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With over 33,000 people unemployed in the midland region, IBEC, the lobby group that represents businesses, said that these new figures highlighted the need for all political parties to focus on putting jobs at the top of their agenda.

IBEC West, the group that represents business in the region, said new figures that show 41,103 people on the Live Register in the west region highlighted the need for all political parties to put jobs at the top of their agenda. The group said that the new government must provide the conditions for businesses to create jobs and must base all decisions on the likely impact on jobs.

The decline in retail sales at the end of last year has caused Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) to predict that more than 400 retail stores will close during January 2011.

Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), the IBEC group that represents the food sector, has published the findings of a new survey, which indicates that the strong export performance of the food and beverage sector last year is to continue in 2011. The group however warned that poorly thought out legislation, such as the Climate Change Bill as currently proposed, risks damaging the sector's competitiveness and derailing its export growth potential.

Property asking prices in Galway city fell sharply in the last three months of 2010, resulting in a 13 per cent decrease from prices a year earlier, according to latest figures.

It will be a very merry Christmas for one lucky customer of Griffin’s Newsagents, Athlone, with the news that a €30,000 prize was won from a scratchcard bought in the store.

Enterprise Ireland is calling on entrepreneurs to get in touch with a view to helping them develop businesses with export potential. Visitors to the west of Ireland are particularly being targeted this Christmas with Seamus Bree Director West Region, Enterprise Ireland, suggesting: “Visiting Ireland this Christmas? Then why not think about setting

An important change in stamp duty was announced in last week’s Budget, according to Michelle Burke of Premier Properties.

Start-up businesses of computer games and internet software applications are being invited to submit for funding under a new government led initiative to help start-ups go global.

A people’s movement that seeks to create a new vision for Ireland is holding a meeting in the Welcome Inn Hotel on Tuesday November 16 at 8pm. This movement is part of the recently formed Claiming Our Future National Campaign.