Google is Ireland’s #1 Exporter with €17bn in Top 250 Report
Google is Ireland’s #1 exporter with a turnover of €17bn in top 250 reportSimon McKeever, chief executive of the Irish Exporters Association with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan and Aisling Dodgson, head of treasury, Investec Google Ireland has been named the No 1 exporting company in the Top 250 Exporters in Ireland and Northern Ireland report for 2014, released by the Irish Exporters Association in association with Investec. Moving up one place from its previous year’s ranking, the internet giant recorded a 36.5pc increase in export turnover to reach €17bn this year. Google was followed by Microsoft Ireland (with an export turnover of €15bn), Johnson & Johnson (with €10.5bn); Dell…
Read MoreNational CSR plan launched
A new national plan on corporate social responsibility over the next three years was launched today by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton. According to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the new plan – Good for Business, Good for the Community – supports one of its key objectives, which is to make Ireland the best small country in which to do business. Specific measures in the plan include: Establish a stakeholder forum to support the development of CSR in Ireland, in the first half of 2014;Establish a baseline of CSR activity in Ireland, through the National Standards Association of Ireland;Work with stakeholders to raise awareness of CSR and support best practice CSR;Explore how…
Read MoreMinister proposes changes to JLCs
Weak start to year, but signs of renewed economic momentum – Ibec The mechanisms for setting wages for up to 190,000 workers in the services sector may be changed following proposals by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation. Richard Bruton said the measures he had planned would make the system fairer for the lower paid workers who work across various sectors. They include restaurant staff, hairdressers, contract cleaners and other services employees. Last month, a High Court ruling found that the JLC system was “unconstitutional” so Bruton said there was an urgent need to reform the area. The Minister said the new system proposed would help job creation but added that…
Read MoreAbbott wins Chambers Ireland CSR award for 2009
Multinational pharmaceutical company Abbott, which has seven operations across Ireland, has been awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award from Chambers Ireland for 2009. The award, which recognised a firm’s sustained excellence in the execution of their CSR programme, is given to the company that has most clearly integrated CSR into its business philosophy. Abbott Ireland’s Human Resource Director John McAteer accepted the award presented by Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs John Curran TD at the Chambers Ireland 2009 President’s Awards for Corporate Social Responsibility held in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin last night. “Abbott is honored to have received this national award in recognition…
Read MoreDesi Dobreva – The Branding Queen (Must Follow)
Desi Dobreva – The Branding Queen Desi Dobreva is a professional creative, specializing in content creation, social media, PR and helping your business reach rock star status. She can be found on a plane, writing the night away, standing up for animal rights or hugging her sloth. Business and Leadership sat down with “The Branding Queen” to talk about being an entrepreneur, growing a team, and fighting mediocrity and creating big wins for her clients’ businesses. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up and in what ways does that relate to what you do now? Words and stories have captivated me ever since I…
Read MoreThree ‘New Frontiers’ companies to pitch for €10k prize in March
Tony Staunton of Propertygate, Kevin Ryan of Pura Light and Tim Schmidt of Simply Connected are to compete for the title of ‘Best investment proposal 2014’ and a €10,000 prize at the Docklands Innovation Park Enterprise Awards. All participants on the Enterprise Ireland-funded Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Hothouse New Frontiers programme (past or present), the finalists will pitch their investment proposals and be questioned by a panel of judges on their business plans on 6 March. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dublin, Propertygate is designed for large-scale asset managers who require a single platform to provide instant transparency of their portfolio. In July 2013, the company won the…
Read MoreTaxback.com scoops international entrepreneur title
Irish firm Taxback.com has won the International Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2010 European Business Awards, sponsored by HSBC. Terry Clune started the tax recovery business Taxback.com as a student sideline over 13 years ago and has transformed it into a global business with over 650 employees and offices in 21 countries. He was the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009. There was a diverse group of entrants to the HSBC sponsored awards, ranging from fish farming to renewable energy and light aircraft to skincare, with a combined turnover higher of over €766 billion and employing over 3.5 million people. A tough bunch to please Adrian Tripp, CEO…
Read More2012 David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award Shortlist Announced
Nominations in the business category are Daniel Bradfield, AirDryer; George Howlet and Philip Gillen, Safefood 360; and Sandra Maguire, EduBills.ie There are three categories in the awards – business, arts and social. All shortlisted entrepreneurs will be interviewed in early December by the awards judging panel, which is headed up by Dr. Chris Horn. After the interviews, the three category winners will go through to the final, with the overall winner being announced at a ceremony in January. The awards carry a prize package of more than €100,000. The nominations in the business category are as follows: Daniel Bradfield of AirDryer Systems Daniel Bradfield of AirDryer Systems is short-listed in the Business…
Read MoreVital to Ireland that EU-US free trade agreement concludes this year – briefing
The EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) offers Ireland an opportunity to make sure its development of a strong institutional framework and investment in an educated workforce are rewarded, according to a former US under secretary of commerce Grant Aldonas. He was the keynote speaker at a high-level briefing on TTIP and its implications for US investment in Ireland hosted by Grant Thornton in association with European Movement Ireland this morning in Dublin. Irish exports to the US are worth over €18bn, and according to Aldonas the TTIP will help further stimulate economic growth between Ireland and the US, and provide confidence and stability for US firms investing in…
Read MoreIEA aims to boost Latin America trade with new resource for Irish businesses
IEA aims to boost Latin America trade with new resource for Irish businessesPictured: Rio de Janeiro The Irish Exporters Association’s Latin America Trade Forum (LATF) is being launched by Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, this morning. Based at the offices of the Irish Exporters Association , the new forum will be a resource to Irish businesses interested in developing trade with Latin America. It will bring together Irish companies, industry organisations, State agencies as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to foster trade, economic and commercial relations between Ireland and Latin America. “Latin America offers exciting opportunities for Irish companies as we move forward with our export-driven…
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