Kiltimagh company to hit €200m in sales this year

Fri, Aug 22, 2014

CMS Distribution in Kiltimagh, which has doubled in size in the last four years, has revealed it is on target to generate sales in excess of €200 million in 2014.

Westport’s Carraig Donn makes top one hundred list

Fri, Aug 22, 2014

Carraig Donn’s Westport store has been listed as one of the top 100 retailers in Ireland by the country’s largest industry body, Retail Excellence Ireland.

Local marketing worth €3,000 up for grabs

Fri, Aug 22, 2014

Local businesses could be in with a chance to win €3,000 worth of local media advertising by completing a simple, four-minute, survey for Mayo Local Enterprise Office.

Commercial vacancy rates in Mayo on the rise

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

The commercial vacancy rate in Mayo has increased from 12.4 per cent in quarter two of 2013 to 13.2 per cent in quarter two of 2014 according to new data published by GeoDirectory this week. For the first time the report includes an analysis of the commercial vacancy rate of industrial commercial property across the country. In total according to the report, 1,079 of the 8,183 commercial addresses recorded in Mayo in quarter two of 2014 were vacant and that the commercial vacancy stock in Mayo accounts for 3.7 per cent of commercial address points in Ireland.

Highest July figures for company start-ups since pre-recession 2007

Fri, Aug 08, 2014

Company start-ups rose 11 per cent (1,518) in July 2014 when compared to the same month last year (1,371), according to the latest figures from Ireland’s leading credit and business risk analyst, Vision-net.ie.

Hardware merchants see growth, but it is still lagging behind national average

Fri, Aug 08, 2014

Hardware merchants in Connacht are seeing a stronger growth in business activity but the growth is considerably below the national average. In a survey of Hardware Association Ireland members carried out by Behaviour and Attitudes, hardware merchants across the country reported seeing an improvement in business activity for the first time since the onset of the recession.

Centra continues to invest back in local communities

Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Centra’s, Ireland’s number one convenience retailer, community impact study reveals that Centra stores in Mayo sourced €3 million worth of products from local suppliers and contributes more than €117,000 in donations or sponsorship commitments to more than 245 local charities, community groups, schools, and sports clubs. As well as supporting local suppliers in 2013, stores also spent a substantial €688,000 with businesses in Mayo communities where its stores are located in 2013.

Bank of Ireland launches range of new flexible loan products for agri-businesses

Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Bank of Ireland has this week launched a range of new flexible loans, AgriFlex, specially targeted at supporting the development of Ireland’s agricultural sector. These flexible new loan products have been developed to support farmers during times of commodity price volatility and the potential impact these can have on farmer income.

Tesco calls on Mayo community groups to get involved with Fund Initiative

Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Tesco Ireland has announced the launch of an exciting initiative, Tesco Community Fund, which will see €1million donated annually to local good causes throughout Ireland. TV presenter, Kathryn Thomas, met with the store managers from Mayo recently, to support the launch of the initiative and is calling on all local good causes in Mayo to get involved. Every six weeks, each Tesco store in Mayo will donate up to €1,000 (€500 in smaller stores) between three local good causes in its local community. Customers will decide how the funding is shared by voting for their preferred cause in store. From this week on, every time customers shop in any Tesco store in Mayo, they will receive a token of goodwill to place in the donation box of the local good cause they would most like to support. Every six weeks, the number of tokens is counted and up to €1,000 is distributed proportionally between three local good causes. The more tokens a local good cause gets the larger share of the donation they will receive.

Breaffy man elected chairman of Aurivo

Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Aurivo, the globally focused agri-business based in the West of Ireland, has this week elected its chairman and vice chairman for 2014/15. Tom Cunniffe from Barney in Breaffy, Castlebar was elected as the chairman of the co-operative and Michael Brennan was elected vice chairman.

Tom Cunniffe paid tribute to the outgoing chairman, Padraig Gibbons and vice chairman, Pat Duffy. He said: “The board owes a debt of gratitude to both Padraig and Pat who have served the co-operative so well over the years, in particular Padraig who has chaired Aurivo for 12 years. Under his leadership, Aurivo is now a globally focused agri-business positioned on the strongest of platforms for future growth which benefits all stakeholders.”

Swinford and District Credit Union the heartbeat of the community

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

Are you tired of queuing for the machines? Swinford and District Credit Union Limited has been welcoming savers and borrowers for more than 25 years. It is a community based co-operative, owned by and run by its members for the benefit of the Swinford and surrounding communities. It is open for business and welcomes loan applications for all productive purposes. The credit union encourages members to manage their money carefully by structuring loans around their needs and ability to repay. So, whatever you are borrowing for — a car, home improvements, a special occasion, holiday, school or college fees —Swinford and District Credit Union will give you a fair deal. You can pay off your loan early, make additional lump sum repayments or increase your regular repayments, without a penalty. Other lenders may charge you extra for paying them back faster.

SuperValu sells more Bord Bia approved meat than any other retailer

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

SuperValu, the leading Irish grocery retailer, sells more Bord Bia approved meat than any other retailer, according to the latest Kantar Market Data. The figures show that SuperValu outperformed all competitors, selling over 41,000 tonnes of Irish sourced Bord Bia approved fresh meat in the 52 weeks to June 22.

In addition a recent Red C poll showed that SuperValu meat quality consistently scores significantly higher than all competitors among Irish shoppers.

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