Protect your income with redundancy cover

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

Now you can sleep better at night because a2z financial services has just the thing - redundancy cover.

LAMA award for Broadhaven Bay developer

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

Builder Eamon Padden has won the Zurich LAMA best developer/promoter for his development of the Broadhaven Bay hotel and leisure centre in Belmullet.

IBEC West expresses concern over redundancies

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

IBEC Director John Brennan has expressed concern at the high level of redundancies recorded for January 2009. Statistics compiled by the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment show there were on average 1,677 redundancies nationally each week.

Castlebar Chamber AGM

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

The Annual General Meeting of Castlebar Chamber will be held on Monday March 2 in the Welcome Inn Hotel at 8.30pm.

Mayo Plus outlines business supports for small businesses

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

Many small businesses face challenging times and a downturn in business confidence. Local online information portal www.mayoplus.ie has assembled an impressive line up for its business support module in an effort to present some positive options.

“This is not a panacea for all business problems,” John Moran of Mayo Plus has explained. “This is an attempt to highlight the agencies, bodies, and business groups now available to help and assist the small business sector. In the midst of a torrent of bad news stories and the absence of any decisive leadership, it should be noted that there are supports available to the small business sector.”

Designer of Ballyglass childcare facility receives Best Architect award

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

Castlebar structural design company SDS Ltd, won the prestigious LAMA (Local Authority Members’ Association) award for Best Architect at the Zurich sponsored awards.

Mayo native appointed dean of business, public policy, and law at NUIG

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

Dr Willie Golden, originally from Westport, has been appointed Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Law at NUI Galway. He will have responsibility for the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics, and the School of Law.

Smart Telecom to ‘fire up’ Ballina MANS

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

Businesses in Ballina will be celebrating the announcement by Smart Telecom that they now have the capability to connect and operate the MAN system in Ballina. The connection of the fibre network will mean that Ballina will be the only town in Mayo capable of offering this level of communication and will make the north Mayo capital a more attractive location for business.

Four Mayo hotels on Bridgestone’s best 100 places to stay guide

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

Lisloughrey Lodge in Cong is one of 11 new entrants in the Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland 2009. The guide, together with its sister publication, the Bridgestone 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland 2009, has just been published by John and Sally McKenna.

Charity fashion and food extravaganza

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Claremorris Chamber is hosting a Fashion and Food Extravaganza on February 7 in the McWilliam Park Hotel. The event is in association with Mayo Cancer Support - a charity that helps families dealing with cancer. There will be a fashion show, food demo, hair and make-up advice, and a best dressed lady competition with a prize of €300 to be spent in the participating shops.

Mayo Plus outlines business supports for small businesses

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Many small businesses face challenging times and a downturn in business confidence. Local online information portal www.mayoplus.ie has assembled an impressive line up for its business support module in an effort to present some positive options.

New man at the helm of Ireland West Airport board

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

The board of Ireland West Airport Knock has announced that Joe Kennedy is retiring from his position as chairman of the airport’s board after a period of six and a half years and that Liam Scollan, former group managing director, will succeed Mr Kennedy as the board’s new chairman.

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