placements: Direct Industry involvement in Education

The Student Placement is the most direct way that the industry can interact and instruct students who are not yet in the workforce of the things they need to learn in order to become excellent prospective employees in the future. Why do so many companies refuse a placement and yet complain that graduates from schools, colleges and universities are not meeting their stringent standards? Around this time of year I'm inundated with requests for A-Level student placements within companies. Soon we… Continue

Added by Matt Johnston on November 3, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

Newly launched digital media company urgently seeks student filmmakers

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well. This week, my company, Digitas, will be launching. We're a digital media production company specialising in investigative journalism. We urgently need young filmmakers to join our production team. If you are a student looking experience in the media and film industries, this is an ideal opportunity to get both production experience and the chance to work on a film due for network broadcast. As our site is still under construction, please e-mail me with your… Continue

Added by Lyra McKee. on November 1, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

UnLtd 4iP Awards

UnLtd 4ip.pdf UnLtd 4iP Awards.doc You may all be aware of this but I was in London at an event with UnLtd and they asked if I would circulate - so apologies to all who are already aware of this… Continue

Added by Brendan McGoran on October 28, 2009 at 9:46am — 3 Comments

Belfast Firm Aetopia scores Incisive Victory

In today's Sunday Business Post (Page M16) is a short feature on Aetopia, a local digital asset management company. Incisive Media, a business-to-business information provider, has agreed a €50 000 contract for licensing Aetopia's MediaCore technology.… Continue

Added by Matt Johnston on October 25, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Digital Circle Meets Irish Technology Leadership Group

Following the ITLG events on Wednesday (here) and (here) Matt, Aidan, Andy, Marty and I went to meet Chairman John Hartnett who is also President & Chief Executive Officer at G24 Innovations, Johnny Gilmore - CEO, Sling Media (origi… Continue

Added by Davy Sims on October 24, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Windows 7 expert demos to Digital Circle Windows enthusiasts

A group of Microsoft Windows technology enthusiasts gathered together at Blick Shared Studios on the Malone Road to celebrate the launch of Windows 7 to the general public. An extensive Q&A session from the audience and a live demo of the OS from some of Northern Ireland's best and brightest Windows technology systems integrators who have been using the Beta and Release Candidate versions of Windows 7 for many months. Ian Moran, Managing Director of… Continue

Added by Matt Johnston on October 23, 2009 at 5:48pm — No Comments

Learning Pool named as a Rising Star in Deloitte Technology Fast 50

Learning Pool attributes its growth to innovation and the applicat… Continue

Added by Matt Johnston on October 23, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

G2010 Conference - Digital Circle members invited to watch Live Online

The Government 2010 conference will be live video streamed online (free of charge) on Thursday 22nd October. It'll focus on how Web 2.0 technologies - such as social media, cloud computing and open source technologies - are changing the process of 'doing government'. The event is sponsored by IBM and features an expert line-up of twenty five speakers - including keynote addresses from: • Adam Afriyie MP, Shadow Minister for Inn… Continue

Added by Diarmaid Lynch on October 13, 2009 at 8:47pm — No Comments

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