Should I transfer my business to a company?
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
In the first of a series of occasional articles on topical tax issues, Tom Donnelly, an independent, professional, tax adviser based in Castlebar, outlines the potential benefits of transferring a business to a company.
Read more ...Local authorities have success in awards
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Mayo County Council and Ballina Town Council were both awarded at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, organised in partnership with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Read more ...WDC campaign to find the seven Wonders of the West
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
LookWest.ie, the Western Development Commission’s online guide to living, working and doing business in the Western Region, has launched a campaign to find the seven Wonders of the West. Members of the public are asked to nominate their favourite place or experience and the nominations that receive the most public votes will be included in the final list of seven.
Read more ...Mayo businesses urged to enter awards
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Businesses across Mayo have until November 30 to enter the 2010 Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. Now in their 17th year, the awards aim to celebrate business success, irrespective of business offering, size, sector or location.
Read more ...Mayo Stores honoured at National Retail Awards
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Two local retail businesses in Mayo have received national recognition at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards 2010, the country’s largest and only dedicated retail industry awards.
Read more ...New B&B star ratings scheme
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
The western region director of B&B Ireland has welcomed the positive response to the new star ratings system for the bed and breakfast sector, adding that customers can now choose the standard they require. Carmel Murray of Ocean Villa B&B, Kingstown, Clifden in Co Galway, was speaking in Dublin at the annual conference of B&B Ireland, the body which represents the sector nationally.
Read more ...Topaz wins Company of the Year
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Topaz, Ireland’s leading fuels and convenience retailer, which has numerous filling stations in Mayo, has been crowned Irish Retail Company of the Year at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards which were held in Galway over the weekend.
Read more ...Graduates needed
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Start-up companies based in the Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) at GMIT Castlebar are looking for graduates through the FÁS Graduate Placement Programme.
Read more ...Aró’s essential tips to improve website visitor traffic
Fri, Nov 05, 2010
On average 65 per cent of visitors to a website find the website via search engine results. Google is the dominant search engine accounting for 85 per cent of Irish search engine usage. Search engine optimisation is a practice of improving internal and external aspects of a website in order to increase the traffic the site receives from search engines’ natural results. Search engines have algorithms that assign importance to different elements of the website namely domain name, website structure, meta tags, and link building.
Read more ...Mayo sports nutrition company to create twenty new jobs
Fri, Nov 05, 2010
A Mayo sports nutrition and food supplement manufacturing company is to create 20 new jobs as part of an expansion plan, to add to its existing 25 staff. Bioshell Teo, a manufacturer of healthcare products based in the Mayo Gaeltacht, will begin recruiting immediately for the new jobs.
Read more ...Castlebar call centre to create eight new jobs
Fri, Nov 05, 2010
A Castlebar Call Centre is to create eight new jobs after securing a customer services contract with a national mobile operator company.
Read more ...Recessions show up companies for what they really are
Fri, Nov 05, 2010
With the recession continuing to turn the microscope on all matters work and finance, a marketing professor has pointed out that companies are now also being shown up as to whether they offer good value or not.
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