Well done, Stephen O’Sullivan and all the staff at Printing.ie, based in Farranfore, County Kerry. Their website has been nominated for the Golden Spiders Irish Internet Awards (http://www.goldenspiders.ie/) and is a finalist in the Best Professional Website. Good luck! Read more about the Golden Spider Awards here http://www.businessandfinancearchive.com/publications/GoldenSpidersSupp08/index.htm
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Kerry Chocolate
Two Kerry businesses are featured in today’s Irish Times – in Kate Holmquist’s article “How the Irish went loco for cocoa”. Colm Healy, who owns Skelling Chocolates (http://www.skelligschocolate.com/), says that 50% of the chocolates, worth about €1 million annually, is mail order business within Ireland and the rest is exports to the US, UK and [...]
Internet Growth Acceleration Programme
The Internet Growth Acceleration Programme has been developed by Enterprise Ireland in association with the Internet Growth Alliance. It’s a new programme for high potential internet companies which will provide them with the tools and skills to develop and execute aggressive international growth plans and scale their business. Recruitment for the programme is now underway. [...]
The Darra Project
If you run a business or are thinking of starting a business in Miltown Malbay or Tarbert and surrounding areas, and you need advice on how your company can make better use of technology to improve competitiveness, then click on the Registration button at the top of the page at http://www.darraproject.com and join in this [...]
IT Tralee courses now available in Killarney
The Institute of Technology, Tralee welcomes applications for the following programmes which will run in Killarney from November 2009: 1. Certificate in Entrepreneurship Studies 2. Certificate in Rural Tourism Development 3. Institute of Technology, Tralee Preparatory Programme Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Wednesday, 21st October 2009. Click on www.ittralee.ie/krlc for [...]
Arthur Guinness Fund for Social Entrepreneurs
Thank you to www.smallbusinesscan.com for alerting us to the existence of the Arthur Guinness Fund for social entrepreneurs: The Arthur Guinness Fund is now open for applications from social entrepreneurs around Ireland. Established as part of the Guinness 250 celebrations, the Arthur Guinness Fund pays tribute to Arthur Guinness and his philanthropic legacy. The Fund [...]
Irish Patents Office
There’s some really helpful information on the website of the Irish Patents Office – http://www.patentsoffice.ie As well as the content about patents, there’s also information on trade marks, copyright and design. The journals, published fortnightly, are available to download and include lists of applications for patents. I would love to hear more about the waterproof wrap-around [...]
Arts & Crafts Fair Killarney
KOC Craft Fairs are organising an Arts & Crafts Fair at the Killarney Outlet Centre from Saturday 24th to Monday 26th October from 11 am to 6 pm – that’s the Bank Holiday weekend. All arts and crafts must be handmade, not imported and of a high standard. Contact info@killarneyoutletcentre.com for more information or phone [...]
Friday Forum
Kiely & Associates are starting a new lunchtime networking event for business people - Friday Forum. The first event will be on Friday 23rd October, 12.30 to 2 pm at the Killarney Park Hotel. Tickets are €15 each, to include a soup and sandwich lunch. The speaker at this first event will be John McIntyre of Hypertech, who [...]
Kerry Enterprise Network 19th October
Present your business well for success Kerry County Enterprise Board’s business networking event on Monday 19th October will certainly be well presented. Tony McCarthy will give hints and tips to business owners on how to present their business when pitching for work, meeting new or potential clients or even applying for a job. Imaginative use [...]