Company involvencies down by 18pc in 2013 – Vision-net
The number of firms becoming insolvent has fallen by 18pc during 2013, while the number of company and business start-ups is up by 9.4pc in the year to date, according to new data from Vision-net. In November, 130 companies, 58pc of which have a Dublin-registered address, were declared insolvent. Of those, 65 were liquidated, 52 entered receivership, and an examiner was appointed to 13 companies. Vision-net’s figures show that 84 companies held creditors meetings this month – a 26pc fall on November 2012 – with the total amount owed by these companies just under €40m. November has recorded 2,550 company and business start-ups, an average of 102 each day. While…
Read MoreIrish economy set for 2.5pc growth in 2014 – Davy
Irish GDP is set to grow by 1pc this year and by 2.5pc in 2014, according to Davy. The financial advisory company is more optimistic than the majority of other forecasters, including the Department of Finance, which last month revised downwards its projection for growth in 2014 from 2.4pc to 1.8pc. Last week, EY said it expected the Irish economy to contract by 0.2pc this year and to grow by 1.6pc next year. However, Davy said a range of indicators signify that Ireland is set for a robust recovery. The company also predicted a re-rating of Ireland’s credit worthiness by Moody’s as an inevitable and positive milestone for Ireland. Davy…
Read MoreFour Start-ups Selected at Friday Night Mashup in Belfast
Four start-ups drawn from Ireland north and south have been selected to pitch at Northern Ireland’s newest entrepreneurial support network. Friday Night Mashup is a regular event series created to connect and empower entrepreneurs to go out and take on the world. CanDo3D, Komodo and Pirate Dashboard from the North and Sian’s Plan from the Republic of Ireland will demo at the event on Friday, 29 November at the Titanic Docks and Pumphouse in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. Over 150 leading figures in tech, business, investment, and media from Belfast, Dublin, and Derry will attend the event, which aims to provide a platform for new talent and act as a launch…
Read MoreGrace Ryan
Supply Chain And ERP Consultant Appointment Date: 27.11.2013 Company: Leading Edge Group Business Type: Lean Education and Consultancy Position: Supply Chain and ERP Consultant Leading Edge Group has appointed Grace Ryan as a supply chain and ERP consultant. Ryan has previously worked at Plan International, Assima, Xerox and, Alza Corporation, Johnson & Johnson. A postgraduate of adult education and with a bachelor’s degree in business with computer applications from Limerick Institute of Technology, Ryan is also APICS qualified. Experienced in the full training lifecycle of SAP implementation projects, Ryan specialises in material and inventory management modules and training delivery across several enterprise resource planning modules in a variety of industries…
Read MoreLittlewoodsireland.ie launches Christmas TV campaign
Online retailer Littlewoodsireland.ie has launched its Christmas TV campaign with a suite of 40, 30 and 10 second ads. The ad, which carries the tagline of ‘Christmas Delivered’, features face of the brand Caroline Morahan in ‘A Christmas Carol’ scene, showing one family how they can enjoy the perfect Christmas. The will run until 20 December, the last order date for ordering for Christmas. The ad is supported by a media buy and digital marketing campaign, including a ‘shop the ad’ format online. Each week the campaign will reach over two million adults and 75pc of Littlewoods Ireland shoppers. The ad, which was created by DDFH&B, was directed by Brian…
Read MoreAer Lingus adds Dublin to Hanover and Pula and Shannon to Malaga routes for summer 2014
Aer Lingus has today announced additions to its schedule for summer 2014 with new routes and increased frequencies being added to Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports. New routes from Dublin to Hanover and Pula will start from April, as will the recently announced new services to San Francisco and Toronto. The new service to Hanover will bring to seven the number of German cities served by Aer Lingus. Pula is on the Istrian peninsula of Croatia and is a Unesco world heritage site. Aer Lingus is also introducing a twice weekly service to Malaga from Shannon airport. The airline will also increase frequencies on transatlantic routes from Shannon to New…
Read MoreUCD to showcase emerging companies at VentureLaunch Accelerator Awards evening
University College Dublin (UCD) will showcase the latest hi-tech and knowledge intensive ventures emerging from UCD and National College of Art and Design (NCAD) research programmes at the 2013 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Showcase and Awards evening, which takes place next week. Six new ventures will compete at the awards evening to win a €25,000 prize. Four of the participating ventures – Aficionado, Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann (National Folklore Foundation), Kinesis Health Technologies Ltd and Nuritas Ltd – are emerging from UCD, while the other two – Gazel and Obeo – are emerging from NCAD. The overall objective of the UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme is to support the creation and to accelerate…
Read MoreVersion 1 acquires UK operation of Tieto Corporation
Irish IT services company Version 1 has acquired the UK-based Forest business operations of Northern European IT services company Tieto Corporation for an undisclosed sum. Version 1 currently employs over 400 people and operates offices in Dublin, Cork, Belfast and London; Forest’s 23 employees in Kent transferred to Version 1 on 31 October. Forest develops and supports IT solutions for customers in the packaging and recycling industry. Justin Keatinge, chief executive officer of Version 1, said this was the first in a series of strategically planned announcements it would make over the coming months. “Through this first deal, we will greatly strengthen our platform in the UK market and increase…
Read MoreHost Ireland Business Broadband to move to new offices and create 15 jobs
Host Ireland Business Broadband is moving to a new office complex in Dublin and is to create 15 new jobs in the next six to eight months. Development has started on the new office, occupying the entire second floor of the former Guinness Mahon Bank building on Trinity Street and involving an investment of €120,000. On track to achieve 45pc turnover this year, the privately-owned technology company recently signed a €1.2m deal with Sharp Security in Dublin for security monitoring telecoms infrastructure and will have doubled its workforce in 2013 to 21 people. Employee numbers are expected to almost double again in 2014, with countrywide roll-out of its high performance…
Read MoreImport.io and Placemeter win main Pitch 2013 awards
London company Import.io and New York’s Placemeter were announced as the Later Stage Company and the Early Stage Company award winners respectively at the Pitch 2013 presented by Box competition at the Dublin Web Summit yesterday. The winners were chosen from a shortlist of 150 finalists after two days of intense pitching in front of thousands of people including the world’s foremost technology leaders and prospective investors. Import.io employs 16 people in its London headquarters and in its office in San Francisco. The company’s stated mission is to structure the web and make web data available to everyone. “We are focused on growing our company and it means a lot to…
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