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Small food businesses in Ireland are continuing to demonstrate strong growth both on the domestic and export markets, according to new figures released by Bord Bia this week. Bord Bia works with over 400 small food businesses with an annual turnover of some €400 million, representing an increase in value of seven per cent per year since 2007.

DESPITE IT’S rich tradition, which stretches from Frank O’Connor to Claire Keegan, the short story is currently Ireland’s most neglected literary genre.

Junior Chamber International Galway hosted its annual Christmas ball and awards ceremony in the Harbour Hotel recently where the voluntary activities and efforts of members were recognised and the end of a successful year for 2010 branch president Victoria Whelan was celebrated.

“The economic downturn should not deter people from starting their own business”, that’s according to three of the top entrepreneurs in the country.

Entrepreneurs, film makers, academics, and designers will be speaking about what inspires them and delivering encouragement to audiences at the Ignite Galway event next week.

Bad news may have been the order of the day for some time now, but this week it must be acknowledged that a definite sense of the sun peeking out through the clouds to lift our spirits is palpable.

Women are more likely to become entrepreneurs if they personally know other women entrepreneurs, according to new research from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. This fact is now being seized on by organisers of National Women’s Enterprise Day taking place in Limerick later this month which will showcase the stories of five female entrepreneurs in an effort to help boost the number of women setting up their own businesses in Ireland.

Ulster Bank will host a free evening event in the Galway Museum, Galway, from 6.00pm to 8.00pm on Wednesday, 10th November 10 to help people who have recently set up or are considering starting up their own business.

Ulster Bank will host a free evening event in the Olive Grove, Athlone, from 6pm to 8pm on Monday November 1 to help people who have recently set up or are considering starting up their own business. The Start Up Live events tour, run in association with smallbusinesscan.com, will allow the next generation of Midland businesses to come together to share their hopes, fears, concerns, and aspirations and trade expert advice on how to build and sustain a successful company.

Over 170 people attended the “Spirit of Entrepreneurship” annual event hosted by the Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in Castlebar last week.