Thousands more small Irish companies will now be eligible for government export grants in a move that Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said will fill a crucial gap and help strengthen Ireland’s indigenous SMEs. The government has decided to extend the mandate of the Local Enterprise Offices to target new exporters by providing direct grants to firms […]
KPMG has published its Venture Pulse Q1’22 report, tracking venture capital (VC) investment activity around the world. The figures show that Irish companies raised $401 million in venture capital investment across 25 deals in the first quarter of 2022 – the highest value of investment ever recorded in a first quarter. The strong start to […]
Digitalisation has risen to the top of the agenda for many Irish companies as they look forward to a post-pandemic world. Conor O’Donovan, Enterprise Ireland head of global marketing, corporate communications and digital, says, “it’s fundamentally a competitiveness issue.” “OECD research shows that adoption of digital technologies leads to higher levels of
The number of employees employed by Enterprise Ireland (EI) backed firms rose by 11,911 last year, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the highest job gain recorded by clients of a state agency in a single year. 207,894 people now work for companies assisted by EI, whose mission is the development and […]