An Isle of Arran business is encouraging other companies to join them, and North Ayrshire Council, in supporting Living Wage Week by becoming an accredited employer. Living Wage Week, the annual celebration of the Living Wage Movement, runs until Sunday 10 November. The council has proudly been a real Living Wage Employer since 2011 and
The Ayrshire Digital Economy 5G Innovation Regions Showcase takes place on Thursday 14 November at Ayrshire College in Kilmarnock. Funded by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, this new project is being delivered by the three Ayrshire councils: North, South and East, and is supported by partners across education, technology, process manufacturing, aerospace, mobile
Tom Arthur, Minister for Employment and Investment, was the special guest at a major business event in Ayrshire last week. The bold Ayrshire Regional Economic Strategy (RES) was launched in June 2023 and the ‘Making and Keeping the £ in Ayrshire’ event at Ayrshire College, Kilwinning, was a chance to explore the journey since it
The bold plans to bring state-of-the art technology to key strategic sites in Ayrshire have received a welcome and significant boost. This week it was confirmed that Vodafone will be the technology provider for the Digital Process Manufacturing Centre (DPMC), which is part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) 5G project due to open
The employability team at North Ayrshire Council welcomed Tom Arthur, the Minister for Employment and Investment, to Ardrossan as part of Challenge Poverty Week. As part of the council’s week long events – shining a light on services delivered to challenge poverty - Mr Arthur was invited to learn more about the services that continue
Stevenston Community Council has created its own plan for their local area. Local Place Plans provide communities with an opportunity to feed into the planning system with their own ideas and proposals for the development and use of land. These community-led plans will set out the aspirations of people for the place they live in and
A seminar was organised recently by North Ayrshire Business Team for the Garnock Community Campus Business Group on the topic of Mental Health and Wellbeing in the workplace. This is an area of growing concern for businesses and it's becoming increasingly recognised that workplace environments play a significant role in shaping employees' mental health. The
Work on the latest state-of-the art office space in Irvine’s Annickbank Innovation Campus has been completed. The £1.8 million development has delivered a new two-storey office pavilion, providing around 350 square metres of modern, energy-efficient office space. This has been funded by a range of sources including North Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Ventures Trust, Scottish
Employers across North Ayrshire are being encouraged to join a programme that offers grants to businesses which create job opportunities for young people. North Ayrshire Local Employability Partnership (LEP) is made up of a range of partners who use their combined resources to help reduce unemployment and increase employment across North Ayrshire. Local employers are
More than 600 people from across North Ayrshire found out about life-changing work and training opportunities during Employability Week. The week featured a series of events to help showcase services that are available through North Ayrshire Council and various partners, with information about job vacancies, new careers, training and volunteering made available. The Council’s employability
