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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:15 +0000 30 http://www.bizstartup.ie/img/bizstartup-rss-logo.gif http://www.bizstartup.ie/ 199 37 A new Irish telecoms company, Buzz Telecom, is taking on eircom by offering lower-cost fixed line services to the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16451-telecoms-start-up-targets-s http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16451-telecoms-start-up-targets-s Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:00 +0000 Irish start-ups, it appears, are proportionately the most avid subscribers to Microsoft's BizSpark programme and according to the global head of BizSpark, Cliff Reeves, the country is putting in place an ecosystem for start-ups. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16450-more-than-400-irish-start-u http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16450-more-than-400-irish-start-u Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:21:00 +0000 Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher TD has announced that Enterprise Ireland supported the establishment of 73 new high potential start-up companies (HPSUs) in 2009. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16449-seventy-three-high-potentia http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16449-seventy-three-high-potentia Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:32:00 +0000 As part of Dublin City University's (DCU) Enterprise Week last week one student is going to walk away with a trading internship and a group was awarded for its website idea as part of an interactive competition. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16448-dublin-city-university-ente http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16448-dublin-city-university-ente Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:57:00 +0000 The winners of the county final of the South Dublin Student Enterprise Awards have been announced with 16 different prizes being given out to enterprising young people at an event in Tallaght. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16446-south-dublins-enterprising http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16446-south-dublins-enterprising Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:35:00 +0000 Medical devices firms will learn how to boost their revenue using digital marketing in a one-day seminar being held in Galway on 11 March. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16444-seminar-to-highlight-potent http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16444-seminar-to-highlight-potent Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:33:00 +0000 Three of the five emerging new businesses profiled at the SFA National Small Business Awards on 4 March are in the food and drink sector - Holycross Good Food, Poulet Bonne Femme and Truly Irish Country Foods. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16443-food-start-ups-achieve-reco http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16443-food-start-ups-achieve-reco Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0000 Celebrity chef Richard Corrigan launched the Donegal Food Initiative, a programme aimed at encouraging food producers to develop their business, at the launch of Enterprising Donegal Business week on 5 March. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16442-enterprising-donegal-busine http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16442-enterprising-donegal-busine Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +0000 An innovative new training programme for eight west Cork seafood companies, which aims to stimulate Irish seafood sector growth, has been launched in the new Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Seafood Development Centre, Clonakilty, West Cork. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16440-training-programme-will-men http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16440-training-programme-will-men Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:27:00 +0000 The Commission for Communications Regulation has launched an initiative to help Ireland's SMEs address telecommunications and e-business issues more efficiently. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16439-comreg-launches-new-online http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16439-comreg-launches-new-online Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:27:00 +0000 The National Digital Research Centre's (NDRC) first ever LaunchPad programme supporting emerging start-ups is running until April, with plans for a second one in June. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16438-ndrcs-launchpad-programme http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16438-ndrcs-launchpad-programme Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:35:00 +0000 Dylan Collins, the young entrepreneur who by the age of 30 had sold three successful technology firms, says Ireland needs to focus more on generating a larger number of internet start-ups. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16437-web-start-ups-generate-fast http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16437-web-start-ups-generate-fast Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:27:00 +0000 A new boutique called Jack n Jill has opened on the northside of Dublin filling the gap in the market for a one-stop solution for children, according to its owner Rhona Delaney. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16436-one-stop-shop-for-children http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16436-one-stop-shop-for-children Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:59:00 +0000 A dynamic new business software company led by former Microsoft Ireland employees is to invest €250,000 in the coming year to break into the UK market. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16435-new-tech-start-up-invests http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16435-new-tech-start-up-invests Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:05:00 +0000 Home Instead Senior Care, which provides home care for older people, has opened its 18th franchise office in Kildare, independently owned and operated by Amanda and Enda Bohan. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16434-kildare-based-franchise-ope http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16434-kildare-based-franchise-ope Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:45:00 +0000 One of Ireland's best-known franchises, fast-food chain McDonald's, has announced it is to open four new restaurants in Ireland this year and create 250 new jobs. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16432-four-new-mcdonalds-restaur http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16432-four-new-mcdonalds-restaur Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:16:00 +0000 A new spin-out company from NUI Maynooth is aiming to tackle one of the biggest threats to global food production - the widespread disease and premature death of the world's bee population - and in the process take a slice of the US$3.5bn commercial honeybee market. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16431-nui-maynooth-spin-out-aims http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16431-nui-maynooth-spin-out-aims Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:56:00 +0000 Early-stage spin-off company Bang Ecommerce is offering every business in Ireland what it describes as a 'free' online shop, with already 50 businesses having signed up in the first 60 days since it launched. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16430-start-up-offering-free-webs http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16430-start-up-offering-free-webs Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0000 Two women have joined forces to launch a new luxury women's fashion design label, Elizabeth & Claire, having met while working with fashion designer Louise Kennedy. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16429-womens-designer-label-laun http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16429-womens-designer-label-laun Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:10:00 +0000 Two ex-employees of a computer-aided design company have gone out on their own to set up Citrus Training and Consulting in Cork. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16428-new-training-company-create http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16428-new-training-company-create Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:58:00 +0000 Student entrepreneurs are gearing up for the county final of the Fingal Student Enterprise Awards, which takes place at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown on 19 March. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16427-fingal-student-entrepreneur http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16427-fingal-student-entrepreneur Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:47:00 +0000 A ground-breaking €2m small-business loan scheme is being launched as part of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown (DLR) Enterprise Week, which is running from 22 to 26 March. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16426-credit-union-small-business http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16426-credit-union-small-business Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:59:00 +0000 Cork Enterprise Month starts 1 March, showcasing the ongoing programmes of advice and information offered by the County and City Enterprise Boards to qualifying start-up and expanding small businesses in the county. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16425-cork-enterprise-month-promi http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16425-cork-enterprise-month-promi Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:32:00 +0000 KC Pretzels, started this year, is to operate the first Auntie Anne's franchise store in the Republic of Ireland in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin on 13 March. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16424-auntie-annes-pretzel-franc http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16424-auntie-annes-pretzel-franc Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:16:00 +0000 A Dublin-based company, Kinesense, which develops video and CCTV analysis software solutions, has won the Docklands Innovation Park Enterprise Awards 2010 and €10,000 for having the best new investment proposal. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16422-csi-style-video-analytics http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16422-csi-style-video-analytics Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:12:00 +0000 Payment risk-specialist company Onformonics set up in 2008 has raised €600,000 to fund its European growth plans, led by AIB Seed Capital Fund, which is co-managed by Dublin Business Innovation Centre (BIC). http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16421-risk-specialist-start-up-in http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16421-risk-specialist-start-up-in Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:50:00 +0000 For those in Co Louth aspiring to start a business or grow an existing business, Louth Enterprise Week will feature a series of suitable events, culminating with the 2010 Louth Enterprise Awards Lunch on Friday 5 March. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16416-2010-louth-enterprise-week http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16416-2010-louth-enterprise-week Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:17:00 +0000 We need to show greater risk tolerance for start-ups in the green business area and the green economy should not be viewed as a short-term answer to Ireland's economic problem http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16413-more-tolerance-needed-for-g http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16413-more-tolerance-needed-for-g Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:43:00 +0000 New wedding and honeymoon website Runawaybrideandgroom.com is using an innovative way to launch its business - a competition to find the right person for the 'Ultimate Job'. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16411-runaway-bride-and-groom-com http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16411-runaway-bride-and-groom-com Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:40:00 +0000 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board is running a new eight-week Start Your Own Business course on 9 March in Blackrock, ideal for people unsure of how to go about setting up a business. http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16410-start-your-own-business-cou http://www.bizstartup.ie/news/item/16410-start-your-own-business-cou Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:38:00 +0000