Aramark, the global provider of award-winning services in food, facilities management and property, has announced an exciting new partnership with leading Irish healthy food company, Chopped. The five year deal
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Oil producer Petroceltic International’s largest shareholder, Worldview Capital Management, has offered to acquire the company for £6.42m in cash. This comes a month after Petroceltic said it was considering an
Aston Martin, famous James Bond car maker, is to open a new factory in South Wales, creating more than 750 jobs. The luxury marque will build its new DBX model
Cadbury’s operations in Ireland face disruption from next Thursday as SIPTU and Unite have served strike notice on the company. Unite Regional Coordinating Organiser Richie Browne said that workers were
Asavie, an enterprise mobility management firm, and Eir Business, the telecoms provider, have launched IoT Connect, a new service that will allow Irish firms to use the Internet of things
The Brinks security cash-in-transit company is to close its Republic of Ireland operation with the loss of 201 jobs, mostly in Dublin. A company spokesperson has stressed the closure will
Daa International has secured a multi-million deal to manage and operate the new terminal 5 at Saudi Arabia’s King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. The new terminal has a capacity
Norwegian airlines announced planned flights from Cork to the US have been postponed pending receipt of a permit to enable the flight plan to commence. A spokesperson from Cork Airport has said
Up to 60 jobs may be lost at the Cameron plant in Longford Town. All 270 staff at the company were called into a meeting Thursday afternoon, and were told
With more than 70 years of expertise in producing and delivering ready-to-use mixes and toppings, Pennant Ingredients, located in Rochester, New York, generates more than 70 million dollars in sales and employs
UK mobile giant Vodafone and John Malone’s cable company Liberty Global agreed last night to combine their operations in the Netherlands for a better footing in the local market. Vodafone
Stephen Fry has quietly co-founded a startup that bills itself as a “Pinterest for education”. The company called Pindex launched this month, and is a self-funded online platform that creates and curates educational videos and
Hammerson, the owner of Dundrum Town Centre has reported an increase of 4% in its annual profits up to £726.8m (€941.8m). The UK property giant’s rental income jumped 4.3% up to £318.6m,
Aspira, the Irish-owned enterprise IT project specialists, has announced it is to create 50 new jobs as well as to acquire IT services firm, B-TEC Solutions. Most of new positions
The Government has awarded oil and gas licences to companies including oil majors Eni, Exxon and Statoil, allowing them to explore for hydrocarbons off the coast of Ireland. The Department
The situation in China remains challenging for spirits company Pernod Ricard and sales in its second biggest market could fall up to 10% this year, the company announced today. Like
Finland’s Nokia has today reported better than expected profits for its mainstay telecom network equipment business. But the company also warned that roll-outs for new mobile networks would start to slow
Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has reported a 58% jump in its pre-tax profits while revenue in the firm remained mostly static, rising to €8.1bn. The firm’s pre-tax profits rose to
Ryanair became Ireland’s biggest indigenous company by market capitalisation yesterday, overtaking CRH, the previous holder of the title. The airline’s market capitalisation topped €17.3bn at one point as it jostled with CRH
The Irish oil and gas explorer Tullow Oil has posted a full year loss of $1bn (€886m) for 2015 as revenues in the firm plummeted by 27% off the back
Hutchison Holdings has started formal proceedings to get EU approval for merging its Italian mobile telecoms business with Vimpelcom’s. This comes at a time when it is still in the
Telecoms giant BT confirmed that it has begun a search to replace its long-serving group finance director. The company announced that Tony Chanmugam, who first took up his post in 2008, “may
FBD Holdings has appointed David Costello as the new chief risk officer for FBD Insurance. Mr Costello joins FBD from
Viacom is said to be extending its deal with Snapchat which will allow it to sell advertising on the mobile
London-based TUI Group, the world’s largest tour operator, said bookings to Turkey this summer were down around 40% due to
Microfinance Ireland has said 930 jobs were supported in small companies last year, after it approved €5.4m worth of loans.
BP posted its largest annual loss for at least 20 years and revealed another 3,000 job losses as it continued
The Belfast-based adventure centre We Are Vertigo has confirmed it is to open a new attraction in Dundalk after planning
Virgin Media has become the first brand to have a traditional TV advertisement in 360 degree on the Apple TV
The Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) has been ranked the world’s Top University Associated Business Incubator in the prestigious UBI Global
Technology corporation, Microsoft has reported quarterly revenue and profit that beat analysts’ expectations, driven by aggressive cost cutting and growing
Siemens has received two contracts for the supply of wind turbines for two projects located in Ireland. Under the first
Dalata Hotel Group has agreed a deal to buy the leasehold interest of four hotels for an enterprise value of
Facebook has said it will begin building a data centre near Clonee, Co Meath, which will create hundreds of temporary construction
160 jobs have been announced by technology companies in Galway and Cork. Two technology companies in Galway, Ice Cube and Tec
Tyco International and Johnson Controls announced today they will merge in a tax-saving deal. The deal combines Tyco’s operations in security and
Mining and energy company Vedanta Resources said its Lisheen mine in Co Tipperary made its final shipment last week, completing
Internet giant Google has agreed a £130 million deal with the UK taxman to pay money it has owed for
Enniscorthy-based Taoglas, an Irish technology firm which specialises in wireless antennas, is opening a $2m facility in San Diego. The
Amazon is to hire 2,500 permanent staff in the UK this year, boosting its workforce there to more than 14,000.
Apple CEO Tim Cook had a private meeting with the European Union’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager as EU regulators close
Aerial drones with sophisticated cameras are being used for controlled flights over the €115m expansion of the Bausch + Lomb
Dublin BIC today announces dispatch technology company iCabbi is targeting €15M annual recurring revenue (ARR) within two years with expansion
Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world’s #1 CRM company, today announced a partnership with (RED) and a $5 million
The Musgrave Group is to buy a Wexford food service business. The acquisition of Wexford-based C.J. O’Loughlin Quality Foods is subject
Vodafone is entering the TV market in Ireland for the first time. The service will cost €40 a month for the
Barclays has announced a new round of job cuts to its investment banking business worldwide which would result in a complete
The IMF has opened formal nominations for the next term of managing director, with incumbent Christine Lagarde seen as the leading candidate
Troubled British education publisher Pearson plans to cut 4000 jobs, cap its dividend and restructure yet again after cutting earnings forecasts
Streaming giant Spotify announced that it plans to acquire two companies, Irish Soundwave and Cord Project. It says this will
Rentokil is advising householders to be vigilant against rats, mice and other pests that are displaced from sewers, drains and
Goldman Sachs Group’s profit slumped for the third quarter in a row as a $5 billion settlement of crisis-era legal
According to a survey of urban and rural neighbourliness by FBD entitled “Rooted in the Community”, 88% of farmers say that
The Clarion Hotel in Sligo has been sold to the Dalata Hotel Group for €13m. The four-star hotel was offered for
Argos owner Home Retail Group, which is being pursued by supermarket Sainsbury’s, has agreed to sell DIY chain Homebase to
French company Renault will recall more than 15,000 vehicles to make changes to their engines to bring them into line with
Irish telecoms provider Pure Telecom is celebrating its most successful year in business since it started in 2002. Over the
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