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Catalyst appoints new entrepreneurship director
EXPERIENCED product designer and entrepreneur Fiona Bennington has been appointed as Catalyst’s new director of entrepreneurship.
Catalyst launches new five-year strategy with focus on inclusive innovation
ENTREPRENEUR support firm Catalyst will back 1,000 individuals from under-represented groups and help 10 scale-ups break into the US.
Key NI business figures named in New Year honours list
THE fire-fighter who's been effectively fire-fighting on behalf of the north's 70,000-plus hospitality workers over the last 20 months of Covid has received an MBE in the New Year Honours list.
Catalyst chair Milliken steps down after seven years
DICK Milliken is stepping down as chair of innovation body Catalyst after seven years leading its board, and will be replaced by former banker Ellvena Graham.
Tech sector pioneer Murphy wins prestigious innovator award
IRISH tech entrepreneur Denis Murphy has been named as Catalyst’s Innovation Founder for 2019 by a panel of the north’s most successful entrepreneurs.
Knowledge economy's target of 80,000 jobs and £3bn GVA 'might not be met'
THE north's knowledge economy is continuing to grow, though only at a modest rate, a new report shows.
Impact of automation on 500,000 jobs tackled at Belfast summit
THERE'S no reason why Northern Ireland cannot be a significant economic global player - but the question to be asked is not how many jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence and robotics, but how the region can get ahead of the rest of the world by changing work to get the best out of its people and automation? That will be the key message from two of the world’s leading experts in automation to an audience of 250 business leaders, policy-makers and educationalists at the Catalyst Inc Future of Work Solutions Summit in the Belfast Waterfront today.
'Robots are coming for 423,000 of our jobs' says knowledge economy report
MORE than 420,000 jobs are at risk of automation in Northern Ireland in the next 10 years, a hard-hitting new report is predicting.
Cancer treatment start-up Phion Therapeutics takes top invention award
A NEW drug delivery technology spin-out from Queen’s University, lauded for its revolutionary work in the treatment of cancer, has been declared the north's top inventor.
High-worth knowledge sector grows and it's Brexit-proof
THE knowledge economy in Northern Ireland is growing at the second fastest rate of any region in the UK and currently makes up nearly a third of all exports from the region, a new report says.