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Question: I’ve been reading the press reports about Royal Mail’s plans to recruit 30,000 temps to deal with a backlog of mail caused by striking employees. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) claims this is illegal. My organisation may be facing its own strike soon and we had planned to ‘plug the gap’ with agency temps. So what is the position?
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Chris Galway
Company:University of Ulster Sports Academy
Position: Coach Education officer
Role: Chris will play a key role in the |development of coach education services within the university and with partners throughout the UK and Ireland
Track record: Chris obtained a BA Hons in Sport and Leisure Studies in 1998 and a MSc in Sport, Exercise and Leisure in 1999. Chris joins the Ulster Sports Academy after five years as the University of Ulster’s Rugby Development officer where he was heavily involved in the delivery of the IRFU's Coach Education Programme. Chris previously spent three years as the Youth Development and Commercial manager at Larne RFC
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Andrews thrive as competitors fall by wayside
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Pockets get hit as the pound heads to parity with the euro
Cross-border shopping is becoming much more expensive for people from Northern Ireland, with the pound's steady fall against the euro.

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IN the current circumstances, any mention of offshore investments is likely to elicit a fairly negative response from potential investors. People are still smarting from the Icelandic debacle, so fear is understandable.
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Company Snapshot: Northstone Ltd
Northstone, formerly known as Farrans, is one of Northern Ireland’s largest building and civil engineering contractors. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of CRH (Cement Roadstone Holdings), registered in Dublin.
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Chris Galway
Company:University of Ulster Sports Academy
Position: Coach Education officer
Role: Chris will play a key role in the |development of coach education services within the university and with partners throughout the UK and Ireland
Track record: Chris obtained a BA Hons in Sport and Leisure Studies in 1998 and a MSc in Sport, Exercise and Leisure in 1999. Chris joins the Ulster Sports Academy after five years as the University of Ulster’s Rugby Development officer where he was heavily involved in the delivery of the IRFU's Coach Education Programme. Chris previously spent three years as the Youth Development and Commercial manager at Larne RFC
Car industry should speed up
It's a Friday night; you have endured a busy week in the office and are looking forward to the weekend, which enables you to do the things your work’s diary doesn’t permit Monday to Friday.

Company Snapshot: Northstone Ltd
Northstone, formerly known as Farrans, is one of Northern Ireland’s largest building and civil engineering contractors. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of CRH (Cement Roadstone Holdings), registered in Dublin.
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