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The International Academy of Retail Banking (IARB), whose research and content division is based in Westport, Co Mayo, has announced that its Certified International Retail Banker (CIRB) qualification has been accredited by the Chartered Banker Institute of the UK, the oldest banking educational institute in the world. The IARB opened in Westport just over one year ago and currently employs 13 people in the town. A chief executive is currently being recruited. It intends to create around 40 jobs over the next three years, with the support of IDA Ireland.

The Learning Institute, Galway, has announced that it has been successful in securing funding from the ICS (Irish Computer Society). As a result of this, The Learning Institute is now offering a range of computer courses for beginners for just €20.

KBC Bank Ireland this week opened its newest retail banking hub on Eyre Square in Galway City. The new KBC Bank hub is the latest in a scheduled eight branch expansion taking place across Ireland over the coming 18 months. The introduction of this new KBC hub will herald an exciting new form of banking for the people of Galway.

The main types of jobs advertised online in Galway in the past three months were in IT, tourism, production and manufacturing.

DHKN is delighted to announce the appointment of two new partners Mark Gibbs and Stephen Crowley.

DHKN has announced announce the appointment of two new partners Mark Gibbs and Stephen Crowley.

James Charity has become the first individual to declare he will be a candidate in the May 2014 Local Elections for the Galway County Council.

Mayo’s representatives in Dáil Éireann are at odds about whether the Government’s Action Plan on Jobs is working.

Most Irish businesses are family owned and tend to remain in family ownership. Family businesses make up more than 60 per cent of all European companies, and they account for about 40-50 per cent of employment, encompassing a vast range of firms of different sizes and from different sectors.

Castlebar Labour Party town councillor Harry Barrett has urged people to check their bank records in the wake of The Central Bank report, issued recently, that named six banks that it is investigating for wrongly selling insurance products to thousands of customers. The banks have been ordered to carry out independent reviews of the sales of the payment protection insurance to find out the scale of the problem, and pay restitution. Payment protection insurance or PPI repays a loan or credit card if a person becomes sick or unemployed. Since August 2007, more than 300,000 PPI policies were sold in Ireland.