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Frozen yogurt firm to create 90 jobs
A global frozen yogurt franchise is planning to create 90 jobs across the country over the next 18 months.  Yogen Fruz opened its first Irish store in Belfast’s Victoria Square shopping centre ten days ago, but is planning to open another ten outlets across the Republic.  Michael English, owner of the Irish franchise, said the company was extremely pleased with the sales figures from the Belfast store.  ‘‘We are only open a week and we are trading very successfully,” said English. ‘‘So now we are expanding into the rest of Ireland.  The Sunday Business Post

Shoppers urged to buy Irish this Christmas
We are being urged to buy Irish and buy local this Christmas.  Agri-Aware says consumers will spend just over €1,000 each over the festive season, €250 of that on food.  Executive Director of Agri-Aware John Murray says buying Irish will help support the 270-thousand jobs in the sector. Breaking News

On the Continent:

Bundesbank: German growth to ‘temporarily’ slow
German economic growth will probably weaken on waning export demand after a “further robust expansion” in the current quarter, the Bundesbank said.  “The pace of the German economy should temporarily slow after a very buoyant recovery over the first three quarters of 2010,” the Frankfurt-based central bank said in its quarterly report published today.  Growth may weaken to 2pc in 2011 and 1.5pc in 2012 from 3.6pc this year, it said.  The German economy, Europe’s largest, has powered the euro region’s expansion this year as companies stepped up output and hiring to meet global export demand. The Bundesbank led by Axel Weber said it expects reviving global export demand to help translate into stronger consumer spending after a “more moderate” growth over the winter months. Business Independent

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Country Crest buys into Couverture
Dublin-based food company Country Crest has paid €250,000 to acquire a 23 per cent share in dessert business Couverture. Employing over 22 people , Couverture is a family owned business, run by sisters Margaret Lynch and Geraldine O’Connor.  The company supplies hotels and events venues with a range of ready-made deserts, including fruit pies, pudding, crumbles cheesecakes and gateaux.  In the retail sector, Couverture supplies Musgrave and Superquinn. Read more

€3.74m deal for Offaly firm opens up US market
Offaly company ATSR has announced a €3.74 million agreement with US company Ferno Washington, an Ohio-based provider of professional emergency, mortuary and healthcare products.  Facilitated by Enterprise Ireland New York office, the partnership marks ATSR’s debut in the US Market. Read more

Obelisk Group acquires masts firm for €2 million
Obelisk Group has acquired metmAsts, a Meath-based supplier of meteorological masts, towers and equipment, for an estimated €2 million. Under the terms of the agreement Oblisk will become part of the Obelisk subsidiary, Wind Measurement International providing wind measurement equipment and meteorological masts to the global market…The new company will provide data for wind resource assessment on potential wind energy sites to ascertain the viability of projects.  Read more

OSG gets support for €6m expansion
Enterprise Ireland has announced that it will support a €6 million global expansion plan by Irish-owned managed services group OSG. Under the plan OSG provider of professional managed services to the Insurance sector, expects to create 155 new jobs in Dublin over the next 3 years.  Read more

  

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January 2011

11^th Jan – Winning through Change
A half-day meeting which helping to tackle the challenges facing Irish Business today. The Convention Centre Dublin

12^th Jan - Career Zoo
Career Zoo will take place in Dublin’s Mansion House. Catering for professionals considering new  employment opportunities, Career Zoo will showcase career options including up skilling and retraining as well as real job vacancies. Read more

25th Jan – Networking Event Ireland
The format for the event is:   7 tables of 10 people, with each person speaking for 3 minutes.  After each person at the table has spoken, attendees move to sit at a different table with people they have not spoken to before.  Time: 6pm Price: FREE, Location: Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport. Read more

February 2011
24^th Feb – Ulster Bank Irish Franchise Expo. Read more

Repeating Events:

TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) - developer, microcontroller etc nights;
DLREB Business Networks - Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show - Happening throughout Ireland from the end of Jan – Mar 2011.

1,100 leaving Ireland each month to seek work in UK – report

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105 Jobs for Galway via Hewlett Packard
US computer giant Hewlett Packard has announced that it is to create 105 new jobs in Co Galway.  The highly-skilled positions will be based within the global IT organisation in Ballybrit which supports the company’s enterprise business unit. “This is an important part of helping develop HP’s capability in software engineering, and we see it as an important statement of both our capacity to do more and the relevance of the skills that have been developed by the existing team here in Galway,” said Gerry Jacob, vice president within HP’s EB IT organisation.  Irish Independent

Over 100 jobs created by Superquinn and Centra
Some 70 positions have been added at Superquinn’s new 13,000sq ft supermarket in Rathgar, which opened this weekend, while the opening of a 6,000sq ft Centra store at the Regency Hotel on the Swords Road has resulted in the initial creation of 40 jobs.  The Rathgar outlet is the second Superquinn store to open in recent months following the opening of a store at Dublin’s Heuston Station and takes its chain to 25 stores.  The company, which is chaired by Simon Burke and owned by the consortium Select Retail Holdings, recently appointed former Dunnes Stores director Andrew Street as chief executive. Mr Street took up his role at the start of the month.  Regency Centra, part of the McGettigan group, said it had invested €850,000 in its Swords Road store.  The company added that the number of retail positions on the site would eventually increase to 70. More than 470 convenience stores operate under the Centra name across Ireland.  Irish Times

EU ‘considering’ rescue fund overhaul
European officials are considering plans to overhaul the euro zone’s €440 billion rescue fund and use it to buy bonds of distressed governments, it was claimed today.  The Financial Times  said the measures would make it easier to aid debt-laden countries without resorting to fully-fledged bail-outs, citing people involved with the deliberations.  Only the European Central Bank has so far purchased bonds of embattled peripheral countries such as Ireland and Portugal to lower their borrowing costs, a move that proved controversial even within the bank itself.  The European financial stability facility, which is set to be replaced by a permanent fund in 2013, could also be modified to provide short-term credit lines to countries struggling to borrow on the market but not in need of a multi-year bail-out package, the FT  said.  Business Times

On the Continent:

What Europe Should Do about the Euro Crisis
Euro-zone members will have to take radical measures to tackle its current currency crisis. Europe needs a far-reaching debt restructuring mechanism — but strangely, politicians have shown a preference for issuing yet more mountains of debt.  The euro has never been popular with Germans. But now that they might have to atone for the financial sins of other EU countries, the number of euroskeptics has been swelling dramatically.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel would warmly welcome a chance to provide a bit of relief on the domestic front. The way to do so is through something the experts call “creditor liability.” In layman’s terms, it means that the scoundrels from the banks that lent all the money to the severely cash-strapped EU member states should bear some of the pain resulting from any defaults.Die Speigel
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Cork firm powers ahead with new facility
Cork company B9 Power has secured funding of €570,000 from the Davy BES Fund to develop a new landfill gas (LFG) facility in Muingnaminnane near Tralee, Co Kerry.  Established in 2008, B9 specialises in the development of LFG plants, wind and other projects renewable energy projects. The company’s new plant in Muingnaminnane will have capacity of one megawatt. B9 has entered into a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement, whereby all electricity generated at the site will be sold to the grid at a fixed price. The Sunday Business Post

Armagh firm signs Azores recycling deal
Armagh company Environmental Marketing Solutions (EMS) has secured two international deals in the Azores islands with a combined value of £500,000 (€597,000).  A manufacturer of waste recycling systems, EMS s e cured the business with the authorities on Terceira and San Miguel, two of nine islands in the Azores, to install specialised recycling systems that use worms to break down waste.  Harry McCourt, managing director of EMS, said that the contracts were the latest in a series of international wins for the company, which has secured recent business worth £2 million (€2.4 million) in Britain, Portugal and the Middle East. The Sunday Business Post

Publisher completes €200k Clarion contract
Stoney Road Press, a fine art publishing company, has completed work on a €200,000 contract with the Clarion Hotel Group. Awarded in 2009, the deal was for the supply of fine art prints to Clarion’s new 262-bed Gibson Hotel in Dublin’s Point Village.  David O’Donoghue, cofounder of Stoney Road Press, said that the company secured the deal to supply, frame and install the majority of the artwork on show in the hotel, against 70 competing tenders.  ‘‘The project took up the first six months of 2010.We began making the prints in December 2009 and completed the installation of the artworks in July. The client specified newly-commissioned works for the bedrooms in conjunction with prints, sculptures and tapestries for the public areas,” he said.  The Sunday Business Post

Osmosis signs €500k Aviva Stadium deal
Cleeves Consultancy, in conjunction with Osmosis Ireland and LG Electronics, has supplied televisions for use in the newly-developed Aviva Stadium. Under the terms of the contract, the stadium took delivery of just under 400 LG and Blue Diamond television sets. Cleeves Consultancy contracted Osmosis to supply the goods, and the installation was carried out by Dublin-based AV Control Systems.  The televisions were installed in the stadium’s 36 corporate boxes, while the home dressing room was kitted out with the 60-inch HD-Ready LG PS7000.Other areas of the Stadium were fitted with the 37inch LG LH2000 and the 42inch LGLH3000 models.  The Sunday Business Post
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Breaking News 13th December 2010:

Paddy Power eyeing UK Tote investment
PADDY Power may be interested in buying part of the UK’s state-owned bookmaker known as the Tote, the Sunday Independent reported.  Paddy Power’s main interest may be in buying a number of the Tote’s 520 shops across Britain, to add to the Irish company’s 121 outlets in the UK.   Business Independent

Movers & Shakers:
David O’Connor – Operations Director- Great National Hotels – The Sunday Business Post
Killian O’Sullivan – Associate of the Firm   – Accreate Executive Search – The Sunday Business Post
Lisa Broderick – Partner – Beachcroft – The Sunday Business Post

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Who’s Recruiting?

Zutec – Various Engineering roles [x5] Qatar Office/Middle East – The Sunday Business Post
Zutec - Software Developers [x2] Irish Office – The Sunday Business Post
Sammon Group – Commercial Director, Senior Contracts Managers , Project Managers, Construction Director, Senior Project Engineers, Senior Quality Surveyor, Senior Estimator, HR Director, Senior Estimator – The Sunday Business Post
SLP – Advertising Salesperson – The Sunday Business Post
DCU – Director of Finance  – The Sunday Business Post
DCU – Vice President for External & Strategic Affairs (VPESA)- The Sunday Business Post
Adelaide Meath Hospital – Temporary Consultant – General Surgeon – Business Independent
Designer Group – Commercial Manager Ireland  (Engineering) – Business Independent
Kentech – Electrical & Instrument – offshore roles Kazakhstan  (x3) – Business Independent
Kentech – HSE Managers  – Business Independent
Mount Carmel Hospital – Infection Prevention Officer – Business Independent
Mount Carmel Hospital –Consultant Paediatrician – Business Independent
Royal College of Physicians – Senior House Officers – General Internal Medicine, Histopathology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Paediatrics – Business Independent
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin – Senior Clinical Psychologist  Haematology/Oncology – Business Independent
Bridhaven Nursing Home – Staff nurses – Business Independent
Galway Clinic – Assistant Matron – Business Independent
Galway Clinic – Theatre Staff Nurses – Business Independent
Galway Clinic – Cardiac Lab Staff Nurses – Business Independent
Beaumont Hospital – Locum Consultant General Surgeon – Business Independent
Hermitage – Radiation Therapy Services Manager, Clinical Specialist, Resident Medical Officers, Clinical Nurse Manager II ICU, Clinical Nurse Manager II (Surgical Ward), Clinical Nurse Manager (Theatre – Orthopaedics) and Medical Records Supervisor – Business Independent
NRH – Registrars in Rehabilitation Medicine – Business Independent
National Lottery – Sales representatives – Business Tribune
Lir – Cost & Management accountant – Business Tribune
The Priory Institute –Director – Business Times
The Priory Institute – Administrator – Business Times
HSE – Hospital Doctors – Business Times

Lineage (Business Independent):
Office Staff – Secretary/Administrator – clodagh.benson@eptco.ie
Sales & Marketing – Direct Sales Leaders – Oriflame Ireland – 087-9070192
Pharmaceutical – Pharmacist – pharmacyrole@yahoo.com/Mary Anne – 087-6394946
Nursing – Registered Nurse – St. Catherine’s Nursing Home – 0872778925
Nursing – Staff Nurse – 0868184262

Irish Independent – Business supplement

December 2010

13^th Dec – Success 2011 – Network Christmas Event
Meeting of like-minded Entrepreneurs at this event, to share their experiences and plan to thrive and survive in 2011. DCEB Members only –  Read more – http://www.dceb.ie/event-calendar/networking

January 2011

11^th Jan – Winning through Change
A half-day meeting which helping to tackle the challenges facing Irish Business today.  The Convention Centre Dublin.

12^th Jan - Career Zoo
Career Zoo will take place in Dublin’s Mansion House. Catering for professionals considering new
employment opportunities, Career Zoo will showcase career options including up skilling and retraining as well as real job vacancies – Read more

25th Jan – Networking Event Ireland
The format for the event is:
7 tables of 10 people, with each person speaking for 3 minutes.  After each person at the table has spoken, attendees move to sit at a different table with people they have not spoken to before.
Time: 6pm Price: FREE, Location: Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport.  Read more

February 2011
24^th Feb – Ulster Bank Irish Franchise Expo – Read more

Repeating Events:

TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show – Happening throughout Ireland from the end of Jan – Mar 2011.

IBEC:
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Call for 5,000 census workers
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has issued a call for 5,000 people to work as enumerators for the 2011 census.  Successful applicants for the positions will be handed a short-term contract and are expected to deliver census forms to some 400 homes in their area, collect them on completion and compile a population report on their assigned area.  “The enumerator must carry out a visual survey of their area and verify the location of all the dwellings listed in their record book; they must also locate and mark on the map any dwellings not already listed,” the CSO said. Business Times

Genband [new HQ] to create 100 jobs in Galway
Genband, the US telecommunications company, has announced it will create 100 jobs in its new international headquarters in Galway.  The company develops IP infrastructure and jobs will be in finance, supply chain management, customer support, software development, HR, legal and administrative activities. Genband plans to establish its international HQ and business services centre in Galway, representing an €8m investment.  Career Zoo

Massive plans to employ over 4000 jobs via GPCE in Kerry
300 people could begin work at GPCE’s offices at Centrepoint in the town as early as January.
A grassroots campaign involving key business people in Kerry has been launched to support and lobby for the development of the planned €4.7bn pharmaceutical centre of excellence for Tralee. An estimated 300 people attended a public meeting on Tuesday on the proposed international centre, which developers claim will create over 4,000 jobs in Tralee. Following the meeting, a number of prominent business leaders have come together to organise a campaign of public support and awareness for the proposed development.  Funded entirely by businesses in the county, the new campaign has set up a website to lobby for the pharmaceutical centre and will erect of a number of strategically located roadsigns around Kerry which declare ‘Kerry 4 GPCE’. Kerry People

28% of UK firms to recruit next year
Nearly a third of UK firms plan to recruit more staff in the coming year – twice as many as planned to expand their workforce in 2009, a survey suggests.  Around 28% of companies said they would increase their headcount during the coming 12 months, with 15% planning significant increases, according to the statistics released today by accountancy firm PwC.  The group said the picture was similar across the US and much of Europe, as companies looked to recruit again. Breaking News

On the Continent

Schaeuble rejects euro breakup, touts Germany as European model
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the euro area won’t break up and cited his government’s deficit-cutting path as a model for the rest of Europe.  “When countries have problems, many people look for the culprits outside their borders,” Schaeuble was cited as saying in an interview published today in Bild newspaper.   “Of course teachers’ pets are never terribly popular, especially if they say, ‘Do it our way.’ But there’s no way around it — nobody was forced to join the currency union.”   German economic policy, coupled with fiscal austerity, yields “good growth with social stability,” Schaeuble said, as the 16 euro countries seek ways to stop Europe’s debt crisis and end speculation the currency area will split.  Business Independent

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Done Deal 5th December ~ The Sunday Business Post:

Zutec lands €1.3m database project at Qatar airport
Irish-owned software firm Zutec has landed a €1.3 million contract to provide a project database management system for the construction of a new international airport in the city of Doha in Qatar.  Awarded by Sky Oryx, a consortium comprising Japan’s Taisei Corporation and Turkey’s TAV, the deal is the latest in a series of international success stories for Zutec, which specialises in web solutions for the building and asset management industries.  The Sunday Business Post

BWG’s €2.5m deal with Mater Hospital
BWG Foodservice, part of BWG Foods, has secured a €2.5 million contract with the Hospital Procurement Services Group (HPSG).  Under the terms of the two-year deal, BWG will supply food and non-food products to the catering departments of 16 hospitals.  John Moane, managing director of BWG’s wholesale division, which includes BWG Foodservice, said the company had secured the hospitals’ contract on the back of its key geographic locations and recent investment in new systems.  The Sunday Business Post

Gaelectric gets green light for €26m wind scheme
Renewable energy firm Gaelectric has secured planning approval for a 15 megawatt (MW) wind farm at Inishative, near Pomeroy, Co Tyrone.  The stg£22million (€26million) scheme will have six wind turbines, with capacity to power some 8,000 homes annually.  Gaelectric secured planning permission for a 15 megawatt wind farm in Carn Hill, Co Antrim, and a 12.5 megawatt development in Cregganconroe, Co Tyrone, earlier this year.  Gaelectric chief executive Brendan McGrath said the company had, so far, secured €50 million in equity investment, and would start to generate revenue in 2011.  The Sunday Business Post

United Drug seals €19m takeover
United Drug has acquired the entire issued share capital of World Events Group, a British-owned provider of event management, logistics and marketing services to international pharmaceutical manufacturers.  The deal provides for a consideration of stg£13.5 million (€16 million) in cash, payable on completion, with an additional amount of up to stg£2.7 million (€3.2 million) payable on the achievement of agreed profit targets over three years.  The Sunday Business Post
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Movers & Shakers:
Noel Griffin - Senior Treasury Manager – ISPCA – The Sunday Business Post
Kevin Moloney – Business Manager (renewable Energy)  – Siemens
George Stolakis - President – Adhesives Research Inc.
Jim Butler – Senior Vice-President of Technology Product Development – HMH
John Varley - Managing Director – Carlton Hotel Ireland
Tony Quinn – Sales Director– A&O Ireland
Ken Fitzpatrick - Chief Executive – Simply Zesty
Paul Synnott – County Manager – Simply Zesty
Dr. Dara Fitzgerald – Chief Executive – NovaUCD
Jeanette Naughton – Principle Consultant – Accreate
Jill Smyth – Head of Ulster Bank – Money Sense, Ulster Bank
Christoph Zenk - Product Manager – QMS Software
Hilary O’Sullivan – Head of Training & Renewals – Origina

The Sunday Business Post
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Who’s Recruiting?
All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care – Director – Business Times
Ardmore Group – Project Managers, Design Manager, Estimators, & Project Surveyors – Business Times
Jones Lange LaSalle -  Research Analyst – Business Times
The Priory Institute - Director – Business Times
The Priory Institute – Administrator  – Business Times
Waterford Institute of Technology – Technology Transfer Manager  – Business Times
HSE – Hospital Doctors (2 yr contracts) – Business Times
Commission of Communications Regulation – Senior Legal Advisor – The Sunday Business Post
Zutec – Engineers [x5] Qatar Office – The Sunday Business Post
Zutec – Software Developers [x2] Irish Office – The Sunday Business Post
Sammon Group - Commercial Director, Senior Contracts Managers , Project Managers, Construction Director, Senior Project Engineers, Senior Quality Surveyor, Senior Estimator, HR Director, Senior Estimator – The Sunday Business Post
Eversheds O’Donnell Sweeney - Lawyers – The Sunday Business Post
DCU – Director of Finance  – The Sunday Business Post
Educate.ie - Editor & Office Administrator – The Sunday Business Post
The Sunday Business Post – Production Manager – The Sunday Business Post
Haven – Construction Manager – Business Independent
All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care – Information & Communications Manager and  Database/Web Administrator – Business Independent
Croke Park - Finance Manager – Business Independent
Blackrock Clinic - Theatre Nurses, Operating Dept. Practitioners and iPM/Applications Support Specialist – Business Independent
Mater Private – Clinical Nurse Manager II (Heart Centre Nurse)- Business Independent
Mater Private – Clinical Nurse Manager II (Anaesthectics & PACU -1 Post ) – Business Independent
Mater Private – Bank Staff Nurse (All Divisions) – Business Independent
Mater Private – Radiation Therapist – Business Independent
Clane General Hospital - Nursing Vacancies – Business Independent
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland - Manager, Deputy Manager and Practice Development Officer – Business Independent
Bridehaven Nursing Home - Staff Nurses – Business Independent
Apex Fire – Operations Manager – Business Independent
Corniche Hospital (Abu Dhabi) -  Midwives, NICU Nurses, Chief of Services & Gynecology – Business Independent
Beaumont - Senior House Officer & Senior House Officer in Neurosurgery – Business Independent
Bon Secure Health System – Registrar – Business Independent
Samsung – Content Manager  – Business Tribune
Seerys - Quality Assurance Manager  – Business Tribune

Lineage (Business Independent):
Medical – HSE [Mid-Western Group Hospitals] – Various Registrar and SHO roles (x 12]
Irish Independent – Business supplement
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Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host, select links listed below, should you wish to attend.

December 2010
13th Dec - Success 2011 – Network Christmas Event
Meeting of like-minded Entrepreneurs at this event, to share their experiences and plan to thrive and survive in 2011. DCEB Members only –  Read moreJanuary 2011
12th Jan – Career Zoo
Career Zoo will take place in Dublin’s Mansion House. Catering for professionals considering new employment opportunities, Career Zoo will showcase career options including up skilling and retraining as well as real job vacancies

February 2011
24th Feb – Ulster Bank Irish Franchise Expo
Read more

Repeating Events:
• TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
• DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
• DCEB Business Networks – CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
• The Better Business Show – happening throughout Ireland from end of January to March.

IBEC:
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€1m IT deal ‘great start for Unity business’
Unity Technology Solutions, the company that emerged from the Calyx receivership in September, has done a €1 million deal with the oil and gas exploration group, Petroceltic.  The exploration group has hired Unity to provide outsourced information technology services for its headquarters in Dublin and its offices in Europe and North Africa.  The deal is understood to be worth over €1 million to Unity, and is one of the first major new contracts won by the company since it took over the Calyx business in the autumn.  Business Times

Irish solution to what was not an Irish problem
Instead of ignoring warnings and acting behind closed doors, the government should have moved sooner during the financial crisis and engaged with our European partners. It would have saved the taxpayer billions, writes Mike Flynn. There were many warning signs in the 12 months prior to the bank guarantee that should have led to an investigation of the banks, and Anglo-Irish Bank in particular. The statement that there was no alternative to a bank guarantee on 29 September 2008 may be true, but only because the longer the delay before acting, the fewer options there are. Business Tribune

Bagel Bar eyes big bite of Middle East franchise market
Bagel Bar, the Irish food company founded in 2001 by former banker and IT executive Ray Cowzer, is hoping that a push into the Middle East will help revive fortunes at the company as it weathers the economic storm at home.  Mr Cowzer was recently approached by Sary Hamway, a respected Dubai-based franchising expert, with a view to marketing the Bagel Bar concept to investors in the region.  Business Independent

Skype’s co-founder  says Silicon Valley is yesterday
Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström says Silicon Valley is no longer the centre of the tech universe and good start-ups can come from anywhere, including Ireland,  John Kennedy reports … Zennström and Friis sold Skype to eBay in 2005 for $2.6bn. In 2009, Zennström was part of the consortium that bought Skype from eBay and he currently sits on the board of the internet telephone company.  Zennström and Friis now run their own venture capital firm Atomico, which has a fund of $165m and has invested in 30 companies such as Last.fm and Xobni.  Zennström chuckles as I gush about the marvel of Skype and how it keeps my world-strewn family in touch. He reminds me that therein lies one of the best lessons at discovering a technology success.  Business Independent

On the Continent:

Merkel’s Reputation on the Decline in Europe
German chancellor Angela Merkel, say many, has made Ireland’s debt crisis worse.
Everyone is talking about German Chancellor Angela Merkel these days — and most of what they have to say isn’t complimentary. Her plan to create a bankruptcy mechanism for euro-zone countries, they say, has worsened the debt crisis in Ireland and elsewhere. Merkel’s name, once widely respected, is now mud. It wasn’t all that long ago that Germany’s chancellor was the star of Europe — a consensus builder who had positioned herself at the vanguard of the effort to save the world from global warming. Indeed, it looked for a time as if Merkel was on the way to becoming a European politician as widely respected as Helmut Kohl was in his time.  Die Spiegel

France, Germany say euro saved but investors skeptical
Germany and France declared on Monday that Europe had taken decisive action to save the euro by rescuing Ireland and laying the foundations of a permanent debt resolution system, but investors were not convinced.  Under pressure to arrest the threat to the currency before markets opened and prevent contagion engulfing Portugal and Spain, EU finance ministers endorsed an 85 billion-euro ($115 billion) loan package on Sunday to help Dublin cover bad bank debts and bridge a huge budget deficit.  They also approved the outlines of a long-term European Stability Mechanism (ESM), based on a Franco-German proposal, that will create a permanent bailout facility and make the private sector gradually share the burden of any future default. Reuters

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Done Deal 28th November ~ The Sunday Business Post:

Credo to distribute new medical brands
Credo Pharma, a Dublin based supplier of medical and surgical devices, has agreed to take over the distribution of several medical brands from Healthcare 21.  Under the terms of the deal, Credo have the exclusive rights to supply several brands to pharmacies and healthcare retailers in Ireland north and south.  These will include Mueller Sport Care braces and supports, the Robinson’s wound care range and BSN Medical advanced wound care products.     The Sunday Business Post

€900,000 oil take order for Brazil Company
Two of the Irish companies that took part in last week’s Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Brazil have secured contracts with a combined value of 1.5 million euro.  Suretank, a supplier of cargo carrying units (CCUs) to the offshore oil industry has won a €900,000 deal to supply CCU’s to IWES, an international supplier of tanks and containers to the oil and gas exploration sector.  In a separate deal, Monaghan company Combilift has secured orders, valued at €600,000, to supply four of its unique forklift trucks to the Brazilian steel giant Gerdau.  The Sunday Business Post

White’s secures contract with Hong Kong supermarket chain
Armagh-based manufacturer Whyte’s has won a  £200,000 contract with Wellcome, Hong Kong business supermarket chain.  The deal will see Whyte’s which is part of the Fane Valley Group, sell oat-based products to 240 Wellcome supermarkets in Hong Kong, serving more than 14 million shoppers each month.  The Sunday Business Post

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Breaking News 29th November 2010:

Irish bank shares soar on market
Irish bank shares soared and bond yields declined this morning after a deal on a rescue plan for the country was agreed at the weekend.  The banks will get as much as €35 billion of aid while senior bondholders will escape the cost of the bailout led by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.  Following a review of the capital requirements of Irish banks, the Central Bank said it was settings a new Core Tier 1 capital ratio of 12 per cent. Irish Times

“Best deal for Ireland” – Cowen
The Irish Government yesterday said the €85bn bailout from the EU and the IMF was the best available deal for Ireland.   Speaking at a press conference, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said the external funding allows the country to “move forward with secure funding for our essential public services, for our welfare state, for the most vulnerable members of society that depend on them”. “And it provides Ireland with vital time and space to successfully and conclusively address the unprecedented problems we have been dealing with since this global economic crisis began.”Business & Leadership

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Candidate Manager – Don Stapleton – Product Marketing Manager – Business Tribune
Sodexo Ireland - Stephen O’Brien – Facilities Management Account Director – Business Tribune

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Who’s Recruiting?
Kinetic partner –Audit Director – The Sunday Business Post
Kinetic partner – Regulatory Consultant – The Sunday Business Post
Kinetic partner – Part Qualified Auditor – The Sunday Business Post
Dolmen Stockbrokers – Senior Researcher – The Sunday Business Post
Dolmen Stockbrokers – Junior Analyst – The Sunday Business Post
ComReg – Senior Legal Advisor- The Sunday Business Post
Eversheds, O’Donnell & Sweeney– Solicitors (Corporate, Litigation, Banking & Property exp.)- The Sunday Business Post
ComReg– Senior Legal Advisor- The Sunday Business Post
BorgWarner – Engineer Vacancies – Business Tribune
Avonmore Credit Union – Manager – Business Tribune
Jones Lang LaSalle – Research Analyst – Business Times
Central Bank – Deputy Head of Division – Business Times
IPSEN – Analytical Development Manager – Business Times
Ardmore – Project Managers, Design Managers, Estimators, Planners & Project Surveyors – Business Times
All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care  – Director – Business Times
UPMC Beacon Hospital – Registrars  – Business Independent
UPMC Beacon Hospital – RMO/SHO’s – Business Independent
UPMC Beacon Hospital – Oncology Facilitator – Business Independent
HSC – Medical & Dental – Locum and Pediatric Appointments – Business Independent
The Adelaide Meath Hospital – Senior House officers -  Business Independent
The Adelaide Meath Hospital – Consultant General Physician -  Business Independent
Coombe – Registrar in Obstetrics/Gynecology  – Business Independent
Bridehaven – Staff Nurse – Business Independent
Mater Hospital -  Assistant Director of Nursing– Business Independent
Leapardstown Hospital – Director of Nursing & Senior Medical Social Worker  – Business Independent

Lineage (Business Independent):
Accountancy – Trainee Accountants – Business Graduates [x2] – hrdeptaccs@yahoo.ie
Administration  – PA  (5yrs exp) -  s.sheeran@tjc.ie
Management – General Manager– generalmanager@acdal.ie 
Medical –Practice Manager – doyleev@yahoo.com 

Irish Independent – Business supplement
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Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host or select links listed below, should you wish to attend.

November

30th Nov – Excel at Export Selling 2010 Workshop Series: Value Proposition Development Share
Enterprise Ireland www.enterprise-ireland.com
1st Dec – Marketing Breakfast: Relationship Marketing Trends
The Westbury Hotel, Dublin 2
2nd Dec – CPA Capital Game Conference
Crowne Plaza Hotel – 1 day conference featuring Barney Austen (MyProjectTracker) and Dick Blake (FCPA & Principle of Pembroke Consultants)
2nd Dec – ISA TechBrew – ‘Product managers: champions of success?’
4 Dame Lane
8th Dec – How 2.0 Market Your Business Online Conference
Charted Accountants House.
9th Dec – Budget 2011 and the Public Service
Institute of Public Administration, Dublin 4.

Repeating Events:

TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller, etc. – nights;

DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;

DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;

The Better Business Show – Throughout Ireland from end of January to March 2011.

IBEC:
Click here to view calendar
Compiled by Careers Register – Part of Cpl Group

Boots’ largest store opens in Limerick
Boots the Chemist recently opened a 959sqm unit at Childers Road Retail Park in Limerick for which the firm will pay a rent of around €250,000 a year. The unit will be one of their largest stores in Ireland. Alanis Capital are asset managers of the park on behalf of a group of investors. With a floor area of over 25,000sqm, the park is described by Mervyn Ellis of letting agents HWBC as the largest retail park outside Dublin. Business Independent

Call centre to create 33 jobs in Co Donegal
 A new emergency call answering service centre is to create 33 jobs in Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal this afternoon. The new posts are being created with the opening of the new service at the IT centre in Portnason.   The service will result in the employment of a hundred people, with the Donegal facility one of three centers which will process up to four million emergency calls per year. The Sunday Business Post

Sainsbury’s in recruitment and training drive
Grocery chain Sainsbury’s today announced plans to recruit an additional 500 staff to serve at its food counters and cafes over the next year.  The chain is also opening six food colleges to provide training in areas such as knife and food preparation skills, product knowledge and customer service.  It expects that more than 8,500 staff a year will spend at least a day at the colleges, which are situated within existing stores in Edinburgh, Bradford, Oldbury, St Albans, Calcot near Reading and Hempstead Valley in Kent. The Sunday Business Post

International News

Markets and partners relieved at Ireland rescue
(Reuters) – Financial markets rallied slightly and European Union partners voiced relief on Monday after Ireland agreed in principle on a three-year bailout package with the EU and the IMF to salvage its shattered banks. European shares rose 0.7 percent in early trade, the euro climbed and Irish borrowing costs fell in response to an outline rescue deal intended to stop contagion spreading to other fragile euro zone economies.  But it was unclear whether the second euro zone bailout in six months, after Greece, would be sufficient to prevent markets targeting fellow straggler Portugal. “It is necessary to help Ireland, otherwise the whole euro zone would be in danger,” Austrian Finance Minister Josef Proell said on Monday after euro zone ministers approved Dublin’s request for aid in a Sunday evening telephone conference. Reuters

EU Agrees on Multi-Billion Rescue Package for Ireland
Ireland has formally asked the European Union for financial assistance, and EU finance ministers have approved the aid. The size of the rescue package is not yet clear, but it could be up to 100 billion euros.  Just a few days ago, Ireland was insisting that it would not need a financial rescue package from the European Union. Now Dublin has changed its tune. On Sunday, the Irish government officially requested help from the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Europe’s finance ministers quickly agreed to the aid in a hastily convened telephone conference on Sunday evening. Die Spiegel

Ireland rescue boosts euro
Relief that Ireland and the European Union have agreed a €80bn-€90bn bail-out is providing a positive start to the week for riskier assets. The FTSE All World equity index is up 0.5 per cent, commodity prices are mostly higher and the dollar is weaker as traders make bolder bets. US stock futures are up 0.3 per cent. The euro is rallying on hopes that the deal in Dublin may help reduce the chances of further sovereign debt contagion in the Eurozone. Investors have been fearful that any such contagion will force other nations, perhaps Portugal, to follow Ireland and Greece to seek aid. (www.ft.com On-line Registration required)  Financial Times

The Euro Crisis in Numbers
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Done Deal 21st November ~ The Sunday Business Post:

Companies link up for R&D project
Video technology company Sonru and Belfast-based digital consultancy iON have been awarded funding of £146,000 (€171,000) from InterTradeIreland’s Innova programme.  The funding will be used to finance a research and development partnership that combines the core competencies of Sonru (video interviewing) and iON (e-mail delivery).  Aside from Inter Trade Ireland’s award of £146,000, the balance of £419,000 (€490,000) funding over the next two years will be provided by Sonru and iON.  Fergal O’Byrne, chief executive of Sonru, said the project would involve two separate phases.  The Sunday Business Post

Phonovation in €500,000 network expansion
Voice solutions company Phonovation has invested €500,000 in network expansion to increase the company’s call handling and SMS capacity.  Between May and October, Phonovation invested in additional hardware, hosting and staff to increase the capacity on its network by 50 per cent.  The company’s integrated SMS and interactive voice response (IVR) service can now answer 2,100 calls simultaneously and send 650,000 texts per hour on behalf of clients.  The Sunday Business Post

O’Crualaoi Group invests €4.5m in revamp
O’Crualaoi Group has invested €4.5million over the last three years and created 20 jobs in its newly opened 5,000 square foot butchers and deli in Carrigaline, Co Cork.  This is the sixth enterprise in the O’Crualaoi Group, which has been a purveyor of locally sourced meat and freshly prepared deli food since 1957.Originally established by Kevin O’Crualaoi, the business is now run by his son, Micheal, and managing director Francis Twohig. It employs more than 100 people across its five stores and in its supporting company, Ballyburden Meats. The Sunday Business Post

News this week

Buy4Now – Buy4Now Technology Group has won three contracts worth €250,000 to deliver e-commerce solutions for British firms Buildbase, Jacksons and Plumbase. The focus for these companies is to drive customers in-store to purchase high end product offerings and allow clients to purchase commodity items online, according to Buy4Now’s chief executive Michael Veale.
Smarttech saves energy – In a deal worth €50,000, IT company Smarttech has been awarded exclusive distribution of an energy-saving software solution developed by Irish company, EnergyWatchIT. Ronan Murphy, chief executive of Smarttech, said the software could cut energy bills by 50 per cent or more and save €55 per PC per year.
Dediserve buys AventureHost – Technology services provider Dediserve has acquired Belfast-based web-hosting firm AventureHost in a deal predicted to bring Dediserve’s annual revenue to over €1 million next year. The deal came into effect in August as part of Dediserve’s strategy to develop a strong position in the British cloud-computing market.  The Sunday Business Post

Breaking News 22nd November 2010

Up to 10% of customers have returned to ESB
One in ten people who switched from the ESB to a different electricity supplier has returned to the company. It is reported today 692,000 homes moved from the the semi-state company since the start of last year, but 70,000 have since gone back.  That is an average of 1,000 a week.  Breakingnews.ie

ISEQ today:

ISEQ Index: Click here to view

Tech Top 50:  Click here to view

Movers & Shakers:
Patrick Farrell – Head of Private Banking – Ulster Bank
Vanessa Marky – Head of British Market – Tourism Ireland
John McCormack – Head of Software & Services – Hibernia Evros
Roisin Reilly – Head of PR– Littlewoods Ireland
Daan Snijders – Vice-President of Corporate Project Manager – Infor
John Jones –Managed Print Specialist – Infor
Damien O’Rourke – Business Development Manager – Kedington’s
Antoinette O’Flaherty –Regional Manager– Collins McNicholas & HR Services
Barbara Anne Richardson – Marketing & Commercial Services Manager– Cork Chamber
Sinead Kavanagh – Account Manager– WHPR
Emma Davis – Quality Manager– Carl Stuart Group
Sarah Ryan – Consultant – Powerscourt

Reported in: The Sunday Business Post
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Who’s Recruiting?

Realstone – Finance Director – Business Independent
PAI – Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist – Business Independent
PAI – Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist – Business Independent
NRH – Senior Radiographer– Business Independent
St Vincent’s – Consultant General Surgeon (Breast or Endocrine interest) – Business Independent
James F. Wallace – Insolvency Professional  - The Sunday Business Post
James F. Wallace – Qualified Accountant – The Sunday Business Post
Dolmen Stockbrokers – Senior  Researcher  - The Sunday Business Post
Dolmen Stockbrokers – Junior Analyst  – The Sunday Business Post
Dept. of Justice & Law Reform – Legal Services Ombudsman – The Sunday Business Post
Irish Examiner – Chief Sub-Editor  - The Sunday Business Post
IDA Ireland – ICT Research & Development Specialists – Business Times
Dandara – Project Surveyors – Business Times
Kinetic Partners – Audit Director – Business Times
Kinetic Partners – Regulatory Consultant – Business Times
Kinetic Partners – Part Qualified Auditor – Business Times
IPSEN – Analytical Development Manager (API Development)  – Business Times
Harty Intl. – Process Engineer  – Business Times
Ardmore – Project Managers/Surveyors, Design Managers, Estimators, Planners – Business Times
Borg Warner BERU Systems – Engineer Vacancies – Business Independent & Business Tribune

Lineage (Business Independent): 

Accountancy – ACCA Lecturers (F1 – F6_ – careers @edencollege.ie
Office Staff – Secretary – St Laurence’s National School, Chapelizod – Chairperson of the Board
Printing – Production Assistant – MD Wood Printcraft, D17.
Pharmaceutical – Supervising Pharmacist – 086- 8301030 – Garvan@Mulliganschemist.com
Legal – Legal Secretary – Box no5490

Business Independent = Irish Independent, Business supplement
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Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host, select links listed below, should you wish to attend. 

November

• 22^nd – ACOI Annual Compliance in Finance Conference 2010
  Radisson Blu Hotel 
• 23^rd – 36 Actions to Improve Business Performance
  City North Hotel, on the M1 at Gormanstown, Co. Meath. Seminars is free of charge. Registration and coffee is from 8.30 am and the seminar runs to 11.30 am.
• 25th – Entrepreneurship Venture Academy
  This coaching day in Clarion Hotel, Cork, will give selected startups the opportunity
  to gain intensive handholding and feedback from seasoned Entrepreneurs focussing on
  their investor readiness.  
• 25th – Retail Rents Seminar
  This breakfast seminar will be co-hosted with Knight Frank at 7.45am Leman’s Dublin offices.
  Expert speakers discuss trends in retail rents focusing on what is actually happening on the ground.  Email: jwalsh@lemansolicitors.com
• 26^th – Taste of Christmas,
  Convention Centre Dublin
• 26th – Top Gear Festival
  Citywest Event Centre.

Repeating Events

• TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
• DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
• DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show – happening throughout Ireland from end of January to March.

IBEC:
Click here to view ibec event calendar.

Compiled by Careers Register.

Tesco create 310 jobs in store openings
Tesco have opened three stores today creating 310 new jobs.  The store openings are in Oranmore, Co Galway (110 employees), Swinford, Co Mayo (90) and Ballybeg, Co Waterford (110).  Another 15 jobs will also be created when a Tesco Express Store opens in Newcaste in Galway City next week.  Today’s openings are part of Tesco Ireland’s €113m national investment plans for 2010/2011, creating 748 new jobs, announced earlier this year. The Sunday Business Post

O’Keeffe launches €85m fund for new high-tech firms
The Minister for Enterprise Batt O’Keeffe has launched a new €85m venture capital fund which will help high-tech firms in Ireland to get off the ground.  Venture capitalists provide risk capital for firms that would otherwise find it hard to raise collateral through traditional sources of finance.  The Atlantic Bridge II Fund, which is being supported under Enterprise Ireland’s Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012, will focus on high-tech firms across Ireland and Europe with strong international growth prospects. 
It is expected that the fund will complete a second closing in the coming months, bringing the total fund to €130m.  The Sunday Business Post

Ireland’s ten-year bond price stable
Traders are reporting a quiet start to the morning on the bond markets. Yields on Irish ten-year bonds remain around the level at which they closed on Friday – around 8.2%. The Sunday Business Post

Irish Debt Causing New Jitters Across Europe
Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to establish a bankruptcy mechanism for troubled euro-zone countries.   But with uncertainty rampant about what such a procedure would look like, Ireland is suddenly faced with horrific borrowing costs. Some suspect Dublin may soon have to ask the EU for help.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel doesn’t have many fans in Greece. Many in the Mediterranean country feel that Germay was aggressively accusatory earlier this year when it came to Athens’ severe national debt and budget deficit
problems. Bitterness has only increased as tough austerity measures have taken hold. Die Speigel

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Done Deal 14th November ~ The Sunday Business Post:

Galway firm secures funding of €317k
Nortev, a Galway-based startup specialising in medical devices for the veterinary industry, has secured investment of €317,000 in a funding round led by the AIB Seed Capital Fund. The fund, which is jointly managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital, provided funding of €170,000.  Nortev will use this to carry out final-stage testing on FlexiNeb, a mask-based product it has developed to control and treat common respiratory diseases in horses.  The Sunday Business Post

Dublin company gives voice to logistics giant
DHL, the international warehouse, transport and logistics company, has implemented a voice-enabled solution from Dublin-based IT company Heavey RF.  Valued at €250,000, the project represented Heavey RF’s first ever implementation of the Vocalpoint VP2.0 technology in the Irish market.  Vocalpoint VP2.0 is a licensed middleware solution that adds voice functionality to existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).  Voice technology uses speech recognition and speech synthesis to allow workers to communicate. Warehouse operatives use wireless, wearable computers with headsets and microphones, through which they can receive voice instructions.  The Sunday Business Post

Musgrave pumps €1m into Galway outlet
Retail and distribution group Musgrave has invested €1 million in its Market Place Cash & Carry outlet in Galway.  The project is the latest in a series of upgrades to the Musgrave cash & carry network, which sells to the retail and food service sectors.  The Cork-based group has, to date, invested more than €10million to improve Market Place facilities in Dublin, Cork and Waterford. Further investment of €1 million is planned for Musgrave Market Place Limerick.  Musgrave Market Place sells 500 Musgrave own-brand products and more than 200 branded lines. The Sunday Business Post

New engineering technology funds for Sligo
IT Sligo has secured EU funding of €3.2 million to research new technologies for engineering and manufacturing, in partnership with the Northern Regional College and Ayr College in Scotland.  The aim of the Knowledge and Innovation Transfer in Engineering (KITE) project, funded by the EU’s INTERREG IVA programme, will be to secure the long-term sustainability of key engineering and manufacturing sectors in Northern Ireland, the border regions and western Scotland.  Speaking at the launch of the three-year programme last Thursday, Professor Terri Scott, president of IT Sligo, said its aim would be to find ways to increase productivity and reduce costs for employers.  The Sunday Business Post

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Breaking News 15th November 2010:

O’Keeffe to reassure investors over corporation tax
The Enterprise Minister Batt O’Keeffe will today move to reassure international investors in Ireland that there will be no change to corporation tax rates here.  There are renewed fears that Ireland will come under pressure to increase business taxes if the country becomes more dependent on EU aid. But Minister O’Keeffe, who is due to address an IDA dinner in London this evening, will state that Ireland’s 12.5% tax rate is sacrosanct .  Almost 8,000 workers are employed by UK firms in Ireland, making it the second largest source of Foreign Direct Investment after the United States. The Sunday Business Post

ISEQ Index today:
  
http://www.ise.ie/app/indexHGForm.asp
Tech top 50
 
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/tech50/

Breaking News 15th November 2010:
O’Keeffe to reassure investors over corporation tax
The Enterprise Minister Batt O’Keeffe will today move to reassure international investors in Ireland that there will be no change to corporation tax rates here.  There are renewed fears that Ireland will come under pressure to increase business taxes if the country becomes more dependent on EU aid. But Minister O’Keeffe, who is due to address an IDA dinner in London this evening, will state that Ireland’s 12.5% tax rate is sacrosanct .  Almost 8,000 workers are employed by UK firms in Ireland, making it the second largest source of Foreign Direct Investment after the United States. The Sunday Business Post

Movers & Shakers
Emerald Facility Services - Lorraine Clements – Director of Cleaning – The Sunday Business Post
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Who’s Recruiting?
Kinetic partner –Audit Director – Business Times
Kinetic partner – Regulatory Consultant – Business Times
Kinetic partner – Part Qualified Auditor – Business Times
The Royal Hospital Donnybrook – Assistant Director of Nursing – Business Times
IDA – ICT Research & Development Specialist – Business Times
Dandara – Project Surveyors – Business Times
St. John of God – Head of Social Work – Business Independent
St. John of God – Senior Social Worker – Business Independent
St. John of God – Senior Social Worker – Business Independent
Culcita -  Financial Controller – Business Independent
Culcita -  Accounts/Admin assistant– Business Independent
Culcita -  Various sales roles– Business Independent

Movers & Shakers:

Lineage (Business Independent):
Accountancy – Accounts Assistants – 6 month contracts – careers.ireland@cbre.com 
Management  – Esker Development Board - General Manager 
Irish Independent – Business supplement

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Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host, select links listed below, should you wish to attend.
November

• 17^th & 18^th – Globe Forum – A conference focused on developing market-leading innovation at Convention Centre Dublin. Fee: €295.
• 18^th - Transformation, Positioning & Sustainability in Recruitment in Ireland 2011 and Beyond’ No.6 – Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St, Dublin 2 (price €225 plus vat). 
• 18^th – Sharepoint Governance Workshop – Hosted by Storm Technology and lead by SharePoint guru Paul Culmsee, the workshop will take place at Microsoft European Development Centre, Dublin 18 – rturley@storm.ie 
• 18^th & 19^th – National Womens Enterprise Day – Limerick Strand Hotel. €100. 
• 18^th – Keep shaking the Tree – A seminar delivered by Terry Harmer , NLC Training at the Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise – 7pm to 9.30pm 
• 18^th – Digital Content and the Creative Economy – Enterprise Ireland, The Plaza
  East Point Business Park, Dublin 3.  
• 20^th – Open Coffee Dublin – Breakfast networking event OpenCoffee Dublin takes place at 10:30am in Dakota Bar, 9 South William Street, Dublin. Martha Rotter – martharo@microsoft.com 
• 25^th  – Retail Rent Seminar – Breakfast seminar will be co-hosted with Knight Frank at 7.45am Leman’s Dublin offices. Expert speakers discuss trends in retail rents focusing on whats actually happening on the ground – jwalsh@lemansolicitors.com 
• 26^{th –} Taste of Christmas – Dublin Convention Centre 
• 26^{th –} Top Gear Festival – Citywest Event Centre 

Repeating Events

• TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
• DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
• DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show – happening throughout Ireland from end of January to March.

IBEC:
http://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/Events.nsf/vPages/Events~upcoming-events?OpenDocument

Market research giant to create 50 jobs in Galway
There is a jobs boost for Galway today.  Market research giant IIR is to create 50 new jobs at a new base in the Ballybrit Business Park.  The positions will be in the area of market research.  The Sunday Business Post

€65m boost for Energia projects
WORK on a €72 million 51-megawatt wind farm in Co Tyrone is to commence immediately after Energia raised €65m to finance the project which is part of its all-island renewable energy plans.  Energia, a member of the Viridian Group, disclosed last night that it had secured investment in 51MW of electricity capacity in new wind farms at Crigshane and Church Hill in Co. Tyrone. The development forms part of Energia’s all-island renewable energy plans.   Energia said it has completed €65m in non-recourse project financing with Nord/LB and Rabo- bank, for an 18-year term.  Energia has contracted for 22 state-of-the-art Enercon turbines with civil works contracts awarded to Adman Civil Projects and PT McWilliams. Irish Examiner

Corporation tax drops as sales rates rise worldwide
CORPORATION TAX rates are falling around the world, while sales taxes are are increasing, with both trends likely to be maintained, a new report from KPMG has found.  The research shows that the Republic’s corporation tax rate of 12.5 per cent is among the lowest in Europe, where the average rate is 21.5 per cent, down from 21.7 per cent a year ago.  On the other hand, the average European indirect tax rate is 19.67 per cent, compared to the main Irish VAT rate of 21 per cent. The European average last year was 19.29 per cent.  The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, has said tax “will have to play some part” in narrowing the State’s deficit but has committed the Government to retaining the 12.5 per cent corporation rate that has helped secure multinational investment.  Business Times 

EU Commissioner sees ‘light at end of tunnel’ for Ireland
IRELAND IS on a “courageous and difficult” path and it will “bounce back”, EU Commissioner for Internal Markets Michel Barnier said yesterday.  Mr Barnier also confirmed to the Oireachtas European affairs committee that Ireland will maintain control over its domestic taxation policies despite new EU plans to overhaul the Single Market.  The commissioner also met with Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan yesterday during a visit to Dublin which he described as a “sign of solidarity”.  “My conviction is that Ireland has a lot of trump cards,” Barnier told reporters, after addressing representatives of the financial services industry. “I personally am a very strong believer in your country.” Business Times
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Done Deal 7^th November ~ The Sunday Business Post:

Opt2Vote wins major Scottish contract
Derry-based election services provider Opt2Vote has secured a major contract to provide electronic vote-counting services for use in local government elections in Scotland.  The »5.2 million (€5.9 million) deal will cover the local government elections scheduled to take place in all 32 Scottish councils in May 2012, as well as subsequent local authority by-elections up to 2015.  Opt2Vote secured the deal in partnership with British technology firm Logica. It will deploy its software to prepare ballot papers for printing and to enable electronic counts, while Logica will provide implementation and support services before and during elections.  The Sunday Business Post

Fresh funding of €2 million for DecaWave
DecaWave, a Dublin company specialising in semiconductor technology, has secured funding of €2 million, in an investment round led by Cork-based Kernel Capital and Dermot Desmond’s equity firm, International Investment & Underwriting.  Established in 2004, DecaWave specialises in tracking solutions that use low power, low cost, wireless-enabled sensors. The company employs 20 people and a number of contractors in Dublin, France, the US and Asia.  Its flagship ScenSor chip has potential applications in a range of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, lighting, security, transport, inventory and supply chain management. The Sunday Business Post

Westmeath firm lands Saudi Arabian contract
Westmeath company Woodfit has secured a €1.5 million contract in Saudi Arabia, as part of a joint venture with a local company.   A family-owned joinery firm employing 28 people in Athlone, Woodfit specialises in acoustic and non-acoustic timber paneling.  It will work with Al Khalidia Hallstage, a Saudi Arabian company that fits out and furnishes auditoriums and theatres, on the construction of public spaces in Princess Noura University, an all-women campus initiated by King Abdullah.  The Sunday Business Post

NEW THIS WEEK
Dublin start-up Sensormind has secured seed investment of €500,000 in a funding round involving Enterprise Ireland and two private investors.  Established in October 2008, Sensormind has developed a number of wireless products to support independent living among the elderly. These include an automated remote monitoring and alert device, and a system for helping care organisations to manage home visits effectively…
Kaptec secures service contract from Just Mobile:
Irish-owned mobile network provider Just Mobile has awarded a customer service contract to Mayo company Kaptec. Under the terms of the €250,000 agreement, Kaptec will provide support to Just Mobile customers nationwide, from 8am until 8pm, seven days a week. Initially, the contract will create eight new jobs at Kaptec’s customer service centre in Castlebar, which already employs a staff of 35.  Donal Lawless, co-founder and managing director of Just Mobile, said Kaptec would deliver first-rate customer service for Just Mobile customers, as well as helping the Dublin-based mobile network provider to support indigenous Irish business…
Dingle aquarium wins capital grant:
Udarás na Gaeltachta has approved a capital grant of €100,000 for Mara Beo, the Oceanworld Aquarium in Dingle.  The funding will be used to develop a polar penguin exhibition centre, adjacent to the existing aquarium, which will house up to ten penguins in an area with a temperature similar to that of their own natural environment in the Antarctic. The Sunday Business Post
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Breaking News 8^th November 2010:

New car sales continue to grow
The number of new cars licensed in the State last month was more than 134 per cent up on October last year, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). There were a total of 3,742 new private cars licensed or taxed for road use during the month compared with 1,596 recorded during October last year.  However, the number of new goods vehicles licensed in October was 711 compared with 803 in the corresponding month last year, a decrease of 11.5 per cent.  The highest number of new private cars licensed in October, classified by make, was Renault (967) followed by Toyota (470), Volkswagen (445) and Ford (295).  The figures showed said the total number of all vehicles licensed was 8,698 compared with 8,038 in October, increase of 8.2 per cent.  The total number of all new vehicles licensed in October was 4,838 compared with 2,790 during the same month in 2009 – an increase of 73.4 per cent.  Of the 3,742 new private cars licensed, some 1,019 (27 per cent) were petrol and 2,427 (64.9 per cent) were diesel.  Irish Times

ISEQ Index today:

http://www.ise.ie/app/indexHGForm.asp

Tech top 50
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/tech50/

Breaking News 1^st November 2010:

Movers & Shakers:
Hilary Harrington– Compliance & Regulation Manager – Deloitte – The Sunday Business Post
Sean Smith– Compliance & Regulation Manager – Deloitte – The Sunday Business Post
Mark Murnane – Head of Trading – Deloitte – The Sunday Business Post
Doireann Murray – Sales Manager – Ad2One- The Sunday Business Post
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Who’s Recruiting?
Trocáire – Internal Auditor – The Sunday Business Post
EMC – Sales Manager – The Sunday Business Post
EMC – Junior & Senior Inside Sales Rep (various languages)- The Sunday Business Post
Wexford credit Union – Assistant Manager – The Sunday Business Post
McCarren – Sales Manager – The Sunday Business Post
James F. Wallace – Insolvency Professional – The Sunday Business Post
James F. Wallace – Accountant – The Sunday Business Post
Harrison O’Dowd – Defence Litigation Solicitor – Business Tribune
Culcita –  Financial Controller – Business Tribune
Culcita -  Accounts/Admin assistant– Business Tribune
Culcita -  Various sales roles– Business Tribune

Lineage (Business Independent):

DKC – Senior Accountant – admin@dkc.ac –auditing, tax and mng’ment acc’s exp. Essential  
FM Accountants – Administrator – mhedderman@fmaccountants.ie
Medical Administration – Director of Fundraising – guidefundraising@stjames.ie
Medical – Practice Nurses  - contact Dee Langton 01 4730893 – deelangton@gmail.com
Medical –Practice Nurse – (p/t or f/t considered) 086 8399980
Medical – Service Manager – bridiemcclean@hotmail.com
Medical –Dental Nurse – info@denteast.ie
Nursing  – Registered Gen. Nurse – Eliza Lodge Banagher – Micheal@elizacare.ie 057 91 529 22 –
Pharmaceutical – F/T Technician Justin@reynoldspharmacy.net/087 2228178 
Pharmaceutical – General Manager – sarah@dunnepharmacies.ie – 087 617 8756
Pharmaceutical – Project Manager – Pharmaceutical Group – lauraclarke01@yahoo.ie

Irish Independent – Business supplement
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Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host, select links listed below, should you wish to attend.

November

• 8th-12th, Build conference, Waterfront Studio, Belfast (for web practitioners, £250-£400);
• 11^th – Exploring the Franchise Option Seminar – Clarion Hotel, IFSC Dublin 1 – 10.30am – 3pm
• 11^th – Investing in China – Breakfast briefing – Host BDO in conjunction with HSBC, 7.30am, at BDO, Mercer Street Lower, D2. For all CEOs and CFOs considering how to enter the Chinese market. For invitation, email gmurtagh@bdo.ie.
• 11^th – R& D Incentives with Leyton - Seminar hosted by R&D finance experts Leyton detailing R&D funding opportunities. Wood Quay Civic Offices, Dublin 8 from 2.30pm.
• 12^th, ISA Awards, Burlington Hotel (price €125/Table of ten – €1250)
  12^th – ISME conference - Half-day conference at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, D9.
  8:30am to 2:30pm. www.isme.ie
• 17^th & 18^th – Globe Forum – A conference focused on developing market-leading innovation at Convention Centre Dublin. Fee: €295.
• 18^th - Transformation, Positioning & Sustainability in Recruitment in Ireland 2011 and Beyond’ No.6 – Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St, Dublin 2 (price €225 plus vat).
• 18^th – Sharepoint Governance Workshop – Hosted by Storm Technology and lead by SharePoint guru Paul Culmsee, the workshop will take place at Microsoft European Development Centre, Dublin 18 – rturley@storm.ie
• 18^th & 19^th – National Womens Enterprise Day – Limerick Strand Hotel. €100.
• 18^th – Keep shaking the Tree – A seminar delivered by Terry Harmer , NLC Training at the Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise – 7pm to 9.30pm
• 18^th – Digital Content and the Creative Economy – Enterprise Ireland, The Plaza
  East Point Business Park, Dublin 3.
• 20^th – Open Coffee Dublin – Breakfast networking event OpenCoffee Dublin takes place at 10:30am in Dakota Bar, 9 South William Street, Dublin. Martha Rotter – martharo@microsoft.com
• 25^th  – Retail Rent Seminar – Breakfast seminar will be co-hosted with Knight Frank at 7.45am Leman’s Dublin offices. Expert speakers discuss trends in retail rents focusing on whats actually happening on the ground – jwalsh@lemansolicitors.com
• 26^{th –} Taste of Christmas – Dublin Convention Centre
• 26^{th –} Top Gear Festival – Citywest Event Centre

 Repeating Events

• TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
• DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
• DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show – happening throughout Ireland from end of January to March.

 IBEC:http://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/Events.nsf/vPages/Events~upcoming-events?OpenDocument

 Compiled by Careers Register 8th November 2010.

Pharma company in Mayo creates 20 jobs
A Northwest Mayo company is due to begin recruiting “immediately” for 20 new posts in healthcare manufacturing.  Bioshell Teo was established in Dublin by John Raftery and Reiner Escweny in 1996, and relocated to its current base in the north Mayo Gaeltacht five years later. It currently employs 25 people, making a wide range of vitamin and mineral supplements for an international market.  The company specialises in sports nutrition and ~traditional herbal medicine products, and was granted a manufacturer’s authorisation by the Irish Medicines Board last month.  Business Times

M&S set for European comeback
Marks & Spencer is planning a return to Continental Europe and hopes to buy back the stores it controversially sold there nearly a decade ago, it was claimed today.  The high street chain is said to have approached a number of European retailers about re-acquiring properties it gave up in 2001 when it closed its entire Continental chain, according to the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.  It is understood to have contacted Spanish chain El Corte Ingles about taking back some of the nine shops it sold to them, while it is also said to be looking into re-acquiring some of the 18 French stores that went to retailer Galaries Lafayette, including its former Paris flagship store. The Sunday Business Post

Middle East trade mission ‘will secure jobs’
A week-long trip to the Middle East will help Irish companies land export deals and secure new jobs at home, Trade Minister Batt O’Keeffe said today.  Mr. O’Keeffe will lead the visit of 45 homegrown firms and banking representatives to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today.  “We will use this trade mission to help Irish firms to land deals with companies in the Middle East and showcase the high-quality innovative products and services produced by our indigenous enterprises,” he said.  Mr O’Keeffe said the trip will also
help develop political, economic and commercial ties between Ireland and Saudi Arabia and the UAE.  The Sunday Business Post

Ikea’s Irish and UK sales net €1.4bn
Ikea today said it had become the UK’s leading home furnishings retailer after seeing its sales edge ahead during a difficult year for the sector.  The Swedish furniture giant said like-for-like sales in the UK and Ireland, where it has 19 stores, had risen by 1% during the 12 months to the end of August to £1.2bn (€1.4bn).  The sluggish growth bucked the trend for the home furnishings sector, with the market shrinking by 7.4% during 2009 as consumers tightened their belts.  The Sunday Business Post

US fashion giant eyes up former Habitat store in Dublin
US fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has reignited its interest in Ireland and is in talks to open in the former Habitat store on College Green in Dublin, according to three senior retail sources. The building is owned by Paddy McKillen of Clarendon Properties, the property investor who is taking a legal challenge against Nama and Tony Leonard. Abercrombie has been looking at the Irish market for about three years but decided last year to hold off on plans to expand here. However, sources say detailed talks are now underway in relation to the College Green building, which is close to Trinity College students – the retailer’s ideal target market. Business Tribune

A new kind of snip: a dozen ways to trim our public sector pay bill
The Sunday Tribune has identified up to €4.3bn in radical savings that could be made in the public sector in December’s budget. Although some of the cuts are symbolic and save hardly any money, and some, like a hefty cut in the wages of the judiciary, cannot happen for legal or constitutional reasons, our trawl through public sector budgets has identified several areas where Brian Lenihan could make inroads into our massive budget deficit.  Business Tribune
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Done Deal 31st October ~ Sunday Business Post:

IHG wins tour bus deal for New York
In Hand Guides (IHG),a start-up specialising in low cost embedded audio players, has won a major US contract to supply a tour bus operator in New York.  The company secured the deal with Twin America, the operator of City Sights NY and Gray Line New York, with support from Enterprise Ireland’s New York Office.  Under the terms of the contract, it will manufacture a branded bespoke audio device for customers of City Sights and Gray Line.  The unique credit card-sized audio player will allow customers to tour the city at their own pace, while receiving a one-on-one guided tour. The Sunday Business Post

Zenith opens its fourth office in US
Cork company Zenith Technologies has opened its fourth US office on the west coast of the US, as it gears up to launch a new advanced e-learning solution in the US market.  The announcement was made during a visit to the company’s office in Framingham, Massachusetts, last week, by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe.  The visit was organised by Enterprise Ireland, which has actively supported Zenith in its expansions in the US and other international markets.  Zenith sells automation, process control and manufacturing execution systems (MES) to the life sciences and other industries.  Three of the world’s top ten pharmaceutical
companies are already using its e-learning solution at manufacturing sites in the US and Europe. The Sunday Business Post

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Breaking News 1st November 2010:

Ryanair posts profit of €452m
Ryanair today reported a 17 per cent increase in first half net profit to €452 million and upgraded its full-year earnings forecast on the back of strong winter yields.  The airline now expects full-year net earnings of between €380 million and €400 million compared with previous estimates of €350 million to €375 million.  Revenues at the airline increased by 23 per cent to €2.2 billion as Ryanair carried 40.1 million passengers during the six month period to the end of September, up 10 per cent on the same time last year.  However, second-quarter net profit was €313 million, slightly below analysts expectations.  “There’s a little bit of disappointment, most people were (expecting) around €350 (million) for second-quarter net profit and they came in a bit behind that,” said Ken Darmondy, analyst with Goodbody Stockbrokers.  Irish Times

ISEQ Index today:
 
http://www.ise.ie/app/indexHGForm.asp

Tech top 50
 
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/tech50/

Movers & Shakers:
Michael Kennedy – Managing Director – Mercury Holdings – The Sunday Business Post
Michael McKenna – Head of Finance – Standard Life Ireland – The Sunday Business Post
Denis Crowley – Operations Manager – Integrity Solutions– The Sunday Business Post
Laura Scanlon – Account Manager – MediaVest– The Sunday Business Post
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Who’s Recruiting?
Trocáire – Internal Auditor – The Sunday Business Post
McCarren – Sales Manager – The Sunday Business Post
McCarren – Sales Rep – The Sunday Business Post
DePuy – Various Positions – The Sunday Business Post
Flahavan’s – Business Development Manager – The Sunday Business Post
Sophia Housing Association – Fundraising Manager – The Sunday Business Post
Brennans Pharmacy – General Manager – The Sunday Business Post
Grangegorman Development Agency – Chief Executive Officer – The Sunday Business Post
Avego – Director of Engineering, Shared Transport & API’s – Business Times
Sierra – Various positions – The Sunday Tribune
Independent News &Media PLC– Sales Driver – Business Independent
Foroige – Professional Youth Workers – Business Independent
Kintetsu World Express Ltd – Sales Executives - Business Independent
L & M Keating – Various positions – Business Independent
Kintetsu World Express Ltd – Sales Executives -  Business Independent

Lineage:
Office Staff – Receptionist/Secretary – info@iscp.ie – Business Independent
Sales/Marketing – sean.gillen@ie.combined.com – Business Independent
Sales/Marketing – Corporate Account Managers – recruiter.applicants@gmail.com – Business Independent
Sales/Marketing – Technical Sales Engineer – recruitment@butlertech.ie – Business Independent
Management – recmanagment@job4u.com – Business Independent
Nursing –Experienced Nurses – nurses@profco.com – Business Independent
Nursing – info@gallenpriory.com – Business Independent
Pharmaceutical – Bradley’s Pharmacy jgavaghan@bradleypharmacy.ie – Business Independent
Pharmaceutical – Pharmacist – john@macnamarapharmacy.ie – Business Independent
Retail Staff – Deli Assistant – collinscentra@hotmail.com – Business Independent
Retail Staff – Shop Assistant – ghatole@yahoo.com  – Business Independent
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Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host, select links listed below, should you wish to attend.
November

• 2nd, eBusiness Seminar, Royal Marine Hotel;
• 3^rd , Gathering Business Momentum,  Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, Call 0578661800 or email admin@laoisenterprise.com to register. 
• 4^th – The Apps Awards - Awards ceremony for mobile and web application development and design, at Gibson Hotel, Point Village, Dublin 1.Tickets: €75
• 4^th – Open Coffee Dublin – the Science Gallery, Pearse St in Dublin at 10.30am. Martha Rotter: martharo@microsoft.com. Free.
• 4^th – Smart Leads Networking, the Burlington Hotel, €15 for SmartLeads.ie members / €20 for non-members.
• 8th-12th, Build conference, Waterfront Studio, Belfast (for web practitioners, £250-£400);
• 12th, ISA Awards, Burlington Hotel (price €125).
• 18^th - Transformation, Positioning & Sustainability in Recruitment in Ireland 2011 and Beyond’ No.6 – Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St, Dublin 2 (price €225 plus vat).

Repeating Events

• TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
• DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
• DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show – happening throughout Ireland from end of January to March.

IBEC:
http://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/Events.nsf/vPages/Events~upcoming-events?OpenDocument

Compiled By Careers Register – part of Cpl

For more information please go to:  www.careers-register.com  or www.cpl.ie
Alternatively, please call 015005900 or email aine.byrne[at]cpl.ie

Tech firm to create more than 100 jobs in Down 
More than 100 jobs will be created after a US technology company said it was establishing a European centre in the North. Software and consulting group First Derivatives already has an office in Newry, Co Down and is expanding its global operations. Its US-based subsidiary Market Research Partners (MRP) will introduce the jobs through a hub in the North. Last week US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosted the US/Northern Ireland economic conference in Washington DC attended by major corporations from across the US. US economic envoy to the North Declan Kelly said: “Once again, we see a company with US operations looking to Northern Ireland as a strategic location for global expansion because of all the advantages the region offers including location, low operating costs and access to a high-quality workforce.”MRP is a Philadelphia-based company which will have an office located in Newry. The 106 posts will be in place by 2013 and will pay above the private sector average. The Sunday Business Post

Clonmel firm aims to create 50 high-tech jobs
Trustwater, a Clonmel company that has developed a new chemical-free technology for sterilisation and disinfection of water, has plans to create 50 high-tech jobs in the next two years. The new jobs are part of the company’s expansion plans, which include opening two new offices in Singapore and Sydney next year. The breakthrough technology was developed four years ago and, since then, has been installed in Coca-Cola, Fyffes and Shell plants across the world. The generators that provide the technology have been installed in many countries, including China, the Philippines and Malaysia, and will soon be integrated into the northernmost brewery in the world, in the Arctic Circle in Norway. The generator systems are fed with water and salts that undergo a process of chemical reactions to produce solutions that kill germs and bacteria. The system replaces the need for companies to use traditional chemical detergents. Trustwater was founded in 2004 by chief executive Edmond O’Reilly, whose background is in electrical engineering. The Sunday Business Post

Providence offered Rathlin licence
Irish oil and gas exploration and production company Providence has been offered a petroleum exploration licence over Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland. The licence has been offered by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in response to a recent application made by Providence. The initial licence term is for five years with a decision on a well commitment required within three years. Providence has committed to carry out a number of technical studies of the subsurface geology during the first three years to determine the petroleum potential and inform the decision on the well commitment. Providence will operate the licence with a 100 per cent equity interest. Business Times

G20 to give more power to fast-growing economies
A meeting of the G20 group of the world’s 20 major economies agreed to avoid competitive devaluations to prevent a trade war, but fell short of bringing in targets to reduce trade tensions threatening the balance of the global economy.  The broader message from the meeting in Gyeongju in South Korea was a powerful recognition of the shift in economic power to emerging nations away from the western industrial powers. The G20 finance ministers struck a surprise deal giving fast-growing countries more voting power in the executive of the International Monetary Fund.  “Our co-operation is essential,” the G20 communiqué said, while the countries also promised to keep their current account balances sustainable. “We are all committed to playing our part in achieving strong, sustainable and balanced growth in a collaborative and co-ordinated way.”  Business Times

Flying start for cut-price website
A new website which offers discounts of between 50 and 90 per cent on a variety of goods and services has attracted 125,000 subscribers in its first four months of operation in Ireland. Citydeal.ie has also provided thousands of sales for more than 100 businesses on the site. The site is part of the Groupon chain that operates in Britain, the US and Europe. The service is free and subscriber based, and has had a massive take-up through social networking sites and recommendations, which generate extra account funds for users. The site has a main ‘daily deal’ and a separate ‘side deal’ and businesses queue up to be featured in these slots. Citydeal.ie currently has 100 business affiliates and is targeting a subscriber base of 200,000 users within a year. Nick Harris, the company’s regional manager in Ireland, said the service benefited everyone, with one business a day being exposed to 125,000 subscribers who, in turn, could avail of cut-price products and services. The Sunday Business Post

Over half CFOs upbeat over future growth
Some 58 per cent of chief financial officers believe their company’s turnover will grow over the next six months, while 61 per cent believe profitability also will improve, according to the latest survey from accountants Deloitte. The third quarter survey found that two out of every five chief financial officers said their company had returned to growth; the remainder expect growth to return next year. While chief financial officers were upbeat on the prospects for the companies, they were more pessimistic on the economy with 33 per cent saying it would not recover until the second half of 2011. A further 22 per cent said there would no recovery until the first half of 2012.  Business Times

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US firm to invest €1.9m in Dungannon centre
US-owned Terex Corporation has announced plans to invest £1.7million (€1.9million) to establish a new European Global Business Services (GBS) centre in the North, creating 35 high-skilled jobs. The Terex GBS Centre, based in Dungannon, will provide centralised support for finance functions across the firm’s European business operations. It is the second such facility to be built by the corporation, with the aim of linking global functions, including manufacturing, accounting, supply chain and human resources. Terex manufactures equipment for a broad spectrum of sectors, including the construction, infrastructure, recycling, shipping, transportation and maintenance industries. In the North, it has two manufacturing units – in Dungannon and Omagh – which produce mobile crushing and screening equipment, and employ more than 1,000 people. The Sunday Business Post

KidSpotter secures €200,000 in additional funding
HBAN Investor Syndicates has s e cured funding of €200,000 for Dublin-based technology firm, KidSpotter, through a syndicate of individual investors. The funding brings the total investment secured by KidSpotter to date to €400,000. It has also received €200,000 from Enterprise Ireland. Established in 2006 by entrepreneurs Liam Darling and Andrew Dunne, the company develops child safety tracking systems for public facilities with high footfall, including theme parks and shopping malls. Using wireless technologies, the solution allows parents to keep track of their children and locate them quickly if they get lost. The KidSpotter gadget is worn by children and is styled on a wrist-band or watch. It monitors where a child is via GPS or wireless signals, using the internet or a mobile phone. The Sunday Business Post

HeyStaks secures €1m from Ulster Bank fund
HeyStaks Technologies, a startup company based in Dublin, has secured equity funding of €1 million from the Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, managed by NCB Ventures. A spin-out of University College Dublin (UCD), the company will use the seed funding to develop its product offering and establish a formal presence in the US. HeyStaks employs four people in the UCD-based Clarity Centre for Web Sensor Technologies. It aims to increase its staff numbers to 14 within the next year, and to 45 or more by the end of 2013. The company has developed a downloadable browser toolbar and mobile solution that uses social graphs to give users data on the browser searches of their trusted peers. The service works by allowing users to create so-called ‘‘search staks’’. These are folders that contain the searches they have conducted in relation to a certain topic. The Sunday Business Post
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Breaking News Tuesday 26^th October 2010:

Every aspect of Budget under scrutiny: Ahern
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern today warned every aspect of Government spending was being examined as the Cabinet prepared for a special pre-Budget meeting.   Ministers were expected to discuss the scale of the multi-billion euro savings needed at the Farmleigh gathering amid speculation it could be as much as double the initial €3bn estimate. As Fianna Fáil reeled from another disappointing opinion poll, Mr Ahern said it was a matter of putting the country before the party. “Of course it’s going to be tough and difficult for people and for us all,” Mr Ahern said. “But ultimately we have to ensure that whatever we do is fair and is seen to be fair, because sometimes you make decisions in one area that has implications  in another area.“Everything is on the table. That’s basically it. There’s nothing ruled out.” The Sunday Business Post

Hume voted Ireland’s Greatest
Former SDLP leader John Hume today said he was humbled and honoured after being voted Ireland’s Greatest in an island-wide poll.  The Nobel Peace Laureate faced competition from former President Mary Robinson and Michael Collins to clinch the title.  RTÉ broadcast five programmes profiling influential figures in Irish life and the public were urged to vote for who they believed worthy of the Ireland’s Greatest title.  Mr Hume said the award was a great honour to his wife Pat and family who helped him work for peace in the North. The Sunday Business Post 

ISEQ Index today:

http://www.ise.ie/app/indexHGForm.asp

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Movers & Shakers - The Sunday Business Post:
Alan Foy – Chief Executive– Blueface
Graeme Slattery – Director of Consumer Division– Slattery Communications
Stephen O’Brien – Facilities Management Account Director– Sodexo Ireland
Niamh McArdle – Marketing & Communications Manager – BusinessPro Stubbs Gazette
Robert Marshall – Senior Account Manager –

Who’s Recruiting?
Colm Quinn – Experienced Sales Executive – The Sunday Business Post
AIT – Post Doctoral Researcher – The Sunday Business Post
Irish Hotels Federation – Marketing Executive – The Sunday Business Post
Depuy – Various Positions - The Sunday Business Post
Kainos – Chief Financial Officer – The Sunday Business Post
Sophia – Fundraising Manager – The Sunday Business Post
St.Luke’s Home Cork – Director of Fundraising – The Sunday Business Post
Core – Various roles– The Sunday Business Post
Avego  – Director of Engineering – Business Times
Flahavan’s – Business Development Manager – Business Times
Tyrone Guthrie Centre– Director – Business Times
Lagan – Various Positions – Business Independent
Mount Carmel Hospital – Haemovigilance Officer

Lineage:
Sales Marketing – Environmental Health & Safety Manager – hr.admin@acuman.ie – Business Independent
Sales Marketing – Retail Sales Consultants- info@brompton.ie  – Business Independent
Administration – Merrion Fleet Management – cjones@mfm.ie  – Business Independent
Nursing –Esker Lodge – Vicky@eskerlodgenursinghome.ie – Business Independent
Nursing –St. Mary’s Centre – 01 269 3411-Business Independent
Pharmaceutical –Deans Grange –087 252 4673 -Business Independent
Pharmaceutical –Mayo –086 809 3466 -Business Independent

Events & Conferences*
* Please contact the events host, select links listed below, should you wish to attend.

• 28th, Dublin Web Summit (price €199-€495).

November

• 2nd, eBusiness Seminar, Royal Marine Hotel;
• 8th-12th, Build conference, Waterfront Studio, Belfast (for web practitioners, £250-£400);
• 12th, ISA Awards, Burlington Hotel (price €125).

Repeating Events

• TOG (Dublin Hackerspace) – developer, microcontroller etc nights;
• DLREB Business Networks – Start, Enterprise Women, Trading Post;
• DCEB Business Networks - CreativeD, Plato, Link!, Enterprise Network for Women;
The Better Business Show – happening throughout Ireland from end of January to March.

IBEC:
http://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/Events.nsf/vPages/Events~upcoming-events?OpenDocument
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Events/

Compiled by Carees Register (part of Cpl)

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