Co Down law firm Fisher & Fisher is celebrating after reaching the momentous milestone of 125 years in business, with a range of celebration events planned across 2023. The firm has offices in Newry, Newcastle, Kilkeel, Rathfriland, Belfast and Donaghadee, and is one of the longest-established businesses still operating under the same brand name in […]
Scale-X, a Local Enterprise Office Donegal Accelerator programme, returns on April 19th 2023, targeted at high potential start-ups and business expansions in the county. This exciting programme is unique to Donegal and is built by investors for entrepreneurs. Applications are now open for entrepreneurs or businesses located anywhere in the world, who demonstrate a
Council Journal would like to present the third episode of our Women in Business podcast series, featuring Emma Fitzpatrick of Nourishing Therapies. An inspiring story, Emma is a Shiatsu and acupuncture practitioner who began her business in Cork that expanded greatly after a little help from Elon Musk. Emma began her journey into the world of business
Californian headquartered robotics company, Bear Robotics, has announced plans to establish a European hub in Dublin. This hub will create 25 jobs in the next 3 years, including roles in sales, software engineers, finance, and operations. The company’s flagship products, Servi and Servi Plus, are fully autonomous service robots that assists staff by alleviating repetitive
Minister of State at the Department of Finance for Financial Services, Insurance and Credit Unions Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has urged firms in the financial services industry to demonstrate their commitment to delivering gender balance by signing up to Ireland’s Women in Finance Charter. Minister Carroll MacNeill highlighted the importance of the Charter as the […]
Small businesses and budding entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to sample 30+ events aimed at helping them to start or grow their business as part of this year’s Local Enterprise Week in Dublin City. The initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices nationwide, supported by Enterprise Ireland and the local authorities, takes place from the 6th -11th March […]
Students at University College Cork (UCC) are to benefit from the very latest state-of-the-art Electronic Design Automation lab which has been officially opened by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney TD. Electronic Design Automation helps product companies achieve more complex chips used in consumer electronics such as mobile phones, laptops, game
Kildare County Council has launched a range of financial supports for retailers to avail of in 2023. The scheme includes the annual Shop Front Improvement Scheme to financially assist business owners to improve the appearance of their shop fronts or commercial properties. The scheme, which supported over 60 businesses in Kildare last year, aims to […]
Over 1,000 Irish homes will soon be equipped to benefit from free hot water with the installation of EnergyCloud’s smart devices. The pilot initiative, which was announced as part of a collaboration between not-for-profit EnergyCloud, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), will enable families in 1,000 Clúid Housing homes to receive free tanks of hot water […]
Planning permission has been granted for a €45m expansion of biopharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences, at its Cork manufacturing base in Carrigtwohill. The expansion will ensure that the Cork base continues to play a central master distributor role in Gilead’s global supply chain. Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, David Cadogan, said, “this
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, published two surveys on the Irish economy, which demonstrate the strength of Ireland’s economy and record employment levels despite the challenges posed by the pandemic and Brexit. The Annual Employment Survey 2022 finds that jobs in client companies of government agencies, Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and
IDA Ireland announced that Millennium Management, a global alternative investment management firm, has opened a new office at Central Quay in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 with plans to expand their local headcount. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney joined the staff and senior leadership of Millennium to celebrate the official opening of […]
Council Journal would like to present the second episode of our Women in Business podcast series, featuring Lucianne Hare of Nourished in Nature Ireland. Lucianne Hare began her adventure retreat business during the lockdown in the North West of Ireland and hasn’t looked back since. An avid hiker, Lucianne’s business came as second nature to her and her everyday […]
A unique national skills platform — which will be the first of its kind in Ireland — is being developed by a partnership of public and private organisations to help close Ireland’s digital skills gap. The €400,000 collaborative research project is being driven by Learnovate, Ireland’s future of work and learning research hub in Trinity College […]
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, and Enterprise Ireland have launched two new programmes with funding of over €63 million, focused on supporting Irish innovators and research. The programmes are administered by Enterprise Ireland, and co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which aims to
GS Verde Group, the multidiscipline corporate advisory business, has acquired Integral Finance & Technology, to continue its ambitious, acquisitive growth strategy and broaden the business’ footprint in Ireland and the EU. Founded by John Slevin and Sinead Leech in 1997, Dublin-based IFT provides a full suite of finance and accounting solutions to its clients via […]
Council Journal would like to present the first episode of our Women in Business podcast series, featuring Dr Michelle Hone of The Fit Clinic. Dr Hone is a fertility nutritionist and the founder of The Fit Clinic, a team of nutritionists who specialise in female health. The Fit Clinic has worked with thousands of women, […]
Online bank Revolut is to start rolling out credit cards to existing customers in Ireland. The company says the approval process will be immediate for those who are eligible and that the Revolut app will give users the option to set a budget for credit spending. There is no interest for the first three months […]
Irish-based fintech humm, part of ASX-listed Humm Group Limited, has announced a new payments partnership with the country’s largest department store, Arnotts with their homeware offering. Beginning with its furniture division, the partnership will enable Arnotts customers to access humm’s flexible payment products. humm is the market-leading retail credit provider in
TikTok has announced plans to build a secend Irish data centre as part of its plans to expand operations in Europe. The platform said its plans for a new data centre are in addition to a separate centre which it approved to build in Ireland late last year. In a statement published on its website, […]