Almost 700 new jobs are to be created in the North following the announcement of the expansion of a computer software manufacturing company.
Northbrook Technology is creating 260 new jobs at its centre in Derry and Strabane, where a new factory is to be built. The company says that in the next three years employment at its Belfast site will increase by more than 400.
Invest Northern Ireland has contributed £5.5m of financial assistance to the Northbrook project and it is expected that the new jobs will provide over £15m in salaries in the North's economy by 2006.