Galway Bay Hotel wins prestigious EFQM Excellence award

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

The Galway Bay Hotel was recently awarded with the much coveted EFQM award at a ceremony in Castleknock last Tuesday 22nd February. This is a European Quality Mark of Excellence, initiated by Failte Ireland.

Career progression with successful interviews

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

More and more companies are creating opportunities for employees to benefit from internal promotions. The recession has made companies review their internal hiring policies by replacing external recruitment with creating promotional opportunities internally, allowing employees to step up to the plate. It makes more commercial sense to develop current employees by encouraging them to take more senior roles.

One of the positives of the recession is that it has made companies more prudent and resourceful regarding its workforce. People always welcome the opportunity to develop and to prove that they can compete with the best candidates competing for the position. Companies would like their employees to see themselves as human capital. The only obstacle for competing candidates is the internal war for talent. They have to show hiring managers that they are up for the promotion by demonstrating new behaviours, maturity, professionalism and responsibilities if they are to secure the new position.

Two Galway businesswomen launch joint food and wine showcase

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

The adage ‘innovation is the key to success’ is true for two family-owned Galway businesses that are joining forces to bring some of the world’s best wine producers to Galway for a food and wine showcase event. Renvyle House Hotel and Galway city wine distributors J&C Kenny have combined their specialist skills and contacts in wine, food and hospitality to stage an International Wine Weekend at Renvyle House Hotel from April 1-3.

Seizing PR Opportunities – How your small business can look MÓR!

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

Have you ever felt your competitor seems to have that edge and manages to appear in the papers and you wonder why? The answer may be that they are proactive in managing their PR and take and create the opportunities in order to gain media coverage.

To demystify this, Mór Public Relations will present The DIY PR Workshop in association with the Galway City and County Enterprise Board on Monday March 7 from 10am to 2.30pm. This interactive training course, developed by well established PR consultant Máirín O’Reilly, specialises in enabling start-up enterprises and owner-run businesses to seize their PR opportunities in the current climate, gaining free publicity without having a PR budget.

Local med device company Marvao secures major investment

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Marvao Medical Devices, an early stage Irish medical device company base din Galway and focused on commercializing new products that reduce the risk of catheter related infections, has secured investment of €1.3 million in a funding round led by the AIB Seed Capital Fund along with earlier private investors including Harmac Medical Products and the Western Development Commission.

Turning your life around

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

What if you were told you could turn your life around in a matter of days? One man who promises just that, backed up by hundreds of success stories, is Seán Connaughton. His career has taken him from working in Human Resources for a leading computer giant, to becoming one of the west’s most successful masters in professional and personal effectiveness.

NUIG to host workshops for Project Maths

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The School of Education at NUI Galway will host a series of workshops as part of the University’s new Continual Professional Development (CPD) programme for teachers. The workshops will focus on statistics, teaching and learning plans in Project Maths and GeoGebra. The events will take place on 1, 8 and 15 March in the Education Building in the University from 6 to 8.30 each evening.

Loughrea-based psychometric company leads the way to innovation success

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Loughrea company Cut-e has been announced as a finalist in the `Organisational Systems and Processes’ category of The Irish Times InterTradeIreland All-island Innovation Awards.

Yorkshire native Sean Rowland new head of JCI Galway

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

The 2011 President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Galway is Sean Rowland, Corporate Sales Manager for the Harbour Hotel and local pianist. JCI Galway is part of an international organisation focusing on leadership, entrepreneurship and active citizenship. JCI has a strong focus on creating young leaders, achieved by running many worthwhile projects which add to and enhance community life in Galway.

Your Career, Your Choices - Don’t expect employers to ‘show you the money?’

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Q. I am hoping to finish my business degree this year. Apart from working in a local shop during the summer, the only work experience I have involved spending six months at a major multi-national IT company as part of my college course. I wasn’t even paid, but I learned a great deal. Should I present this as work experience in my CV?

Fancy a valuable package for the cupla focail?

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Does your business or any business you know deserve to be recognised and rewarded for its efforts in promoting the Irish language. Then make sure that you nominate it or yourself for Galway’s best bilingual business awards competition.

Galway businesses feted for customer service

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Two Galway businessmen had good cause for celebration last week when the SUBWAY® stores that they respectively own in Tuam and Loughrea were rated among the top 10 SUBWAY® stores in Ireland for cleanliness and customer service.

Seamus Hynes, who owns the SUBWAY® store at Bishop Street in Tuam, and Chris Talbot who owns another store in Loughrea, and their staff came very close to seeing their respective stores named as the winner of the SUBWAY® chain’s coveted Store of the Year 2010 award having scored highly in a series of monthly inspections.

Atlantic College - a recipe for success

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

“The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes,” these were the wise words of Benjamin Disraeli, a former British prime minister and the first Earl of Beaconsfield, words that Atlantic College founder John Daly has taken to heart and used as inspiration to build what began as a small language school into an internationally recognised success story.

Galway employees could ‘win a day off work’

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

With January being officially Ireland’s most depressing month, what better way to remedy the winter blues than the prospect of a ‘Duvet Day’ for a great cause. To help support the work of Ireland’s almost 275,000 family carers, broadcasters and patrons of The Carers Association, Marty Whelan and Mary Kennedy, have teamed up to launch Ireland’s first ‘Win a Day Off Work’ campaign. The campaign offers Galway employees the chance to win a ‘Duvet Day’ while raising vital funds for family carers.

Neopost is introduced as the official distributor for GBC’s Print Finishing Division in Ireland

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

Neopost, one of Ireland’s leading providers of end-to end-mailroom solutions has been appointed as the official GBC distributor for its Print Finishing Solutions range of products in Ireland.

Footfall entrance matting and carpet tiles

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

Footfall is Ireland’s leading supplier of fixed entrance matting systems to industry and the high street. The Company provides a range of modular mats which can be fitted wall to wall in entrance lobbies, within matwells or surface mounted with ramped safety edging. Its modular mats are fitted by trained installers and carry a five year wear warranty.

New accountancy practice opens in city

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

Regina Cahill, registered Auditor, Accountant and Tax Consultant has opened accountancy practice at 7 Mainguard Street, Galway.

JCI to welcome new members at open night

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

Have fun. Give something back to the community. Meet new people. Explore your interests and passions. Enhance your skills, career options and your CV. These are just some of the myriad benefits of joining JCI Galway tonight (Thursday).

Galwayman is new head of Business School at AIT

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

A Moycullen native has been appointed as the new Head of the Business School at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT).

Eoin Langan takes up the post, having served two terms as the Head of Department of Accounting and Business Computing and as the Head of Academic Development and Administration at the institute.

GMIT civil engineering students go hi-tech

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

Civil Engineering students in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology are to benefit from the purchase of new hi-tech land surveying equipment and a new Global Positioning System (GPS) station, purchased by the GMIT Department of Building and Civil Engineering.

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