INDEPENDENT Ireland-based accountancy practice PKF-FPM made history on Thursday night when it was named as the inaugural winner of the overall Employer of the Year honour at the 13th Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards in Titanic Belfast.

A RECORD-breaking 192 companies and organisations wanted one .

EARLIER this week, financial services group FinTrU launched its third Assured Skills Academy in Derry, where it is offering 20 training places for graduates.

AS a business advisory firm, KPMG’s people sit at the heart of everything it does, so it is fitting the company is a business partner to the Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards, 2019.

A SIX-strong panel has sat in judgment over the record number of entries in this year's Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards and unearthed an impressive clutch of finalists and winners.

AN industry leader which values staff as its key asset, Titanic Belfast is again proud to hosting the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards which celebrate success and recognise excellence.

DIVERSITY and inclusion should be a board level issue for Northern Ireland companies, not just something that is paid lip service in HR handbooks, according to the head of employment at leading Belfast law firm Carson McDowell.

THE Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards are all about celebrating success and recognising excellence - and that is why Queen’s University says it is is proud to be a returning sponsor for 2019.

THE Ulster Orchestra is delighted to be the new ‘wellbeing’ partner for the 2019 Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards - in the year the award-winning ensemble celebrates its 53rd season.

FOR the second year running the Public Health Agency (PHA) is a key business partner in the Workplace Wellbeing category in the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards.

COMPANIES and organisations intending to submit an entry to this year's Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards by the May 3 deadline have taken part in a special 'How to Write a Winning Entry' workshop hosted at KPMG's Belfast headquarters.

MILLER Hospitality, which works closely with clients throughout Ireland across a range of sectors, is among the new business partners for this year’s Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards.

THE ethos within Progressive Building Society is to encourage a working environment which brings out the best in people, making it a natural fit for the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards.

HENDERSON Group, which is returning this year as one of the business partners in the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards, positively exemplifies this year’s theme of Talent Equals Success.

IS your business, school or organisation intending to be among the hundred-plus who'll be entering the 13th running of the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards? Do you need some guidance on how to complete an entry that will wow the judging panel (which will again by chaired by NI Chamber of Commerce immediate past president Ellvena Graham)? In an innovative addition to this year's initiative, the Irish News has introduced a free 'Writing a Winning Application' workshop, which takes place on Wednesday March 27 (8am-9am) at the Belfast headquarters of KPMG in the Soloist Building, Lanyon Place.

THE 13th running of the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards, which is now up and running for entries, will continue with its unashamed focus of recognising and rewarding talent, with its 2019 strapline being TALENT EQUALS SUCCESS.

Professional services/legal firm Baker McKenzie was a double winner at last night’s Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards in Titanic Belfast. 

THE plush banqueting suite at Titanic Belfast has reverberated to the sound of glammed-up guests tucking into sumptuous fayre at hundreds of black-tie dinners since it first opened its doors seven years ago.

IT'S set to be a right battle royale on a Titanic stage - two Tims vying to win the hearts and minds of the sell-out Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards audience .

IT'S been another stellar and quite spectacular year for the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards, which has shattered all previous records for entry numbers and quality of applications.