03/08/2015

Decora Blind Systems To Create 80 New Jobs

Decora Blind Systems based in Lisburn has announced it is to create 80 new jobs over the next two years.

The family-owned blind manufacturing business is benefiting from an Invest Northern Ireland employment grant of £240,000 towards the new jobs. Recruitment is underway and 43 of the roles are already in place.

Stuart Dickson, Managing Director of Decora Blinds Systems, said: "Decora's business growth over the past five years has been consistent. Our continued goal is to ensure employee, customer and supplier relationships are harnessed to their full potential. This makes sure that we continue to have the passion, creativity and imagination to continue to produce blind solutions that deliver and communicate value to our customers. We use this dedicated work ethic along with state of the art processes and systems for endless product possibilities. We are striving to create new opportunities for continued growth across our workforce to support the corporate strategy."



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