Galway construction company Stewart enjoys double success at national awards

Thu, May 14, 2015

Galway and Dublin based building contractors Stewart had a double celebration at the Irish Building & Design Awards 2015 whenMarty Whelan, announced Stewart as ‘Contractor of the Year’ for the second year running and awarded its chairman, Seán Stewart, the honorary award of ‘Construction Leader’ for his contribution to the industry.

Shannon Group makes positive start as first annual report shows all units of business achieving progress

Thu, May 07, 2015

Shannon Group plc has delivered significant progress on key objectives set for 2014 and is now embarking on a programme to

Inismeain Suites wins Best of Irish Design at Inaugural National Tourism Awards

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD presented a specially commissioned trophy to Inis Meáin Restaurant and Suites, Galway for “Best Design in Tourism” at the first ever Irish Tourism Industry Awards 2015, at a Gala event in the Doubletree Hilton, Dublin, to celebrate the inaugural national scheme identifying those who are making major difference in the tourism industry.

Galway firm Harvest Technology wins out as agri-food winner at Innovation awards

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Galway based company Ocean Harvest Technology have won the Agri-food sector award at this year’s Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards held in Belfast City Hall on Friday night. The award marked the recognition that Ocean Harvest Technology is bringing the sea and science together to create a more sustainable farming culture.

NUI Galway signs co-operation agreement with Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

NUI Galway has signed a co-operation agreement with Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU), in which the Irish university will support its Ethiopian counterpart in establishing itself as an international hub of science, innovation, and education in East Africa.

Galway PR firm features on Unemployables show

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Galway based PR firm Think PR will hit the small screen tomorrow night for the popular television show ‘The Unemployables’.

Recruitment Tips from Sigmar

Wed, Apr 22, 2015

In association with the Galway Advertiser’s classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs, Sarah Williams of Sigmar Recruitment explains how the same principles apply to studying for an exam as preparing for a job interview

Local firm wins national award

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Local firm RPS has won a national engineering award for its work on the Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, Ireland’s largest water treatment plant supplying 22 per cent of Ireland’s entire population.

Free digital marketing, financial sector and sales events seminars open to Galway businesses

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

A free digital marketing event covering Lead Generation, SEO and Cloud will take place on April 23 in the Connacht Hotel from 9.30am to 1pm. This is being funded by Galway Executive Skillnet, the event will cover Lead Generation, SEO and Cloud with guest speaker and well-known social media trainer Damien Mulley.

New jobs for Galway

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Recruitment company Hays is seeking to fill 60 new, full-time jobs in its Irish offices, including Galway.

The company says the positions will be for consultants across all specialist divisions of the company and are at entry level, ideally suited to graduates.

Health and fitness advice for women in Tuam

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

BPW Tuam is hosting an event for women who want to get into shape for the summer.

Top advisory company MD to speak in Galway

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

This year’s CIPD Western Region conference will take place on Thursday April 23 in the Clayton Hotel, Galway.

Norah Casey hosts women’s working lunch in Galway

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

The second Irish Tatler Working Lunch, a series of innovative networking seminars, is taking place in The g Hotel in Galway tomorrow.

The event is the brainchild of author, business woman and publisher Norah Casey who will host the Galway lunch.

Recruitment Tips from our four experts

Wed, Apr 08, 2015

As part of our ongoing series on jobs, in connection with our classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs, the experts give tips on various areas of the recruitment process.

One million euro Lightnet investment creates new jobs for Loughrea

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Loughrea received a jobs boost with the recent news that Lightnet, a broadband supplier to Galway and Clare is to create seven posts as part of a one million euro investment into its network.

€600,000 in support on offer to Galway social enterprises

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has launched their nationwide search for people with innovative ideas and new solutions to solve some of Ireland’s biggest social and environmental problems. The 2015 Awards programme, sponsored by DCC plc, invites applications from Ireland’s brightest and most ambitious entrepreneurs with game changing ideas to solve the social problems facing Ireland.

The annual competition, now in its eleventh year, has backed 179 social entrepreneurs to date and invested €5.82 million in direct funding to projects in areas ranging from community and active citizenship, education and learning, environment and sustainability and mental and physical health. In the last 12 months, social entrepreneurs supported by Social Entrepreneurs Ireland have directly impacted 44,959 people.

Local entrepreneur selected for innovative business network

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Galway female entrepreneur Sinead Kenny has been selected for the innovative ‘Going for Growth’ business network

Startup Galway talks are back

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Mark Bowles is founder and senior vice president of Innovation with ecoATM, provider of automated recycling stations for consumer electronics, and acquired by Outerwall for $350 million in 2013. Bowles has more than 25 years in the semiconductor, wireless, and kiosk industries and has been involved in the formation and funding of six tech startups for which he has raised 17 rounds of VC financing totalling nearly $250M, with some nice financial exits for these investors in the process. Prior to ecoATM, Bowles was VP marketing and business development with Vativ (sold to Entropic). Prior to that, Bowles co-founded Staccato in 2002 and was VP marketing and business development.

Prior to Staccato he was Co-Founder, President, COO and Director of BOPS (sold to Altera). Prior to BOPS, he was instrumental in forming and funding a number of successful startups including Power Computing (sold to Apple in 1996); Panorama Designs (sold to Motorola in 1996); and BlueSteel Networks (sold to Broadcom in 2000). Mr. Bowles also spent six years at Motorola Semiconductor where he held various distribution management, sales and market development positions; he left in 1996 as VP MSPI of PowerPC Market Development. Bowles has had nine patents granted in kiosk technology, 30+ pending in kiosk technology, and 1 pending in wireless authentication. Mark has also been a National Science Foundation grantee and researcher. He is chairman of the San Diego Venture Group, and a mentor at the Qualcomm/TechStars Robotics Accelerator in San Diego.

Recruitment Tips

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

This week we have some tips for employers and job hunters in connection with our classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs.

Michelle Murphy of Collins McNicholas Recruitment has advice for employers seeking to whittle down and obtain the best candidate for a particular job.

Up to €1.6m bus pole contract for Tuam Engineering firm

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

Tuam firm Larkin Engineering and Street Products have secured a prestige contract worth up to €1.6 million over the next two years for the supply of bus poles, with information display cases and metal flags to the National Transport Authority (NTA).

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