The Local Enterprise Office in Fingal has predicted that 75 new jobs will be created by award-winning small businesses in the region. [Read more…]
UCD Spin-Out Shortlisted
July 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
OxyMem, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out, is one of just nine companies established by academic entrepreneurs, to be shortlisted for the sixth annual Academic Enterprise Awards. [Read more…]
Sheehan for CPA Council
December 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) has announced the formal election of Jimmy Sheehan, of Sheehan and Associates, Lucan to Council. The announcement was made at the Annual CPA Ireland Conferring Ceremony which took place recently in Dublin. [Read more…]
Bill Must Not Increase Cost of Business
December 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Chambers Ireland has today called on Government to ensure that the cost of doing business does not rise as a result of the Local Government Bill 2013. The call comes in advance of a meeting of the select Sub-committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government. [Read more…]
Enbio Signs €500000 Contract
December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Enbio – Surface Technology
Enbio, the Irish surface technology company, today announced that it has secured a €500,000 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).
The contract will enable Enbio to optimise a proprietary surface treatment for use as a ‘sunscreen’ to better protect satellites as they travel in space. The contract will also enable Enbio to establish its first manufacturing facility at its headquarters at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs, at University College Dublin. [Read more…]
Hugh O’Regan dies
December 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Thomas Read Group
Businessman Hugh O’Regan, the hotelier and publican who established The Thomas Read Group, died unexpectedly.
The group owned a large number of Dublin’s most profile pubs, including The Bailey, Pravda, Searson’s and Ron Black’s, as well as the Morrison Hotel. O’Regan started the chain when he bought is first pub in Dublin in 1988, before building it up into Ireland’s biggest pub chain. [Read more…]
Programme unites business ideas
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
National Digital Research Centre
People with clever digital business start-up ideas and people interested in getting involved in developing these start-ups have a golden opportunity to do just that through NDRC’s unique Swequity Exchange programme [Read more…]
SAP Holds Start-UP Focus Forum
September 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
SAP AppHaus
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) hosted its first Start-Up Focus Forum in Ireland at its newly established AppHaus in the Citywest Business Campus, Dublin. As part of SAP’s strategic efforts to work and engage with start-up companies in major innovation hubs around the world, the Forum will enable SAP to share its innovative technologies with start-ups from across the UK and Ireland, with the intent of identifying and cultivating groundbreaking products that can deliver high quality solutions to real-world problems using SAP HANA. [Read more…]
United Drug considers Irish delisting
August 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
United Drug considers de-listing
The Irish Stock Exchange notes United Drug’s announcement that its Board is reviewing the company’s listing arrangements to allow for potential inclusion in the FTSE UK Index Series. [Read more…]
Ireland StartUp Awards 2012
June 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ireland StartUp Awards 2012
Three Wicklow businesses shortlisted in the National Start-up Awards (Burlington Hotel) have won gold in their respective categories; Rainbusters received gold for ‘Best Retail’ Start-up and silver for ‘Best Online’ Start-up; MyStreet.ie received gold for ‘Best Social Enterprise’ Start-up and Old Rectory received gold for ‘Best Craft Based’ Start-up. [Read more…]
