Northern Ireland is a well established location for global business services, offering expertise within a range of functions including customer services, technical support, HRO, FAO and legal services. The business services sector employs around 13,000 people with recent investments from Herbert Smith, Allen & Overy and Rigney Dolphin highlighting the region’s strong proposition for international firms looking for a mix of high quality labour in a low risk, cost-effective location.
World-class education
International investors are attracted to the region primarily because of its pool of well-educated people who have a professional attitude and strong work ethic. Universities and Further Education colleges are responsive to business, creating over 4,000 graduates annually with skills, competency and acumen in business relevant areas: computer science, finance, accounting, human resources, economics, law mathematics, business management and languages.
Skilled workforce
The availability of skilled people in the region is complemented by competitive costs, favourable macro-environment, sophisticated infrastructure and an existing cluster of businesses. Northern Ireland has an excellent track record, demonstrated by the continued reinvestment by companies including Caterpillar, Citi, Firstsource, HCL and Teleperformance.
Skills analysis
Find out how Northern Ireland's skills match up to your requirements. Using our location skills analysis tool, 2010 Oxford Intelligence Location Skills Audit©, we will give you a snapshot of what Northern Ireland has to offer your company. For a free skills assessment, you can contact us at one of our worldwide offices or fill in this short form and we'll come back to you with an in-depth analysis.
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