Business achievers awards launched by Ulster Bank
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
Top-performing businesses could win €50,000 worth of national newspaper advertising and a course at Harvard University in a competition just launched by Ulster Bank.
Read more ...New incentives needed as unemployment in West at 14.9%
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
The Government must remove barriers that are acting as disincentives to people taking up work training places, according to IBEC West, the group representing business in the region.
Read more ...Castle Travel to close in Castlebar
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
One of the longest established travel agents in Castlebar has closed its doors after 21 years in business.
Read more ...Funding of €250,000 for Mayo businesses
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn has announced that more than €250,000 in funding has been secured from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food for three key businesses in the county.
Read more ...Senator Feargal Quinn for business women’s conference
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
Senator Feargal Quinn is to be a guest speaker at the Network Ireland Conference and Galway Now Businesswomen of the Year Awards hosted by Network Galway in the Galway Bay Hotel on Friday October 8 next.
Read more ...Investment in Belmullet company welcomed
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD has congratulated the SELC company in Belmullet which was awarded funding of €2.5 million by ESB Novusmodus recently.
Read more ...GMIT entrepreneur seminar not to be missed
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
The Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) at GMIT Castlebar is staging a Spirit of Entrepreneurship evening, sponsored by Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ireland, on Thursday September 30 next.
At the event being held as part of Mayo Ideas Week, IiBC client companies will showcase their start-up businesses while two entrepreneurs, Jonathan Ruane of Eventovate (technology) and Leonard Moran of Ovagen (biolabs), will speak about their experiences of setting up in business.
Read more ...Celebrations for four-star Knockranny Hotel in Westport
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
The four-star Knockranny House Hotel in Westport has been awarded a top Irish hospitality industry’s award in the Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Award for Four Star Hotels, sponsored by Aon Insurance.
Read more ...Community urged to get behind the WDC
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
The Council for the West has once again raised concerns about the future of the Western Development Commission, which it sees as vital to the future well-being of the region and is asking for the wider community to get behind this campaign.
Read more ...Digital media seminar in Castlebar
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
A seminar on digital media and creative industries in Mayo will take place on Wednesday September 29 next in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, from 2pm to 5pm. This forms part of Mayo Ideas Week, the objective of which is to highlight the trends and opportunities for new enterprise in some of the industry sectors which show potential for growth in Co Mayo.
Read more ...Network Mayo event
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Renowned business woman and management speaker Veronica Canning will address Network Mayo’s next event in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar, on September 29 at 7.30pm.
Veronica Canning is a much sought after international speaker who also published Shoeisms, which has been described as a makeover for the mind. At the Network event, she will address how mindset can be changed to overcome challenges and achieve aims.
Read more ...New national convention centre should benefit Mayo
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
The official opening of the National Convention Centre in Dublin recently should have a direct benefit for business tourism in Mayo and Galway, according to Fáilte Ireland. More than 120 overseas VIPs and top business tourism buyers from across the globe attended the ‘Meet in Ireland 2010’ workshop which was part of a seven day business tourism blitz undertaken by Fáilte Ireland to fully exploit the opening of the CCD.
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