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€44m funding available to Irish Start Ups

April 03rd 2017

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor has today announced that up to €44million is being made available for co-investment in Seed and early stage growth companies. The Minister through Enterprise Ireland has issued an open competitive call to fund managers to signal their interest in establishing funds. This investment aims to […]

Jobs Expo Dublin returns to Croke Park

March 24th 2017

It was announced this week that Jobs Expo Dublin will be returning to Croke Park Conference Centre on Saturday 22nd April. This April’s event is set to be our busiest ever, with skilled professionals from all sectors attending. It is estimated that 70,000 skilled professionals have attended Jobs Expo in recent years. Jobs Expo events […]

56% of Irish businesses ban social media in the workplace

March 20th 2017

Over half (56%) of Irish workplaces ban all or some social media according to a new Censuswide poll of 500 Irish office workers commissioned by technology company, Ricoh Ireland. Facebook is banned in 47% of workplaces followed by Twitter which is forbidden in 36% of offices. Content sharing platforms Instagram and Snapchat are blacklisted in […]

Investment needed in regions outside Dublin major EU conference hears

March 10th 2017

The leader of a new regional jobs initiative outside of Dublin claims the National Planning Framework needs to include substantial supports for hubs outside of Dublin. Director of the South East Action Plan for jobs, Sean McKeown, claims the framework needs to include significant investment in rural Irish roads, in broadband connectivity and allowing hubs such […]

Irish SMEs face unnecessary delays in accessing credit

March 09th 2017

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) have today expressed concern at the length of time it is taking for business owners to get credit approval. They are urging businesses to tap alternative sources of finance. This comes after the release of their latest Quarterly Bank Watch Survey which shows an improvement in the […]

81% of Irish believe job automation will contribute to unemployment

March 02nd 2017

In a recent survey conducted by iReach Insights, 1,000 adults were asked about their thoughts on job automation and whether this will be a threat to employment in Ireland. Fifty per cent believe job automation will happen in the near future, 43% in the far future and 7% don’t think job automation will occur at […]

Some 60% of SMEs plan to increase staff pay this year

February 21st 2017

Some 60 per cent of SMEs covered in a survey by the Small Firms Association (SFA) plan to increase staff pay this year, with rises set to average 2 per cent. However, the SFA says that a noticeable trend is that many companies are shifting towards improving conditions of employment and other benefits rather than […]

3,000 People to take part in Local Enterprise Week in Cork

February 21st 2017

It was announced today that more than 3,000 people will attend business events in Cork from Monday 6th to Friday 10th March as part of Local Enterprise Week. The Local Enterprise Offices of South Cork, Cork North and West and Cork City today announced their programme of events for Local Enterprise Week, a national event […]

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