10/03/2015

Teamwear Ireland To Create Five New Jobs

Belfast-based sportswear provider, Teamwear Ireland, has announced it is creating five new jobs as part of a £300,000 investment supported by Invest Northern Ireland.

Teamwear Ireland plans to recruit two marketing managers and three additional sales and production staff to drive its expansion. The investment will focus on marketing the firm’s own basketball kit brand, Wingfoot, to professional and club teams throughout Great Britain and Europe.

Invest NI has offered £48,000 towards the creation of these new positions as well as Teamwear Ireland's market research and sales development activities.

Co-Director Peter Cooke, said: "We identified basketball and the supply of basketball kits as a growth area for our business and developed our own brand, Wingfoot, to capitalise on the growing popularity of this sport across Europe.

"This investment is aiming at rolling out the Wingfoot brand and raising our profile among the professional Basketball leagues in Spain, Greece and Eastern Europe.

"Invest NI's support is enabling us to accelerate our marketing activities and recruit the staff needed to drive our business growth in this new arena."

(CD)

Related Northern Ireland Business News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

26 November 2001
Minister consults on open-ended investment companies
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment has pledged a commitment from his department to providing a modern financial services regulatory framework in Northern Ireland relevant to the needs of local investment firms and investors.
21 May 2013
Call For Effort To Promote Investment Opportunities In West Belfast
SDLP Councillor Tim Attwood has said there must be a concerted effort to promote investment opportunities in West Belfast. Figures revealed in an Assembly Question asked by SDLP MLA Conall McDevitt demonstrate that West Belfast was given £4.
26 September 2013
Sponsors Announced For The Northern Ireland Investment Conference
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced Danske Bank and British Airways as joint sponsors of the Northern Ireland Investment Conference. Organised by Invest Northern Ireland on behalf of the NI Executive, the conference will be held from 10-11 October at Titanic Belfast.
24 January 2013
OSD Ensure Success In Global Market
Employees at a Londonderry data research and tele-marketing centre, which has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland, have helped to ensure the success of a big Asian investment conference.
26 August 2011
Countryside Gets Wastewater Boost
Rural villages across Northern Ireland will benefit from a £4.3m extension to NI Water's Rural Wastewater Investment Programme. Announced this week, this further investment in environmental improvements is the latest of four years of development in its Rural Wastewater Investment Programme.