Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment named finalists in Think Global Awards
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
The shortlist for the Think Global Awards 2020/21 has officially been announced and Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment is a finalist in the Life Sciences category again this year.. The Awards recognize the achievements of people, projects, brands, and organizations around the world.
Read more ...Maeve Joyce Crehan to be honoured at Galway Chamber Business Awards next week
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
Former General Manager of Galway Chamber, Maeve Joyce Crehan, will be recognised for her years of incredible support to the Galway Business Community at the Galway Chamber Business Awards.
Read more ...Ballinasloe to be one of the first areas connected under broadband plan, says Dolan
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
The Ballinasloe area is one of the first in Ireland to be connected under the Government’s plan for high speed broadband, Senator Aisling Dolan has said.
Read more ...Crowe welcomes green light for development on old Tribune site
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
Cllr Michael Crowe has welcomed the decision by the Galway City Council to grant planning permission for a major redevelopment in the city centre.
Read more ...Creative Insolvency Solutions assisting clients to positively address debt concerns
Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Boasting a wealth of experience within the financial industry, Athlone native, David Keogh, is the founder and director of Creative Insolvency Solutions, a nationwide debt advisory service specialising in personal insolvency applications.
Read more ...Rental report shows evidence of ‘exodus of remote working renters from Dublin’
Thu, Feb 11, 2021
National housing charity Threshold has stated that the findings of Daft.ie’s Q4 2020 rental report signal “an exodus of working renters from Dublin,” but cautioned that increasing rents and a significant lack of supply outside of Dublin could cause issues for those hoping to leave the capital as businesses continue to work remotely.
Western Regional Services Manager at Threshold, Karina Timothy said that “looking to the West, the average cost of renting a room in Galway City increased by a massive 20.9% year-on-year.
Read more ...Galway-headquartered Orreco announces €3 million investment led by True Ventures
Thu, Jan 28, 2021
Sports performance and data science company Orreco will scale its operations in Ireland, the United States and UK following a €3 million (US$3.6) million investment round led by Silicon Valley-based venture firm True Ventures.
The new investment will enable the Galway-based company to expand its product, engineering, data science and commercial teams, in addition to accelerating the development of its elite performance solutions, @thlete and FitrWoman.
Read more ...New online portal for people seeking to upskill or retrain
Thu, Jan 21, 2021
Unemployed, employees, and employers in Galway are set to benefit from a new online portal for people seeking to upskill or retrain.
Read more ...One week left to enter Galway Chamber Business Awards 2020
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
The Galway Chamber Business Awards 2020 is open for entries, and will be seeking to recognise the achievements of local businesses in what has been a challenging, indeed hostile, 12 months.
Read more ...More than 600 Galway businesses avail of Trading Online Voucher Scheme in 2020
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
More than €1.52 million was allocated to Galway businesses under the Trading Online Voucher Scheme during 2020, +600 applications to the scheme from across the county, successful in receiving funding.
Read more ...New year, new opportunities in MedTech
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
Galway-based multi-award winning recruitment agency, Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment, has seen an unprecedented number of vacancies open up in the MedTech sector at the beginning of 2021. The MedTech sector currently employs over 40,000 people in Ireland and is the second largest employer of MedTech professionals in Europe, per capita. As many as nine of the world’s top 10 MedTech companies have a base in Ireland.
Read more ...Western Development Commission video attracting medtech to west
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
The Western Development Commission has welcomed a video made by one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, AbbVie, which highlights the work and life opportunities offered by the West of Ireland.
Read more ...More than 400 new jobs created in Galway in 2020
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
A total of 435 new jobs in Galway were created throughout 2020 through the support of the Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland.
Read more ...Chamber calls on employers to continue to support remote working
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
While it is "frustrating" to start the New Year in Lockdown, it is necessary and businesses and the public must follow Government guidelines and interpret the restrictions "conservatively for the next month at least".
Read more ...ThermoKing Galway project awarded Engineering Endeavour of 2020
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
A project born to life in Galway to reduce its customers’ carbon footprint by one gigaton by 2030 has been awarded the prestigious title of Engineering Endeavour of 2020 by Engineers Ireland and ESB.
Read more ...Pale Blue Dot® Recruitment are finalists in the SFA National Business Awards 2021
Wed, Dec 23, 2020
The finalists in the SFA National Business Awards 2021 have been officially announced by Sue O’Neill, Chair of the SFA Awards Judging Panel. The aim of the awards is to celebrate the achievements of small businesses in Ireland, and to recognise the vital contribution of the small business sector to Irish industry.
Read more ...Galway media company boss named finalist in business awards
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
Galwaywoman Pamela Finn has been named as a finalist in the upcoming Digital Business Awards, beating off stiff competition from over 300 entries.
Read more ...Teen entrepreneur wows with his HandiMask product
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
BY DECLAN VARLEY
Teenage entrepreneur Ronan Hughes from The Neale, Co Mayo burst onto the business scene earlier this year by sponsoring his own local GAA teams jerseys. Ronan set up his own sports merchandising company at the age of 16 and hit the headlines for being in a position to sponsor his own team when they needed it.
HBAN helps Galway-based Ronspot raise funds for workplace management platform
Thu, Dec 10, 2020
HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and a joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland, has announced that investors in its WxNW Syndicate along with Enterprise Ireland have invested €650,000 in Galway-based Ronspot Solutions. HBAN angel investors have contributed €400,000 to this funding round, while Enterprise Ireland has invested €250,000. Angels from HBAN’s Dublin, London and Singapore groups have also invested.
Read more ...NUI Galway Covid-19 project wins National Impact Award
Thu, Dec 10, 2020
A project that connects patients with their loved ones, against a backdrop of COVID-19 restrictions on visits to hospitals, has seen NUI Galway win a National Impact Award.
The university worked with industry partners Cisco and IBM to deliver a state-of-the-art video call system, ICU FamilyLink, specifically for the intensive care unit setting at University Hospital Galway (UHG). The project won the Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Award, in the ‘COVID-19 Response’ Category on 26 November.
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