26/04/2010
Planning Service 'To Lose Posts'
Around 300 members of staff at the Northern Ireland Civil Service are to be redeployed within the Department of Environment (DOE).
Some 269 of these jobshave been already been indentified within the Planning Service and, according to a spokesperson for the DOE, the decision to move Planning Service staff was due to an £8m gap in funding blamed on the economic downturn.
The people in the posts are to be redeployed within the Northern Ireland Civil Service "wherever possible".
"Our current estimate is that in total a further 80 posts, outside the Planning Service, are surplus and will be redeployed," the spokesperson added.
The revenue generated by fees from planning applications goes directly into the Planning Service, but the number of applications has decreased dramatically since the downturn in the construction sector.
(BMcC)
Some 269 of these jobshave been already been indentified within the Planning Service and, according to a spokesperson for the DOE, the decision to move Planning Service staff was due to an £8m gap in funding blamed on the economic downturn.
The people in the posts are to be redeployed within the Northern Ireland Civil Service "wherever possible".
"Our current estimate is that in total a further 80 posts, outside the Planning Service, are surplus and will be redeployed," the spokesperson added.
The revenue generated by fees from planning applications goes directly into the Planning Service, but the number of applications has decreased dramatically since the downturn in the construction sector.
(BMcC)
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08 March 2010
Plans Submitted For Dundonald Sainsbury's
National supermarket, Sainsbury's has submitted plans for a 60,000 sq ft store in east Belfast - with some 200 new jobs expected as a result. It is to be located at the disused Rolls Royce Factory on the Upper Newtownards Road in Dundonald, Co Antrim.
Plans Submitted For Dundonald Sainsbury's
National supermarket, Sainsbury's has submitted plans for a 60,000 sq ft store in east Belfast - with some 200 new jobs expected as a result. It is to be located at the disused Rolls Royce Factory on the Upper Newtownards Road in Dundonald, Co Antrim.
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Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A few showers to start the day in the north, a lot of dry and bright weather around with Autumn sunshine, still quite a breezy day with fresh westerly winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.Tonight:A few showers for Antrim coast but otherwise dry with clear spells and winds beginning to ease overnight, feeling quite chilly. Minimum temperature 8 °C.