The Irish economy looks set to perform robustly in 2019 with the headline GDP rate forecast to increase by 4.9 per cent, according to the Quarterly Economic Commentary for Autumn 2019
![Neurovalens Embarks on Second Ground-breaking R&D Project and Creates 22 New Jobs](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NeurovalensSeptember2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
Belfast-based health tech company Neurovalens, a global leader of neuro-technology products, is embarking on the development of a ground-breaking medical device for the treatment of obesity. The company specialises in
![EirGrid Group Launches Five-year Strategy to Transform Irish Electricity System](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EirgridLaunchSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
EirGrid Group has launched a new five-year strategy aimed at transforming the electricity system on the island of Ireland for future generations. The strategy will ensure that renewable energy accounts
![Shortlist For Ireland’s Most Influential Project](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PMISeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
The public is being asked to vote for Ireland’s most influential project from the past 50 years from a shortlist compiled by the Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI).
![Silicon Valley Technology Firm to Create 120 Jobs at New Northern Ireland Centre](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ContrastSecuritySeptember2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
Contrast Security, a California based cybersecurity company, is the latest firm to join Northern Ireland’s growing cybersecurity sector, creating up to 120 jobs at its new development and delivery centre
![Irish Grocery Growth Holds Steady With Arrival of New Season](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/KantarIrelandCompressed-505x306_c.jpg)
The latest figures from Kantar show that growth in the Irish grocery market remained at 2.7% during the 12 weeks to 8 September 2019, as shoppers stocked up on September staples. Charlotte
![Aurivo Invests to Create Most Sustainable Liquid Milk Facility at its Killygordon Site](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AurivoMilkSeptember2019Cropped-505x306_c.jpg)
Aurivo, which is one of Ireland’s leading dairy and agribusinesses, has completed a significant investment in its milk processing facility at Killygordon in County Donegal. The €6 million investment, which
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Hub CeADAR Secures €12 Million in Funding From Enterprise Ireland
![Artificial Intelligence Innovation Hub CeADAR Secures €12 Million in Funding From Enterprise Ireland](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CeadarSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Based in University College Dublin (UCD), in partnership with TU Dublin and supported by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, CeADAR is the only Irish centre among a network of 30
![Irish construction Companies Battled it Out at Croke Park in Aid of the Irish Haemochromatosis Association](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IronGamesSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
The inaugural Iron Games Ireland 2019, brought together over 120 players representing some well-known construction companies from across Ireland and the UK to compete for the Perpetual Iron Games Cup
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Novi, the secure IT and cloud service provider, has implemented a flexible cloud solution for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin to enable the secure management of the hospital’s
![Bluedrop Medical Raises €3.7 Million Investment](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/HBANBluedropSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
HBAN has announced that Bluedrop Medical, a Galway-based Medical device start-up, has secured €3.7 million in funding to help manage one of the most devastating complications of diabetes – the diabetic
![NTR and Nord/LB Close Two Further Project Financings For a Combined €45 million](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/NTRWind-505x306_c.jpg)
NTR has successfully closed two project debt facilities back-to-back in recent weeks with Nord/LB for a combined €45 million. The debt facilities are being used to finance the construction of two wind farms in the Republic
![Huckletree Announces European FinTech Hub in Dublin 4](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ECFintech-505x306_c.jpg)
Huckletree, the pan-European co-working space operator and accelerator, has announced it will open Ireland’s first fintech co-working hub in Dublin, establishing a European Fintech Hub similar to Barclays RISE, Level39
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Irish craft beer brewery, Rye River Brewing Company, has been crowned the world’s most decorated independent craft brewery at the World Beer Awards 2019. Rye River Brewing Company has achieved critical
![Health Plan Technology Company Chooses Northern Ireland For New Software Engineering Centre](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/HighroadsSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
American company HighRoads has announced that it is establishing a product development Centre of Excellence in Belfast to support its rapid growth, and the company plans to recruit at least 20
![InvoiceFair to Co-Host Seminar on Working Capital Funding For SME Growth in Shannon](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/InvoicefairSeptember2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
InvoiceFair, which provides SMEs with alternative working capital funding options through its marketplace platform, is co-hosting a finance seminar for SMEs in Shannon, County Clare. The seminar, co-hosted with Shannon
![Voxbit Disrupting Telecoms Sector With Innovative Technology](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VoxbitSeptember2019-505x306_c.png)
Belfast company Voxbit has won business in Great Britain worth more than £3.5 million for its innovative new internet-based business phone platform, byphone, less than 18 months after launching. The
![Deliveroo Revenue Soars 80% in Ireland](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Deliveroo-505x306_c.jpg)
Deliveroo has revealed that it grew rapidly in 2018. The company’s revenue rose by over 80% to €9,238,131 in 2018 from €5,115,712 in 2017 (all figures December 2017-December 2018). The
![Output Sports’ CEO Wins Best Business Idea Award at Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur 2019 National Final](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OutputSportsSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Dr Martin O’Reilly (pictured), the co-founder and CEO of Output Sports, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company, has won the Best Business Idea Award at the national final of
![Veriteer Expands its Irish Team as Business Grows in Europe and the USA](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VeriteerSeptember2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Veriteer, an international customer experience company with headquarters in Holywood, County Down, is expanding its workforce to meet a significant increase in demand from across Europe and the USA. Veriteer
![Over 222,000 Companies Urged to Prepare For Brexit](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BrexitGraphicResized-505x306_c.jpg)
The Government has started the process of directly contacting over 220,000 companies through the Companies Registration Office highlighting the need to take urgent action now to protect their businesses against
![Gas Networks Ireland Grants €120,000 to Fund Natural Gas Vehicles](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GasNetworksIrelandSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
As part of the second round of its Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund, Gas Networks Ireland has awarded six transport companies €20,000 each towards the purchase of a Natural Gas
![Local Government Procurement Opportunities is Focus of Free Supplier Engagement Event](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IntertradeIrelandSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Fingal County Council is one of eight local authorities from Greater Dublin and surrounding areas supporting a Supplier Engagement event focusing on local government procurement opportunities. InterTradeIreland, together with the Local
![Java Republic is ‘Beverage Company of the Year 2019’](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/JavaRepublicAwardSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Java Republic won the award of Beverage Company of the Year at the recent 2019 Food & Drink Business Awards.
![Ifac Launches Food & AgriBusiness Report 2019](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IFACLaunchSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Ifac, which provides specialist advisory services for the Irish farming, food and agri-business sectors, has launched its 2019 Food & AgriBusiness
![Enet Hits Record Customer Milestone](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EnetPeterMcCarthy-505x306_c.jpg)
Enet, Ireland’s largest open-access network operator, has announced that it has grown its wholesale customer base to 80 unique retail
![GDP Growth Revised Downwards Based on Gloomier Global Outlook But Labour Market Continues to Beat the Odds](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/economy-505x306_c.jpg)
EY has revised downwards its economic forecast for 2020, from 3.3% to 3.0% on the back of weaker global outlook
![Non-Performing Loans – Still a Long Way to Go and Delays are Costing Borrowers](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BrokersIrelandDiarmuidKellyCEO-505x306_c.jpg)
Commenting on the newly published Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) paper on Non-Performing Loans, Brokers Ireland said while it is
![AW Control Systems to Create 16 Jobs in Armagh as Business Grows](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AWControlSystemsSeptember2019-505x306_c.png)
AW Control Systems Ltd in Armagh is creating 16 new jobs and building an additional production facility to support its
![Fiid Tames the Lions Den at the 2019 National Food & Drink Business Conference & Exhibition](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FoodDrinkExpoLionsDenSeptember2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
Fiid, the producer of ambient vegan ready meals, emerged as the winning start-up business from the Lions Den competition held
![Winners of the 2019 Irish Food & Drink Business Awards](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AwardsGranPrixFreshways2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
The winners of the 2019 Irish Food & Drink Business Awards were announced at special presentation ceremony and gala dinner
![Irish Companies Secure Co-funding Under ESA’s Earth Observation Programme](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EuropeanSpaceAgencySeptember2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Three Irish companies have been awarded co-funding under the European Space Agency’s Earth Observation programme, with a total value over €1.5
![The Green Academy – Leave Only Footprints](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GreenAcademySeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
TDM Consultancy Services can assist with linking technology and the environment using a revolutionary new platform, with the assistance of
![Grafton Merchanting ROI Rebrands to Chadwicks Group](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ChadwicksGroupPatrickAtkinson-505x306_c.jpg)
Grafton Merchanting ROI, Ireland’s leading building merchanting company, is rebranding to Chadwicks Group as part of a €5 million investment
![New CEO at Ronan Group Real Estate](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RonanGroupRoryWilliams-505x306_c.jpg)
Ronan Group Real Estate has announced the appointment of Rory Williams (pictured) as its new CEO. In his new role,
![Bob Carnell Appointed CEO of ABP UK](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ABPFoodUKBobCarnell2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
ABP Food Group (ABP) has appointed Bob Carnell (pictured) as Chief Executive Officer of its UK Division. He joins from
![Corporate Culture a Turn-off For Irish Workers](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/office-620822_640-505x306_c.jpg)
New research commissioned by One4all has found that start-ups and SMEs are the workplace of choice for a large majority
![Bitwise Invests in Software Centre of Excellence in Northern Ireland](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BitwiseSeptember2019-505x306_c.png)
International software development and consultancy company, Bitwise, is investing £1.35 million in the creation of its new Software Centre of
![New Office Delivery Snack Service Business Launched](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SnackPeopleSeptember2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
The Snack People, a brand new healthy snack delivery service has been launched to businesses nationwide, following a 6 month
![Kiverco Breaks into New Market With Export Deal](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/KivercoAugust2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Dungannon-based Kiverco, which provides customers with recycling solutions, has just secured new business in UAE worth nearly £3 million. Kiverco
![Valeo Foods to Expand With £66 Million Acquisition](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ValeoFoodsKettleCompressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Dublin-based Valeo Foods has agreed to acquire Campbell Soup Company’s European Chips Business for approximately £66 million ($80 million). Campbell’s European Chips
![Independent Craft Brewers of Ireland Call On Government to Retain Excise Relief](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CraftBrewersIrelandAugust2019-505x306_c.jpg)
The Independent Craft Brewers of Ireland (ICBI), representing 34 small independent craft breweries, have asked Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe
![Maynooth University Receives €25 Million Capital Grant From Government For New ‘Technology Society and Innovation Project’](https://www.manufacturing-supply-chain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MaynoothCampusDevelopmentAugust2019Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Maynooth University has welcomed a capital grant of €25 million from Government for a major new building project to support