ACC Bank to cut 200 jobs and branches

Thu, May 21, 2009

ACC Bank, owned by Rabobank Group, is to cut 200 Irish jobs and close 16 branches, it said this week.

Goodwill hunting?

Thu, May 21, 2009

I am considering purchasing a business that I think I can get for a very good price. A significant part of the purchase price relates to the goodwill of the company. I have read recently that tax relief is now available on the acquisition of goodwill. How does this work?

Nortel and FCS make Volvo Ocean Race Communications Plain Sailing in Galway

Thu, May 21, 2009

Galway-based telecoms infrastructure provider Nortel has teamed with Flexible Contact Solutions to support the communications needs of Let’s Do It Galway for the Volvo Ocean Race stopover.

Oui love Galway — French journalists hold board meeting

Thu, May 21, 2009

Galway received another tourism boost this week when an association of leading French journalists chose it as the venue for its annual board meeting.

Invited by Tourism Ireland in France, the group - Groupement des Grands Regionaux - GGR - comprises editors from all the major regional newspapers in France.

New start up business is launched in Galway

Thu, May 21, 2009

Spotlight Communications will mark its official launch with an offer of complimentary one hour consultations to Galway businesses through June and July.

The independent communications consultancy based in Galway, under director Siobhán Calpin, has been in operation now for some six months and has developed clients in the arts and the hospitality sectors and has recently developed a website (www.spotlightcommunications.ie) to further grow the business.

Bank loans to businesses are just PR stunts, says ISME

Thu, May 14, 2009

Claims by banks that they are helping small to medium businesses by offering loans specifically designed to their needs are nothing more than PR stunts, the head of ISME has claimed.

Practical tax and commercial advice for start up or existing SMEs

Thu, May 14, 2009

A seminar on tax and commercial issues for owners and managers of small and medium enterprises will be held in Ballybane Enterprise Centre, Galway on Wednesday, May 20 at 6pm.

A decade in Knocknacarra — time to re-Joyce

Thu, May 14, 2009

Pat Joyce has come a long way from packing tea and dried fruit in his father’s shop. The Headford man says that as a schoolboy meeting reps and watching his father making deals, inspired him to enter the family business.

Innovate or Die — Marketing Institute to hold Galway seminar on new strategies

Thu, May 14, 2009

The Marketing Institute of Ireland West Region will hold a seminar on new marketing strategies in the Radisson SAS Hotel, Galway on Tuesday May 19 at 5.30pm.

Major business coaching conference for city

Thu, May 14, 2009

The 4th Annual Coaches Training Conference of Coach Institute of Ireland, the largest annual coaching event in Ireland, will be hosted for the first time in Galway next week.

Government needs to focus on job retention, says employers’ group

Thu, May 07, 2009

The greatest challenge facing the economy and society at present is to halt the recent surge in unemployment, according to IBEC West regional director John Brennan.

Mr Brennan has called on the Government to implement temporary measures to help companies retain jobs during the recession.

Taxation project prizes awarded by DHKN chartered accountants

Thu, May 07, 2009

Leading accountancy and financial services provider DHKN has awarded prizes to the top three tax projects that were selected from the NUI Galway undergraduate commerce programme for the Irish Tax Institute Budget Competition.

Study reveals discrimination against job applicants with non-Irish names

Thu, May 07, 2009

Job applicants with identifiably non-Irish names are less than half as likely to be called for interview as those with typical Irish names, according to a recent experiment. The research, the first of its kind to be conducted in Ireland, found a similar level of discrimination against those with an identifiably African, Asian, or European (German) name.

Jobs boost as Sword Security announces Volvo Ocean Race deal

Thu, May 07, 2009

A company founded in Galway has been appointed to provide security services for the Galway stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Galway company and VoSKY team up for low cost calls for Volvo stopover

Thu, May 07, 2009

Galway-based telecoms specialist Calimar is working in partnership with the Volco Ocean Race team to help reduce the cost of international calls for race team members, staff, and the internatinal press during the Galway stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Online jobs site sees massive growth

Thu, May 07, 2009

Recrui Direct, the Galway based online jobs site, has seen a massive increase in job postings as the economic downturn forces employers to turn away from the more expensive agency recruitment options.

Croí appoints new fundraising manager

Thu, May 07, 2009

Local heart charity Croí has announced the appointment of Edel Lambe as its new fundraising manager.

A Galway native, Ms Lambe has six years’ management experience of fundraising in the charitable sector. She joins Croí from DEBRA Ireland, the national charity for the genetic skin condition epidermolysis bullosa, where she was based in Dublin as head of donor care. While with DEBRA Ireland she successfully led the significant expansion of that charity.

Good news for Elan as study illustrates Tysabri MS success

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Athlone-based drug developer and its US partner, Biogen Idec, last evening hailed success from a study into the effects of their MS drug, Tysabri in repairing damage to the myelin sheath, a key cause of MS.

€360,000 to be won by new businesses

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Entrepreneurs from Galway, Mayo, and Westmeath could get a huge cash boost for their business thanks to a record prize fund of €360,000 being offered by InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Business Competition, details of which were announced this week.

Entitlements and the self-employed

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Q. I am a self employed individual and have my own business providing repair and maintenance services to individuals and companies. In recent months I have lost several large contracts and the business is no longer viable. I have two employees who have worked with me for the last 15 years. I have been told that my employees will be entitled to jobseekers’ benefit if the business folds but as the owner I have no entitlements. Is this correct?

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