Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Neale Richmond, has announced that entitlement to paid sick leave will increase from 3 to 5 days on 1 January 2024. This is in line with the government commitment to gradually increase the entitlement until 2026, when it will reach 10 days. Minister Richmond said, “we do […]
DCC Energy has acquired Progas, a German nationwide business founded in 1949, to grow its zero-carbon energy management business. It would mark DCC’s biggest ever acquisition in Germany for around £140m. Once combined with TEGA, their existing business, the company starts with over 100,000 customers. DCC Energy intend to make ‘Cleaner Energy in your Power’ […]
Implementing one of the key deliverables from the first Action Plan from the updated Ireland for Finance strategy, Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, is leading a joint Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland Trade Mission to Singapore. As part of the Trade Mission, Minister Carroll MacNeill […]
Allied Irish Bank Group (AIB) has confirmed it is joining the €500 million Growth and Sustainability Scheme as a lender. The scheme will provide eligible SMEs, including farmers, fishers, and Small Mid-Caps with competitively priced loans of between €25,000 and €3 million for terms of up to ten years, with loans of up to €500,000 […]
Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Neale Richmond, paid a visit to the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) in Westmeath, where he met with council officials and members of the LEO team as well as some of their client companies. The Minister was greeted at the council chambers by Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Liam McDaniel of […]
Qualcomm Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has announced a $127m expansion of its R&D facility in Cork City. The investment is expected to create more than 150 highly skilled engineering roles over the next four years. This project, which is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland, seeks to create and […]
Clio, the world’s leading provider of cloud-based legal practice management software, proudly celebrated its 10th anniversary of operations in Dublin, Ireland. This milestone underscores Clio’s commitment to transform the legal experience for all, and marks a decade of incredible growth, innovation, and partnerships across Europe. Clio originally planted its
IDA Ireland unveiled a new corporate brand that reflects the organisation’s steadfast commitment to its partnerships with multinational clients and national stakeholders. The new brand also represents Ireland’s transformation to a proven location enabling high value manufacturing, research, innovation and global business services. This is the first rebrand undertaken by
Minister for Trade Promotion Dara Calleary TD is leading a joint Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland four-day Trade Mission to Vancouver and Toronto, to boost trade relationships and promote world class Irish companies to the Canadian market. 21 Enterprise Ireland clients representing counties Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Monaghan, Tipperary, Wicklow,
Zodia Markets, the Standard Chartered backed digital asset exchange and brokerage platform, announces that it has received its registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). This follows on from the firm receiving cryptoasset registration from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in July 2022 and its In-Principle […]
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney TD, officially opened a new €4.75 million international headquarters for NETGEAR, the leading provider of award-winning connected products designed to simplify and improve people’s lives, in the award-winning Penrose Dock development within Cork City’s Victorian Quarter. Headquartered in San Jose,
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and the School of Media at Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) are delighted to be collaborating on the development of a new Level 8 programme for screen professionals to gain accredited recognition for their skills learned on-the-job. They would now like to take the opportunity to invite guild members and the wider […]
Green consultancy firm, VisionGreen, is planning an expansion of its business, with plans to add a range of new roles over the next two years. When the new positions are announced, they will be in the areas of energy management, carbon management, and software development in the company, as it looks to scale up operations, […]
HID, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Logistics Centre in Shannon, Ireland. The new facility is HID’s second largest Logistics Centre, supporting 55 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The occasion was marked with an official ribbon-cutting and a visit from local […]
Ctrl Alt, a fintech start-up based in London and Dundalk, has secured €2.5 million in funding with Enterprise Ireland and MiddleGame Ventures among the backers. Founded in 2020 by Matt Ong, who had formerly held senior roles at both Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, Ctrl Alt is a business-to-business provider for alternative assets. It assists […]
‘Empowering Business Together’ was the theme of the LEO Midwest conference for female entrepreneurs who took part in Ireland’s National Women’s Enterprise Day in Limerick City. 140 women from the Region spent the day networking and learning from leading industry experts while tapping into the extensive supports available from their Local Enterprise Office
Thermo Fisher Scientific officially opened an expanded laboratory at its Cork campus, effectively doubling its capacity that customers can access to develop medicines for cancer, lupus, diabetes, and psoriasis, among other illnesses. The expanded Scale-Up Laboratory is the latest aspect of expansion at the company’s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) facility since
Erapid Charger Company Limited (Erapid) has announced an investment of €30 million by Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc. This investment will lead to the direct creation of 60 Irish jobs. Erapid trades in Ireland as EasyGo, Ireland’s largest private car charging network provider, and CarCharger EV Limited. The phased investment, […]
IMS Marketing, an Irish B2B marketing services agency, has been acquired by North Carolina-headquartered advertising company Locomotive. The deal means IMS Marketing, which is based in Oranmore, Co Galway, will combine its resources with the US company as it expands its reach into Europe. IMS Marketing will retain its name, but it will be known […]
Irish company Version 1 have announced plans for expansion and a new technology hub in Birmingham city centre, creating 500 new jobs and placing it closer to their growing West Midlands client base. The company already have a significant presence in the area and this move is in response to increased demand for our services. The […]