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FatCheese Ireland's most useful website

Founded in 2009, cash-back site FatCheese.ie has been named the country’s most useful website at the Irish Web Awards.
Free 'Business Live' events on exporting

Ulster Bank is running a series of 14 free events for small and micro businesses called ‘Business Live’ from November to March.
Rainbusters goes European

This Wicklow business is launching a European distribution site to supply retailers with outdoor clothing for kids.

Christmas market at LIT

Students at Limerick Institute of Technology showed their entrepreneurial flair.

Food producers recognised by SuperValu

Oliver Carty has won the overall Irish Food Producer of the Year title.

DCU staff and students help to launch 12 companies

This is part of a new initiative with AIB.

First 100 members of ‘Generation Innovation’

100 students from a range of backgrounds have joined the NI network.

The Deca Ironman approach to success

Gerry Duffy says the same principles can be applied to goal setting when running a business as when running a marathon.

CPi Foam expects to grow due to cold snaps

Feargal Driver set up CPi Foam in 2009 following the downturn in the construction industry.

NEWS

McDonald's holds it own and expands in Ireland

28.Oct.2011 During 2010, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland (MRI) franchised three existing restaurants to franchisees and achieved total sales of €202m and an extra 920,000 customers compared with the previous year.
BeSMART tool to make risk assessment easier for SMEs

28.Oct.2011 The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has developed and launched a free online tool called BeSMART that enables small businesses to generate risk assessments and a safety statement specific to their business.
Owner-managed firms can export more -- KPMG

27.Oct.2011 A KPMG survey has revealed that 68pc of private Irish businesses didn’t increase their level of exports in the past 12 months, indicating untapped export potential for indigenous companies.
Standardised lending form for SMEs launched

27.Oct.2011 Minister for Small Business John Perry TD has launched a standardised SME lending application form, which should give businesses a better idea of what banks are looking for when they apply for credit.
€10m fund set up to attract entrepreneurs into Ireland

27.Oct.2011 A €10m international start-up fund, aimed at encouraging overseas entrepreneurs to locate their businesses in Ireland, has been launched by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD.
'Lean Start-up' expert to hold workshop in Dublin

26.Oct.2011 Author of ‘Running Lean’ and founder of USERCycle.com Ash Maurya is running a two-day workshop focusing on how lean principles can be applied to Irish start-ups on 11 November.
CrowdScanner comes a long way in five months

26.Oct.2011 Five months after receiving the Competitive Start Fund (CSF) from Enterprise Ireland, Galway start-up CrowdScanner’s gaming software is being used in one of the largest consultancy firms in the world.
IEDR reports 13pc jump in .ie registrations

26.Oct.2011 Some 10,029 .ie domains were registered in the third quarter, up 12.7pc on last year, according to the .ie Domain Registry (IEDR).
Blue Haven viewed as best value for money hotel

25.Oct.2011 The Blue Haven Hotel in Kinsale, Co Cork has been deemed the ‘Best Value for Money’ Hotel at the 2011 National Hospitality Awards.
Conference on regional growth to be held at NUI Galway

25.Oct.2011 National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway will play host to a major conference on the contribution of regional innovation to regional and national economic development on Friday, 4 November