Image copyright Mikaela Gauer Image caption Grace and her company have clients around the world The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to US hypnotist Grace Smith. Grace Smith says she was able to give up alcohol, but that quitting smoking seemed impossible. Back in 2011, the then 25-year-old… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images A US insurance company is planning to expand its newly established operations in Northern Ireland. Florida-based Insurance Office of America (IOA) has set up a technical development centre in Belfast. The firm plans to hire 40 people by 2022 with jobs from entry level to “high end” engineering, software development and data science roles. Invest Northern… Read more →
Image copyright Blk & Bold Image caption Friends Pernell Cezar (left) and Rod Johnson set up the business in 2018 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Pernell Cezar and Rod Johnson, founders of US coffee and tea company Blk & Bold Speciality Beverages. Pernell Cezar jokes that… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images A New York-based technology business has announced 50 new jobs in Belfast. Qarik provides cloud-based data management and analysis software development services. Invest Northern Ireland has offered £325,000 in support. The roles range from graduate to senior level and include software engineers. Economy Minister Diane Dodds met the company’s founders during a visit to the US… Read more →
Image copyright Rob Northway Image caption Jules Miller started to research dietary supplements with her grandfather The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Jules Miller, founder of dietary supplements firm The Nue Co. Jules Miller says she became so ill that she had internal bleeding. “I was exhausted,… Read more →
Image copyright Reuters The Thomas Cook travel brand is close to being re-launched following the company’s spectacular collapse last year that cost thousands of jobs. However, the new firm will be online-only without the aircraft, hotels and shops of the old business. The brand’s owner, China’s Fosun, wants to revive Britain’s oldest travel firm within weeks to capture the start… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Couples that had splashed out on dream wedding venues were struggling to get refunds Hundreds of brides and grooms whose weddings were cancelled by the Covid lockdown are to get bigger refunds, after the competition watchdog acted. Couples due to be married at venues owned by the Bijou Weddings group had complained to the… Read more →
Image copyright Getty Images A US-headquartered technology and investment firm is to establish a centre of excellence in Belfast with a plan to create 160 new jobs. Invest Northern Ireland has offered more than £1m of support for PEAK6, which aims to have the roles in place over the next four years. The company has already started to recruit software… Read more →
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Loomis services cash machines and supermarkets A union has warned the UK’s cash system is facing a “death spiral” with a cash transit company planning to shed a fifth of its national workforce. The GMB said the Nottingham-based UK arm of Loomis was planning to cut 312 jobs across 19 centres around the country.… Read more →
Image copyright Tata Harper Image caption Tata Harper launched her eponymous skincare brand in 2010 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Tata Harper, owner of the popular US skincare company of the same name. Tata Harper’s mission to create a natural skincare range began when her stepfather… Read more →