Gray Office Park — everything a business could need

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Gray Office Park (GOP) was set up January 2010, to create a prestigious serviced office complex in Galway city centre and later expanded to Parkmore Complex.

Galway cannot be complacent about tourism, warn chiefs

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Despite recent upbeat reports regarding an increase in overseas visitors to Ireland in 2011, Fáilte Ireland warned against any complacency in the tourism sector this year, during its annual tourism industry briefing for the Galway region held in the city last week

Seminar on goal setting that will yield results

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Are you finding it difficult to keep to your New Year resolutions? Would you like to learn a new way of goal setting that can deliver? And not just for the New Year?

Galway One World Centre workshop

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The Galway One World Centre will host a workshop looking at ways to help people engage with local and global justice issues and create conversations that facilitate change in the community.

The Conversational Approaches to Education for Social Change will be one-day training workshop which will be held on Tuesday January 24 and is aimed at community workers and social activists.

Arts Ball aims to raise €11,000 for charity

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Tickets for the annual NUI Galway Arts Ball will go on sale next week, with organisers hoping the event will raise some €11,000 for charity.

Your Career, Your Choices

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Q: Next week I’m going for a job where I’m being interviewed by three people I know very well. I work with all three, and in fact one of them is a previous boss of mine. All four of us work in the same company and sometimes socialise together. My fear is I will not be able to perform due to being self-conscious in front of these people who know me so well. I almost feel like they won’t take me seriously. (DR, Email)

Begin the journey to a healthier, slimmer, you with Motivation Weight Management

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

It is mid-January, the waistline is giving the tell-tale signs of the festive over-indulgences, and you’re thinking it is about time to do something about it. Where to start? Well, if you are looking for expert advice as well as the key ingredient of easy-to-follow food programmes then the Motivation Weight Management clinics in Galway city and Tuam are a good place to begin the journey to a healthier slimmer new you.

Make it your business to visit TechStar

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

TechStar, the new PC and laptop repair store located on Dock Road in Galway, is on hand for all IT woes and worries for businesses in 2012.

In business it is important to ensure your laptops and computers are performing to the best of their ability at all times, and when their performance begins to deteriorate, reliable and trustworthy IT support is required. TechStar provides a highly personalised IT support and repair service, providing customers with sound aftersales advice and the ability to source essential hardware and replacement accessories in quick turnaround time.

Avita Communications — your networking and unified communications partner

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Avita Communications was launched in 2010 by Gordon Fahy and Gerry Gray. The company provides businesses nationwide with a range of managed communication services including VOIP, IP enabled telephone systems, unified communications, and networking infrastructures including local LAN services and wide area networks (WAN).

Avita offers a free site survey to all businesses to identify cost saving options and potential areas to create more efficiencies, along with improved customer services and minimising exposure to telephone hacking and security. As an independent provider and with more than 30 years’ combined experience in the industry, Avita can advise you impartially on the best available options on the market.

Meet at the Harbour Hotel’s new look meeting rooms

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The new look Harbour Hotel has created quite a stir down at Galway Harbour. As most of you will have seen while driving by, the Harbour Hotel has undergone extensive refurbishment in recent weeks.

Sleepless — taking your business to the cloud

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Sleepless has a mission in 2012 to integrate cloud technologies to all types of companies. Business cloud computing can come in a range of technologies including online backup, disaster recovery, email hosting, cloud file servers, and private servers.

Clayton has it all to offer for progressive businesses

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

At this time of the year, all companies are taking an opportunity to plan for the coming months, to motivate their employees and to lay out the road plan for the year ahead.

Promote your business this January

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

The New Year is a good time to get your business looking ship-shape. If your business image is looking tired and dated, you need to put a meeting with Hopscotch Multimedia at the top of your to-do list. Hopscotch is full of fresh ideas on how you can update your identity and start attracting the customers you want.

Let’s work together to make local business work

Thu, Jan 19, 2012

It is a little known fact that the vast majority of business in this country involves companies transacting with each other. The volume of business-to-business transactions is much higher than that transacted between companies and consumers.

Is tax due on my pension?

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Last week, Revenue posted letters to 150,000 people about their tax compliance, including those who are claiming widow’s and widower’s pensions. Over the weekend, there was much comment and criticism in the media about the way Revenue has handled the situation. Accepting Revenue has taken a scattergun approach to the potential non-payment of income tax by pensioners, it is important that people understand how a tax liability might arise and that they have the information to hand to ensure they are compliant in 2012.

Your Career, Your Choices

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Q: I haven’t ever done a job interview – until now, I have always got jobs by word-of-mouth referrals. However, as things get tighter in the jobs market, I am facing my first ever interview next week. I have followed your advice here about what I should say, but I would also like a quick run-through some of the basics – eye contact, handshake, etc. Any quick-reference guide you can give me? (TP, email)

Leading businesswomen to launch Network Galway's Open Evening

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Two of Galway’s leading business women are to headline the Network Galway open evening, which takes place on Wednesday January 25 at 6.30pm in the G-Hotel, Wellpark, Galway.

Ireland West Airport Knock had busiest year as traffic up eleven per cent

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Notwithstanding massive challenges within the aviation industry in the last twelve months, Ireland West Airport Knock’s latest traffic figures prove that 2011 was its busiest year yet.

Rite Price Kitchens launches new showroom

Thu, Jan 12, 2012

Priding itself on manufacturing top-quality kitchen, bedrooms, and sliding robes at competitive prices, Rite Price Kitchens has continued to grow from strength to strength and has now taken the step of extending its Galway showroom providing customers with even better choice and service.

Become a healthier new you with NuTron Advanced

Thu, Jan 05, 2012

It is a New Year and time again to think about embarking on a healthier lifestyle - a long-lasting and ultimately rewarding change that will not only decrease the waistline but also reap many health benefits - and now that NuTron Advanced is back this new healthier you can be a reality.

Although NuTron Advanced is incredibly effective in weight loss/management it is not a diet; there is no starving here, no pills, no shakes, just the indentification of foods that a client may be allergic to or that cause an adverse reaction in the gut, and the promotion of following a healthy and nutritional eating programme that can also aid in the treatment of many health problems including diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), asthma, arthritis, migraine, sleep disorders, eczema, depression, psoriasis, as well as many digestive disorders and all inflammatory conditions.

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