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DUBLIN COMPANIES HEAD NORTH FOR SEEDCORN FINAL
Friday 14.11.08

Ireland’s leading provider of solar electricity and a company that sells flowers have won €20,000 each and a chance to share in a total prize fund of €280,000 after clinching the Dublin regional titles in InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Business Competition 08. Cool Power Products of Blackrock, winner of the Emerging International Company category, has been working with solar electricity technology for over a decade and were the first company to install a ‘grid connected’ system in Ireland....

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HI-TECH COMPANIES TAKE SEEDCORN REGIONAL TITLES
Wednesday 12.11.08

Derry and Newry winners go forward to all-island titles Two companies have won €20,000 each and a chance to share in a total prize fund of €280,000 after clinching the Northern Ireland regional titles in the InterTradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition 08. Learning Pool of Derry, who won the Emerging International Company category, provide a suite of e-learning subscription services to the UK public sector....

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CORK COMPANY TAKES SEEDCORN REGIONAL TITLE
Tuesday 11.11.08

Media footage firm Wavebreak in the picture for all-island prize Wavebreak Media, who are based in Cork City, have won €20,000 and a shot at a total prize fund of €280,000 after clinching a Munster regional title in the Seedcorn Business Competition 08. The company, which produces broadcast quality high definition film for the motion footage industry and numbers National Geographic, Fox Sports and ITN among their customers, took the Emerging Company title....

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PROGNOSIS GOOD AS HKPB SCIENTIFIC HEAD FOR ALL-ISLAND FINAL
Tuesday 11.11.08

H KPB Scientific of Thurles, Co Tipperary, have won €20,000 and a shot at a total prize fund of €280,000 after clinching a Munster regional title in the Seedcorn Business Competition 08. The company, who won €20,000 when they took the Emerging International Company title, work in the biomaterials sector and plan to licence their unique proprietary solutions for the manufacture and use of calcium phosphates to the medical device industry....

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INNOVATION GURU LAUNCHES NEW ALL-ISLAND PROGRAMME AT QUEEN'S
Tuesday 11.11.08

The economic downturn offers Northern Ireland companies a great opportunity to rethink how they do business, says international knowledge management guru Larry Prusak. The founder of global consortium, the Institute of Knowledge Management (IKM), will share his expertise and insights with local business leaders in a major lecture at Queen's University Belfast on Monday night (17 November)....

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CO LOUTH COMPANIES CLINCH SEEDCORN REGIONAL TITLES
Monday 10.11.08

Regional finalists from Galway and Kildare lose out to Mcor and SOTA Two Co Louth companies – one from Ardee, the other from Drogheda – have taken a bite out of a total prize fund of €280,000 after clinching  regional titles in the Seedcorn  Business Competition 08. Mcor Technologies from Ardee,  and SOTA Orthopaedics from Drogheda,  have won €20,000 each in the Connacht regional finals, after triumphing in the Emerging International Company and the Emerging Company categories respectively....

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Enviromental Goods and Services Sector on the Island of Ireland
Wednesday 29.10.08

Green is Good for Business   Launch of Report on Opportunities and Challenges for Growing Environmental Goods and Services Sector The value of the environmental goods and services sector to the island of Ireland is currently estimated at €3.6 billion and is expected to grow by at least 33 per cent in the next decade....

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SIMPLE TIPS FOR CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS
Wednesday 22.10.08

The latest findings from InterTradeIreland’s all-island Business Monitor survey show that cross-border trade still offers great opportunities to companies even in the current economic climate. The survey which canvassed 1,000 companies found that 40% of the companies are helping their bottom line by doing business across the border....

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SMALL BUSINESS EXPERTS CONVERGE ON BELFAST
Wednesday 22.10.08

More than 1,000 delegates from the small and medium sized business sector worldwide will be meeting for a week at parallel conferences supported by InterTradeIreland in Belfast next month. The conferences are: ·        The International Small Business Congress, being held for the first time ever in Ireland and the first time in 20 years in the UK....

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CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS HOLDING ITS OWN DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
Tuesday 14.10.08

Companies report turnover is being boosted by North-South trade Cross-border trade is holding its own amid general business gloom, according to the latest all-island Business Monitor survey. The survey, which canvassed 1,000 companies, confirms that cross-border trade is not suffering the same decline as other areas of the economy: •    the average company turnover accounted for by cross-border trade is actually up to 19....

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