Ireland moves to 6th most competitive economy out of 63 countries in the IMD Global Competitiveness Yearbook Report Ireland is second most competitive economy within the EU and Euro area The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., today (Thursday June 1st) welcomed the findings of the IMD’s 2017 Global Competitiveness Yearbook…
IDA today welcomed the news that Ireland ranks 6th of the 63 countries benchmarked in the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. This means that Ireland has moved up one place in overall competitiveness from last year’s ranking. Ireland achieved top ranking position in a number of important sub factors as follows:- • 1st for…
New opportunities exist for both firms as IoT enables more informed, timely decision-making on when to purchase, hedge on industrial fuel. TORONTO, May 31, 2017 — Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government agency for the promotion of international trade by Irish companies, today announced a partnership between electronic monitoring based Tekelek and fuel technology based Paygo…
Overview of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund In February 2015, as part of an overarching strategy to support regional enterprise development, the Government announced a Regional Competitive Fund with the objective of supporting significant regional initiatives to build on sectoral strengths and/or to better leverage identified resources to improve enterprise capability. This is in line…
A dedicated InterTradeIreland advice service aimed at helping SMEs navigate the challenges of Brexit was unveiled by Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Businesses will be able to access a raft of supports from the Brexit Advisory Service, including Brexit Readiness Vouchers, which they can use to fund bespoke advice up the…
8 other Limerick and Clare projects received funding from Bright Ideas 2016 The 2016 Special Green Prize was awarded to Moy Hill Growing Project, Lahinch, Co. Clare, receiving €5,500 funding in total 12th May 2017. KBC Bank Ireland today announced that as part of KBC Bright Ideas it has doubled its support fund to…
Shannon Airport was in celebratory mode at the weekend as one of the world’s best known airlines, Lufthansa, commenced scheduled flights for the first time from the airport as its new Frankfurt service took off. The service to the financial capital of continental Europe and one of Germany’s most interesting tourism cities took to the…
2016 LEO results mark three consecutive years of local jobs growth throughout the country. 21st March 2017 A net total of 3,679 new full and part-time jobs were delivered in 2016 by the 6,846 small businesses from across the country that have been supported by the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), according to the results of…
The Minister for Employment and Small Business, Mr Pat Breen, T.D. has announced the launch of the new Credit Guarantee Scheme 2017. Since 2012, Credit Guarantees Schemes have been a key part of the Government’s arsenal of supports for SMEs in Ireland. Some €65 million in bank loans were sanctioned for over 400 SMEs –…
New services will give Shannon its biggest number of direct scheduled US flights Shannon Airport has welcomed the announcement by Norwegian Air International of two new services starting this summer to the US as a major opportunity for tourism and wider business sectors across the west and south of Ireland. Norwegian Air International will on…
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