B&Q celebrate qualification successes

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Celebrating the success of 22 team members being awarded their City and Guilds NVQ in Retail Skills or Home Improvement Knowledge Qualification is B&Q in Knocknacarra.

Do you want to be your own boss?

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Are you female, looking for work, and would you consider being your own boss?

New business support programme

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

A new programme aimed at providing essential support to start up businesses has been launched by Ballybane Enterprise Centre.

Stockmarket workshop in Ballybane

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

A new workshop at the Ballybane Enterprise centre has been designed to help beginner investors avoid common mistakes made by amateur investors in the stock market.

Walk on ancient Spanish pilgrimage route for Ability West

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

A local charity is seeking volunteers to take part in a fundraising walk along an ancient pilgrimage route in northern Spain.

Galway Taekwon-do instructor takes three gold in Germany

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Local taekwon-do instructor, Shane Fitzgibbon has recently returned from a successful trip to Germany where he captained the Irish team in the German International Championships. The tournament was also attended by contestants from Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Spain. Fitzgibbon was accompanied by Listowel student (currently training in Galway) Padraig O’ Connor.

College partners with business to create new enterprise module

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics has partnered with local businesses to introduce a new module, Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise, for their final-year Bachelor of Commerce students.

Fat Tony’s turns six with more outlets on the way

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Fat Tony’s Barbers in the heart of Liosban on the Tuam Road is a barber’s like no other, offering a traditional men’s barbers as well as a variety of male grooming services. Celebrating six years in business this August, Fat Tony’s has proven to be a huge success and very popular with its loyal clientele.

Soon, the company will be announcing new outlets in the region, illustrating the success of the brand.

Galway Roadstone workers to dig deep to make million for Simon

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

CRH employees take to the streets of Galway for a fundraising day this Saturday April 10, aiming to help raise funds for the Simon Communities of Ireland.

Ct Electric marks three decades in business

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Marking 30 years in business this year is one of Galway’s best known and most established businesses — CT Electric — situated on the Sean Mulvoy road between Dunnes Stores on the Headford Road and Tesco.

Manager Bill Doran explains how the store has managed to survive across three decades.

Innovating your talent to achieve career success

Thu, Apr 01, 2010

In these challenging times finding the ideal job, progressing in your current career, or ensuring that your employees have the skills they need to flourish is more important than ever before. Talent Fusion training and career transition consultancy, based in Deerpark Business Centre, Oranmore, was established in 2002 with the aim of helping individuals and companies achieve excellence through innovative customised career development and training solutions.

Director of Talent Fusion, Ger Colleran, and Cindy Nadesan and their team of highly trained specialists focus on encouraging personal development in order to nurture people’s talents and skills. They are also committed to delivering long-term personal and high quality services that deliver results and provide value for money.

Businesses can now rent offices by the hour

Thu, Apr 01, 2010

Galway businesses which wish to have high-spec offices without incurring high rent and high costs can now rent space for shorter periods, even down to an hour.

Geoghegan-Quinn chooses Galway to unveil her i-conomy vision for Europe

Thu, Mar 25, 2010

The importance of research and innovation to the recovery of the Irish economy was underlined by new EU Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn last Friday when she spoke to an audience at NUI Galway in her first public address in Ireland since assuming the post.

New City Development Plan could provide solutions, seminar hears

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

A discussion forum entitled ‘Galway City Draft Development Plan – The Opportunity to Have Your Say’ was held last Wednesday at Galway City Museum, where key observations and insights into the importance of the process of the development plan were highlighted to attendees.

GMIT signs agreement with two US institutions

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

GMIT has signed a new educational agreement with two third-level institutions in the US that will bring American students to GMIT’s Letterfrack campus to study furniture and wood products related programmes from next September.

IBEC encourages employers to attend seminar on disputes and claims

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

IBEC West has announced plans to host a free seminar for businesses about employment disputes and claims called ‘Minimising risk in today’s turbulent business environment’at the Westwood House Hotel in Galway on Thursday next, March 25.

IBEC West regional director John Brennan said employers are now three times more likely to have an employee take a claim against them.

Hodson Bay Hotel Group recognised for excellence in Deloitte Best Managed Company Awards

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

At a time when the hospitality sector is going through arguably its most challenging period in history, Hodson Bay Group has achieved sole recognition within this sector for excellence at the Deloitte Best Managed Awards in the Burlington Hotel last evening.

Pension specialist says new retirement age limits present new financial planning challenges for us all

Thu, Mar 18, 2010

Recognising that people are living longer and healthier lives, the state pension age will be increased gradually to 68 years”.

This quote from the National Pensions Framework presents new challenges for financial planning writes Ronan Bray of Pensions And Finance.

New era as Anthony Ryan’s opens new menswear store at Eyre Square Centre

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

A family owned business, which celebrated its centenary last year, will open a new menswear store at the Eyre Square Centre today (Thursday).

Local mentor launches ‘Better People’ initiative

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

At the recent launch of Confidential Mentoring, which is designed to improve your personal and professional life, mentor Seán Connaughton explained how much easier and more enjoyable it is to transform the quality of your life.

Mr Connaughton explained that mentoring builds better people; it targets awareness, self regard, confidence, ability, flexibility, and independence in a very subtle and successful way.

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