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| Companies to create 140 new jobs | Companies to create 140 new jobs |
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| A total of 140 new jobs are to be created by two companies in Belfast and Londonderry. | A total of 140 new jobs are to be created by two companies in Belfast and Londonderry. |
| Home furnishings company Dunelm Mill is to create up to 80 jobs when it opens a 38,000 sq foot outlet on the Buncrana Road in Derry. | Home furnishings company Dunelm Mill is to create up to 80 jobs when it opens a 38,000 sq foot outlet on the Buncrana Road in Derry. |
| Meanwhile, telecoms company Magdalene is to create 50 jobs at a development centre in south Belfast. | Meanwhile, telecoms company Magdalene is to create 50 jobs at a development centre in south Belfast. |
| Magdalene, based in St Ives, near Cambridge, already has offices at the Gasworks site off the Ormeau Road. | Magdalene, based in St Ives, near Cambridge, already has offices at the Gasworks site off the Ormeau Road. |
| Magdalene and another telecoms company, Eircom, were recently awarded a £2m contract with NI Water to upgrade and maintain its internal network. | Magdalene and another telecoms company, Eircom, were recently awarded a £2m contract with NI Water to upgrade and maintain its internal network. |
| Eircom announced last week that they were investing another £1.5m in their Belfast operation. | Eircom announced last week that they were investing another £1.5m in their Belfast operation. |
| It plans to double the size of the business over the next three years. | It plans to double the size of the business over the next three years. |
| Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said there was potential for growth in several sectors of the Northern Ireland economy. | |
| "Whilst we recognise we are in a global economic downturn and people are losing their jobs, there are also job opportunities coming on-stream as well," she said. |