Irish technology and manufacturing company EVHACS announced that it has secured a €1m investment following a successful seed round. EVHACS is an Irish Company supported by Enterprise Ireland with a patent-pending technology that uniquely combines electric car charging with heat pumps, air conditioners and refrigeration units. The technology seeks to contribute to lowering
Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Office North and West is delighted to welcome the return of the Southwest’s National Women’s Enterprise Day Regional Event to Cork for 2023. Taking place on Thursday October 19th, at the Dunmore House Hotel in Clonakilty, National Women’s Enterprise Day is Ireland’s largest female enterprise event. Covering the Cork and […]
Ireland’s largest Business Improvement District, Sandyford Business District (SBID) has released its pre-Budget 2024 submission. The submission has called on Government to address inflationary pressures facing enterprises and to invest in sustainable environmental, transport and digital solutions for businesses to ensure Ireland remains a competitive economy on the world
Neale Richmond, Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, has introduced a new quota of General Employment Permits for lineworkers. 100 permits have been approved to help relieve the pressure on the ESB Networks’ overhead line framework contractors. Minister Richmond said, “I am delighted to announce a quota of 100 General Employment Permits for […]
The latest Dublin Economic Monitor (DEM), published by the four Dublin Local Authorities, shows that business and economic activity in the region remains strong, to the benefit of multiple sectors and the Capital’s labour market. The Dublin S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) remained in expansion mode in Q2 2023. A PMI reading of 54.9 […]
Westermo formally opened its new site in Dublin and announced plans for continued growth in Ireland, expanding capacity and adding a range of highly skilled engineering, research, and supply chain positions, along with a broad range of additional support roles. The expansion of Westermo’s R&D and Supply Chain Centres of Excellence in Dublin includes […]
The future of the local government sector is clear — digitally enabled, data-driven and community focused as never before, according to Cormac Deady, Head of Government, KPMG Ireland. The transformation journey unfolding at a local government level is about breaking down traditional government silos and becoming more connected — organisation and community-wide — to put
Minister Simon Coveney launched a new energy support scheme for businesses that were impacted by significant increases in the cost of Kerosene during 2022. The Business Users Support Scheme for Kerosene (BUSSK) will compensate eligible businesses for 50% of the increased cost of Kerosene purchased for heating their business premises during the period from 1 […]
The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, has announced that Public Service Transformation Week 2023 will take place from 23 – 27 October. PSTW provides an opportunity to build on the success of previous national initiatives in supporting innovation and transformation across our Public Service. Formerly Public Service Innovation Week,
Cybersecurity company Integrity360 is set to create 200 jobs over the next three years after investing €8m in its new security operations centre in Dublin. Around 50 of the new jobs will be based in Ireland, adding to around 100 already employed by the company in Ireland and approximately 500 across the wider group. The 16,000 sq […]
Rippling, the workforce management platform, announced it has established an EU HQ in Dublin. This new city centre office will serve as a hub for the company’s global expansion into Europe, with plans to employ 100 people initially. The company is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. Rippling’s software gives HR teams the […]
Dublin headquartered fintech New Payment Innovation (NPI) is creating new jobs to help it realise its expansion strategy. The business is hiring 100 new staff members, with all roles expected to be filled by the end of 2024. NPI has already hired 25 new employees since January of this year and its new Citywest headquarters […]
UrbanVolt, the Solar-as-a-Service market leader, has announced a €26 million investment from leading European specialist growth investor, Verdane. This significant investment means the company has raised over €200 million in debt and equity to date, and it will further power UrbanVolt’s rapid solar energy expansion in the Irish, UK and European markets. UrbanVolt helps
Red Bull has unveiled a new gaming hub at South East Technological University (SETU) in Waterford, Ireland. The Red Bull Gaming Hub is the first of its kind at a third-level institute in the country and is designed to support the development of third-level gamers. The hub aims to help SETU students of all abilities […]
hVIVO, the world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease products using human challenge clinical trials, announces its plans for a new larger facility at the fast-growing life sciences hub in Canary Wharf, London. The expansion, largely funded by hVIVO clients, comes in response to the company’s growing orderbook and increasing demand for its human
Phoenix Equity Partners announced it has invested in Nostra Technologies, a leading managed IT services provider in Ireland. Phoenix is investing alongside Nostra’s founders Kevin O’Loughlin and Barry O’Loughlin to support the company in its rapid organic and inorganic growth journey. This marks Phoenix’s third investment of 2023. Nostra was founded in Dublin by Kevin […]
Over 30 small businesses from across the country will get an opportunity to sell and promote themselves to crowds of almost 300,000 as part of the Local Enterprise Village at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. The initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices was launched by Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Neale Richmond TD […]
Neale Richmond, Minister State for Business, Employment and Retail at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, has signed an Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry. The Order for the new ERO will commence on 4 September 2023 and from that date workers in the sector will have a new minimum rate of pay […]
Labour Force Survey (LFS) results published by the Central Statistics Office show further employment growth in Ireland’s labour market, with 87,400 jobs created in the year to Q2 2023. Employment now stands at 2.63 million, an increase of approximately 3.4 percent over Q2 2022. This is reflective of the success of the government’s focus on […]
Minister of State Business, Employment and Retail, Neale Richmond, was in Longford Local Enterprise Office (LEO) where he met with council officials, members of the LEO team and some of their client companies. The Minister was greeted at the Longford LEO by Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Colm Murray of Longford County Council, Chief Executive, Paddy Mahon, Head […]