West Belfast was given a massive economic boost today with the announcement that the UK’s largest privately-owned marketing company is setting up a contact centre creating hundreds of jobs.

Belfast company Andor Technology is investing over £6m (€8.7m) in new premises, equipment and processes to expand its operations at Springvale in West Belfast to enable it to exploit its lead in the electro-optical technology market, it has been announced.

A high-flying, hi-tech company based on the peace line in west Belfast is set to double its workforce, it was announced today.

An insurance company is to employ another 100 staff at its call centre in west Belfast, it announced today.