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Some 65 per cent of small firms in Mayo are optimistic about the year ahead, and one in nine plan to open a new premises this year.

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.

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.

Three Westmeath companies exported goods to the value of €615 million in the past year, placing them in Ireland’s top 250 exporters for 2013.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the creation of 10 new jobs for Ireland’s engineering sector on Wednesday.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the creation of 10 new jobs for Ireland’s engineering sector on Wednesday.

The main types of jobs advertised online in Galway in the past three months were in IT, tourism, production and manufacturing.

The European Parliament is seeking to set a target to halve food waste by 2025. At present the EU produces 90 million tonnes of food waste each year and avoidable food waste is leading to mounting costs for consumers and the environment.

A new €1.4 million fund to train managers in the small and medium enterprises sector will help firms realise their potential and improve productivity and performance.

The annual Irish Manufacturing Conference is to be held in Galway this year at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on the theme of “Manufacturing Matters in the Smart Economy”.