Congratulations to
@ColeraineFC
midfielder Ben Doherty, who was named the NI Football Writers' Association Player of the Month for October.
Not only is he a stand-out player in the
#DanskeBankPrem
, Ben is an analyst at Danske Bank, based in our Shipquay place building ๐คฉ๐๐
๐ | Congratulations to Coleraine midfielder Ben Doherty who has been named as the NI Football Writers' Association Player of the Month for October.
Doherty was on the scoresheet eight times last month as the Bannsiders won six games in a row.
Well done, Ben!
#COTB
Tomorrow is the big
#DanskeSchoolsFinals
day!!! ๐๐
Wishing all the finalists the very best of luck - we canโt wait to see the outcomes.
What a fantastic achievement for all the players to have come this far ๐๐ผ
Follow the action on Twitter from 12 and BBC Two NI from 1pm
So pleased to hear that our colleague, personal banker Melissa Shearer, has been named on the Queenโs Birthday 2020 Honoursโ List for: โservices to the financial sector and the community in NI during COVID-19โ
#QueensBirthdayHonours
Great to see The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge back at
@extern1978
, after a visit last year to the Roscor Youth Village in Co. Fermanagh.
We're so proud to have Extern as our charity partner, supporting their work with young people in NI.
@KensingtonRoyal
#ExternChangesLives
A warm welcome to Their Royal Highnesses to Externโs family respite centre, Savannah House where they'll learn more about our work to empower young people and support them in developing important life skills.
#RoyalVisitIreland
#ExternChangesLives
Before the Easter break* we want to say a big thank you to our colleagues ๐๐
Across the bank we're working in new teams, new roles, new offices at home (or distanced ones), with new colleagues!๐ถ๐ถ๐ฑ
We are still here, and we're committed to working hard to help you. 1/2
Hair today, gone tomorrow...๐จโ๐ฆฒ
Our Head of Private Banking Graham, braved the shave and raised ยฃ1,500 for Action Mental Health! It's one of many activities happening across our business this week to raise awareness for
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
๐
@amhNI
Weโve definitely got that Friday feeling, after winning the
@wibni
award last night for best company in NI when it comes to โAdvancing Diversity in the Workplaceโ ๐
Congrats to all the well deserved winners.
We're delighted to extended our partnership with
@OfficialNIFL
for another three years ๐คฉโฝ๏ธ
We're proud to be at the heart of local football, and to put our name to the Danske Bank Premiership and Danske Bank Women's Premiership.
Read more:
Tonight we had the pleasure of launching the 2018/19 Danske Bank Premiership at the National Stadium.
Weโve no doubt it will be another exciting season for local football!
#DanskeBankPrem
#MakingMorePossible
๐Well done to our first-ever Danske Bank Premiership Superfans๐
Tonight we had the privilege of recognising a special group of Superfans, who through their support and loyalty help make the Danske Bank Premiership such a success each season.
Thank you to you all!
We're delighted to announce that we are opening a Customer Protection Centre in Derry-Londonderry.
The Centre will create 67 new jobs in the North West, and generate nearly ยฃ1.5m annually for the local economy.
#Jobs
Get the full story:
This is our colleague Corrine. She is part of a new 'Check in and Chat' team, which is proactively phoning our more vulnerable customers during the coronavirus crisis ๐
The main reasons for the calls are to see if the customer has all the essentials they need and to 1/3
It's been an exciting morning as we re-opened our new Donegall Square West branch in Belfast City Centre.
We love it, and think you will too!
#Makingmorepossible
It's been an exciting few weeks here at Danske - we've been shortlisted for nine prestigious awards!!
What an honour to be recognised and nominated alongside other fantastic NI businesses. Look out awards season ๐คฉ๐
The Danske Bank Premiership is back! โฝ๐
Very excited to have launched this season in our headquarters in Belfast this evening, and we're already so looking forward to the first fixtures next weekend.
Good luck to all the teams!
@OfficialNIFL
#DanskeBankPrem
A special thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the reopening of our flagship branch at Donegall Square West Belfast this evening. Weโre proud to be part of this great city.
We've teamed up with
@UlsterUni
to launch Danske Futures, a three-year higher-level apprenticeship programme for school leavers.
Those successful will take up a role with us, while studying part-time for a fully funded BSc Hons degree ๐
Get all the info
We've supported our customer
@Lunnsjewellers
in becoming one of the first local companies to receive support through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
To date, we've granted 49 loans through the scheme, totalling around ยฃ13m.
Congratulations to our Corporate Banking team who won Bank-funded Deal of the Year at last nightโs Insider Dealmakers Awards for their support for
@DevenishNutri
#NIDeals
๐
How we do business is as important as the business we do. Thatโs why we set out to achieve the
@bitcni
CORE Standard for Responsible Business. Tonight, our Chief Executive collected our CORE certificate and we are thrilled to have achieved Silver level
#MakingMorePossible
We're over the moon to have achieved Gold in CORE and to have won four awards at last night's
#BITCNIAwards
- including Responsible Company of the Year!
We couldn't do it without the amazing support from all our wonderful colleagues and many partners we work with. Thank you all.
Congratulations to
@LinfieldLadies
who are the Danske Womenโs Premiership champions 2019 ๐๐โฝ๏ธ๐ช
And what a season of football itโs been. Well done to all the 2019
#DanskeWomensPrem
teams, clubs, coaches, managers, players, supporter who make the league so special ๐
We're so thrilled to have won the
@CIPD_NI
HR/L&D Team of the Year, and to have our HR Director Caroline van der Feltz win the Excellence in HR Leadership award ๐ฅณ๐
Congratulations to all of the fantastic winners during today's
#CIPDNIAwards
Weโre cancelling the interest charged on our existing personal overdrafts for the next three months, until the end of June 2020.
The change will be applied automatically, so you donโt need to take any action.
Read moreโก๏ธ
๐ As part of our support of
@ulsterschools
we have invested ยฃ40,000 to buy new kit, footballs and sliotars for schools participating in the competitions right across Ulster.
@OLOLBallymoney
was one school that benefited from some extra funding to help develop sports ๐ช
We opened the doors of the Catalyst Belfast Fintech Hub just three weeks ago. On Friday we were delighted to welcome the
@TheDukeOfYork
to Donegall Square West to meet members, local startups and the team, and to officially open this exciting new space in the heart of Belfast.
Our Belfast head office and our Newry and Shipquay Place branches will light up purple later tonight to show our support for World Mental Health Day 2019 and
@amhNI
๐
If you're struggling with your finances, please don't suffer in silence - reach out and speak to us.
#WMHD2019
๐ฉ Hats off to the four winners of our Danske Tech Stars
@wibni
competition!
Weโre looking forward to working with the local entrepreneurs in the Catalyst Belfast Fintech Hub. ๐ฉโ๐ป
We want to make everyday banking accessible for everyone and have become the first JAM Card Friendly bank in Northern Ireland. JAM Cards provide people with communication barriers a discreet, non-verbal way of asking for a Just A Minute when they need it.
#NewProfilePic
Weโre getting ready to go purple for
#WorldMentalHealthDay2019
tomorrow.
If you ever feel like youโre overwhelmed or struggling with your finances, and that itโs affecting your mental health, please donโt suffer in silence. Reach out and talk to us.
@amhNI
๐ฅณ We are so thrilled for our very own Donna Feehan, who has won the Individual Diversity Champion at this year's
@legalisland
awards.
Donna has driven equality, diversity and inclusion through the Danske Rainbow Network, and shared her experiences with so many.
Belfast Pride 2018 is here! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
We're so excited to support and take part in this yearโs event with over 100 staff and family from all across the bank walking in the parade.
Enjoy and weโll see you on Saturday!
#BelfastPride
#DanskeBankPride
#bproud2018
๐
A huge congrats to our colleague Oran who took on 2 challenges over January. He ran 5k every day and completed dry January!
He stuck to both and raised an incredible ยฃ6,500 for
@AwareNI
๐๐๐
Well done Oran for the amazing fund and awareness raising for mental health in NI.
Weโre excited to partnering with
@techstartni
on the Open Banking Challenge. Together weโre looking for great ideas for this new era of banking - in return weโre offering a package of support that includes ยฃ60k in grant funding
#danskebankdigital
Happy
#IWD2018
all!
Our Women in Banking network met this evening to hear from
@sharkes
all about building brilliant personal brands. Inspirational employees also shared their journeys and evolution of their personal brands throughout their careers.
#inspired
#Belfasthour
Happy
#ChristmasJumperDay2018
!
Thereโs a serious range of jumpers, vests, T-shirtโs and cardigans on display today at Danske for
@amhNI
๐๐๐งถ
๐ Monday, Kingspan 3pm. The
@DBSchoolsCup
final!
Last year's winners
@CampbellCollege
take on
@MethodyBelfast
, historically the most successful side in the competition.
Captains Rex Tinsely & Kevin McNaboe are ready to lead their teams to victory, but who will lift the cup? ๐
Respect, discipline, passion...
๐ Are you ready for the 2018/19 Danske Bank Ulster Schools' Cup? ๐
๐ฅ Take a look at what Schools' Cup rugby means to this season's players.
@UlsterRugby
@DBSchoolsCup
Yesterday we announced that we're the first bank in Northern Ireland to become JAM Card Friendly and today you can hear more about the JAM Card from the
@NOW_Group
and our Head of Branch Banking
@PressAisling
.
For more info on getting a JAM Card visit
We have announced that our CEO, Kevin Kingston has decided to retire later this year. Current Deputy CEO, Vicky Davies will then take up the position, subject to regulatory approval.
Vicky will be the first female chief executive in our 200-year history.
It was a photo finish - but congratulations to the Risk Management team, our 2018 Dragon Boat winners! ๐๐ฅ
Massive thank you to all of our colleagues out on the Lagan today and those who fundraise for our charity partner
@amhNI
throughout the year๐๐ผ
#DanskeDragons
๐ฅณ We're celebrating this morning after picking up the Best Learning and Development Initiative and Best Diversity and Inclusion Initiative at last night's
@CIPD_NI
Awards!
Congratulations to all the worthy winners ๐
#CIPDNIAwards
A big thank you to all of our brilliant colleagues across the bank, who're helping to support Extern and its service users - with hamper collections, headshaves, TikToks and everything in between! ๐
@extern1978
#ExternCares
For the fourth year in a row, we've been named number one in the
@BelTel
Top 100 companies list.
Hear below from our CEO Kevin Kingston about the achievement.
#Top100
#NorthernIreland
Another fantastic day for our local schools! Congratulations to Danske Bank MacLarnon Cup holders
@HTCGAA
and Danske Bank MacRory cup holders
@StRonans1
on their All-Ireland wins today!
Today we've announced plans to open Catalyst Belfast Fintech, a unique co-working space for fintech start-ups, run in partnership with
@CatalystIncHQ
.
It will be dedicated to early stage technology companies operating in the finance space
#fintech
Weโve provided a loan through the CBILS to Crumlin Road Gaol, Exploris Aquarium and Pickie Park.
The owners are calling on local people to support NI tourism businesses when they are allowed to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.
Read more:
๐ What a night on Friday, celebrating our Danske Bank Ulster Schools Gaa All Stars ๐
๐ฝ๏ธ A night not to be missed in the school GAA calendar - here's some of the best bits.
#DanskeAllStars
This week our CEO Kevin Kingston headed to Moira to visit Almost Home Animal Rescue and see first-hand where this year's Christmas Charity Gift is going ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ท๐ Check it out ๐
Thanks again to everyone who took part ๐๐
Read the full story ๐
We're delighted to support
@frenchvillage
with an ยฃ850k expansion. It will not only further develop the catering side of the business, but will create 10 jobs and enable 4 apprenticeship positions ๐๐๐ฐ
Get the full story:
We donated our outdoor advertising space to support
@extern1978
and raise awareness for its Coronavirus Hardship Appeal.
It's one of the measures, alongside hampers and fundraising, that we're supporting the charity with during the pandemic.
Read more:
We're feeling bittersweet as our partnership with
@amhNI
ends. The past 3 years have been brilliant.
Thanks to the brilliant pupils from
@cairnshillps
who shared with us how Healthy Me helps them๐
Keep an eye over the coming weeks for our new charity partner announcement!
Our Head of Business Sector Engagement
@RMcC239
spoke to
@insiderireland
about how businesses can access support from their banks during the coronavirus crisis. He talks practically about Danske support and shares some details of the CBILS.
Read it all:
A special thanks to Dame Mary Peters and Mayor of Lisburn and Castlereagh, Cllr Tim Morrow, who joined us this evening for the official opening of our newly refurbished branch in Lisburn.
We're so excited to announce the launch of new online platform
It's designed to help support the growing number of startup businesses in NI connect with investors, peers and potential new recruits across Europe. Check it out!
Congratulations to our
@KCbelfast
branch Manager Annette Huston, who won the Dementia Friends Champion of the Year at the
#DFAwards19
๐
She was one of our first
#DementiaFriends
and has trained Danske colleagues, as well as introducing the training to the wider
@KCbelfast
team.
Last week we spoke at an
@AlzSocNI
event highlighting that dementia is everybody's business.
We have 170 trained Dementia Friends across our branches, contact centre and support teams.
Our
@KCbelfast
Manager Annette has been nominated in this yearโs Dementia Friendly Awards.
Last week we opened our refurbished Donegall Square West branch with a new look, a new layout and improved services.
We also welcomed Mandy Mooney, Belfast City Manager and John Mulhern, Branch Manager to our multi-skilled branch team.
Check it out:
Our Managing Director of Personal Banking and Small Business, Richard Caldwell was delighted to host our first Women of Influence lunch of 2018 yesterday.
#MakingMorePossible
It has been a very special year for
@ulsterschools
and last night we had the opportunity to celebrate and recognise the incredible achievements of our 2018 Danske Bank All Stars. Well done to you all!
You can watch some of our highlights here:
We're delighted to be the first bank to achieve Silver level in
@bitcni
's CORE Standard for Responsible Business. You can find out more about some of our responsible business impacts here:
The countdown is officially on.
๐Danske Schools finals
๐ Monday 18 March
๐๐Armagh Athletic Grounds, first game 11.15am
โฝ๏ธ๐Seaview, 12.30pm
๐๐Kingspan, 3.00pm
#DanskeSchoolsCup
Are you a mortgage broker? ๐ก
Weโre excited to introduce our newly created Business Development Team who are dedicated to the NI intermediary market: Austin, Nicola, Ryan & Gillian.
The team are locally based across NI and would be delighted to hear from you!
UK Finance has announced the UK contactless limit will be raised to ยฃ45 from 1st April๐ณ
The change will take some time to be introduced across all retailers.
Remember, in some stores there's no limit on using your device to pay๐ฑ
And the Danske Bank
@ulsterschools
MacRory Cup 2019 winners are St Michaelโs Enniskillen! ๐๐๐
Itโs the eighth time the school has clinched the title, the last time in 2012.
Congratulations!
#DanskeSchoolsCup
Today is
#NationalComingOutDay
and we celebrated with a very special breakfast event with our colleagues, hosted by our Rainbow Network๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Four colleagues shared their unique coming out stories, both their own and their family membersโ, to an audience of over 60 Danske staff.
What a day for sport in Northern Ireland! Well done to the players and coaches, to the Principals and parents and to all those who dedicate their time to making the competitions a success every year.
#DanskeSchoolsFinals
#MakingMorePossible
We're so excited to announce that
@AwareNI
is our new charity partner!
We canโt wait to work with them on raising awareness, supporting customers and colleagues and fundraising for their amazing Mind Matters mental health programme for young people in NI.
On top of existing CBILS business lending, we have been accredited to provide the larger Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) for corporate customers (turnover more than ยฃ45m).
More information can be found here:
The 7 Danske Bank Womenโs Premiership clubs come together to support
#InternationalWomansDay
๐โฝ๏ธ
Weโre proud sponsors, and alongside organisers
@OfficialNIFL
we want YOU to get out and support your local team this season!
Fixtures out next week ๐ช
#IWD2019
#DanskeWomensPrem