CPM interview open day to be held next week

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

CPM, one of Ireland’s leading field sales companies, will be hosting an interview open day in Galway on September 15 in the Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, from 4pm to 8pm. The positions on offer will be field sales roles for eircom, selling products and services door to door in the consumer market.

NUI Galway lecturers publish new edition of economics textbook

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

NUI Galway lecturers, Dr Gerard Turley and Maureen Maloney of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, have just completed the fourth edition of the successful textbook Principles of Economics: An Irish Text, with co-author Dr Francis O'Toole of Trinity College Dublin.

Galway Rotary Club raises thousands for VdeP

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

Galway Rotary Club raised € 6,000 in aid of St Vincent de Paul at a recent Rotary dinner meeting.

Applying artificial intelligence the theme of NUI Galway events

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

The seventh Reasoning Web Summer School, bringing together an international group of postgraduate students and renowned lecturers, which commenced this week at NUI Galway, will be followed next week by the fifth International Web Rules and Reasoning Conference. Both events are organised by the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway.

Local company supplies Dundrum Town Centre

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Galway-based company Footfall Ltd. has won a much coveted supplier contract with Ireland’s largest shopping centre, Dundrum Town Centre.

Student life is big business for city and families

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

THE business of accommodation, feeding and educating students is a big business for cities like Galway and for the families who have to finance them.

Local company takes on global deals giants

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

A new Galway-based deals company has entered the growing online deals market dominated by a number of large global players. Through their website www.livingitup.ie the Galway company offers deeply discounted deals to subscribers in the Galway area. They are based at the Innovation in Business Centre at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, a hub for Innovative start-up businesses.

Your Career, Your Choices

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Q: In a job interview last week, I was pushed quite hard by the employers on the question of what I knew about the company. The business in question is a reasonably large supplier of products to the business sector. I was surprised that they seemed to think I should know all about their product lines and target markets? (Joe, email)

Bizcamp 2011 seeking entrepreneurs for a conference with a difference

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Entrepreneurs, innovators and people with creative ideas are invited to get involved as both speakers and participants for an upcoming conference with a difference.

Taking steps to give yourself an edge on jobs front

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Q: I have just qualified as a teacher, and, like so many others, I am trying to get on the employment ladder. I realise it is a very difficult task right now, given the economic circumstances. What advice would you give me? (Teresa, email)

Danish delight for Barna basketballers

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Pictured are players from Barna Basketball Club who represented Ireland and won gold in u-16 girls basketball at the World Youth Games held in Aalborg, Denmark, last week.

The success was a wonderful achievement and congratulations to all involved.

Argos launches new look store in Galway

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

Argos is launching a further 21 new look stores across the country this August, including one store being unveiled in Galway, continuing the roll out of a new image for Argos in Ireland.

NUIG scholarship for unemployed and low incomes groups

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

This year, as a further effort to enhance access and participation opportunities for unemployed and low income groups, NUI Galway has approved a Scholarship Scheme to reduce fees for applicants in receipt of Job Seekers Benefit, Job Seekers Allowance and One-Parent Family Payment, who wish to enrol for part-time degree and diploma courses provided by the University, and who meet Department of Social Protection income thresholds.

Rate of decline in retail sales increases to six per cent

Thu, Aug 04, 2011

Irish retail sales levels continued to fall in the second quarter of 2011 according to Retail Excellence Ireland’s (REI) Irish Retail Industry Performance Review Q2 2011.

Cannon to chair key committee as Government agrees to wind down FÁS

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., yesterday announced that a new further education and training authority called SOLAS (Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna) is to be established.

Marathon man local elected head of CIMA West

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Brian Duffy FCMA of Maree Road, Oranmore has been elected chairman of the West of Ireland branch of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Eighty nine per cent of Irish office workers want a ‘greener’ office

Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Eighty nine per cent of Irish office workers would like their office to be more environmentally friendly, according to a recent survey by Epson Ireland. Ninety two per cent said the main driver in their wish for an environmentally friendly office is concern for the environment with only five per cent citing cost saving from green IT as a motivator. Despite Ireland’s current economic condition, Irish workers still chose a genuine concern for the environment over any financial consideration.

Of these green-friendly office workers, 12 per cent said they wanted to ‘help save the environment’ while 72 per cent of those surveyed said ‘it’s important to have a responsible approach to the environment’. Despite this concern for better environmental practice, the majority of companies which they work for do not have basic environmental policies in place.

Entrepreneurial spirit alive and well as local man launches organic weedkiller factory

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

Irish Organic Weedkiller, the start-up company which brought Ireland’s first 100 per cent natural weedkiller to market last year, has announced it is to create 20 new jobs with the opening of its factory in Claregalway Corporate Park. The factory was officially opened by business personality, presidential candidate and advocate for small business, Seán Gallagher on Friday.

Time to act on succession plans

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

Now may be a good time to transfer assets and/or family owned businesses to the next generation and avail of the potential tax benefits arising from reduced property values and current tax reliefs.

Local recruitment company reports strong job growth in first half of 2011

Thu, Jul 14, 2011

Data released this week by the Galway-based Collins McNicholas Recruitment and HR Services Group, one of Ireland’s leading recruitment firms, has revealed significant job growth in the first half of 2011 with the number of job vacancies registered with Collins McNicholas in 2011, 58 per cent higher than it was in the first half of 2010.

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