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| 94 new jobs for Belfast IT firm | 94 new jobs for Belfast IT firm |
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| IT company, Parity Solutions, is to take on 94 new staff in Belfast. | IT company, Parity Solutions, is to take on 94 new staff in Belfast. |
| The NI arm of Parity - set up as a one-man firm 40 years ago - is now part of a multi-million pound operation. | The NI arm of Parity - set up as a one-man firm 40 years ago - is now part of a multi-million pound operation. |
| Last year Parity UK recorded a turnover of £148m. Its current workforce in Belast is 63, but it plans to take on an extra 94 graduates over three years. | Last year Parity UK recorded a turnover of £148m. Its current workforce in Belast is 63, but it plans to take on an extra 94 graduates over three years. |
| They will staff a Microsoft Centre of Excellence. The planned expansion has attracted more than £0.5m in public funding. | They will staff a Microsoft Centre of Excellence. The planned expansion has attracted more than £0.5m in public funding. |
| Enterprise and Acting First Minister Arlene Foster said one of the reasons for the company's success was the availability in Northern Ireland of high calibre IT professionals. | |
| Simon Wayne, the company's managing director, said he was confident that the roles would be filled. | |
| "There are a lot of people with IT skills out there. Our remit is to try and re-skill them with our partners, Microsoft, so that they have the right skills that we need to deliver projects to our clients." | |
| The company delivers a range of recruitment, business and IT solutions to customers across the public and private sector. | |
| It has clients across the UK and Ireland, including BT, the Ministry of Defence and Northern Ireland Electricity. | It has clients across the UK and Ireland, including BT, the Ministry of Defence and Northern Ireland Electricity. |
| Parity's Belfast office is on the Dargan Road. | Parity's Belfast office is on the Dargan Road. |
| In the company's interim results, published in August, the chief executive Alwyn Welch said trading conditions were difficult due to the severity of the recession. | In the company's interim results, published in August, the chief executive Alwyn Welch said trading conditions were difficult due to the severity of the recession. |
| However, he added that performance had been "resilient" in the recruitment side of the business with "an improving situation" in the projects and consulting side. | However, he added that performance had been "resilient" in the recruitment side of the business with "an improving situation" in the projects and consulting side. |