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Archive 2006

EnBIO win overall final of the 2006 Seedcorn Competition
Thursday 21.12.06

EnBIO, based on the Cork Institute of Technology Campus develop innovative technologies that will reduce the trauma and the recovery time experienced by patients of medical implant surgery. EnBIO CEO Dan Philpott expressed his delight at the win, which he said would provide a significant cash injection for the new business....

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EnBIO Wins InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Competition
Tuesday 12.12.06

€100,000 Prize to Winner EnBIO, creators of innovative technologies in the medical sector, is the overall winner of InterTradeIreland’s All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition 2006. Chosen from eight finalists throughout Ireland, EnBIO is the fourth winner of the competition run by InterTradeIreland’s EquityNetwork....

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Young Entrepreneurs generate £11M in InterTradeIreland Programmes
Tuesday 28.11.06

Young business entrepreneurs have a vital role to play in strengthening the island economy, InterTradeIreland Chairman Dr Martin Naughton said today at a Graduate Network Conference in Newry. He was congratulating up to 100 of the best and brightest entrepreneurs and business leaders of the future who have collectively contributed over £11m in additional value to their companies as a result of participating in InterTradeIreland’s Fusion and Focus programmes over the last three years....

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DERRY CONFERENCE ASKS ENTREPRENEURSHIP – CAN YOU CATCH IT?
Thursday 23.11.06

Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, supported by InterTradeIreland, is playing host to some of Ireland’s most dynamic entrepreneurs in a conference aimed at sparking the entrepreneurial spirit in the North West region. Aidan Heavey of Tullow Oil, the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year is being joined by Anne Heraty the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year, Dylan Collins of Demonware, hailed as the Bill Gates of Ireland, as well as Strabane man Peter Boyle founder of the Argento jewellery business and Sandra Lawler, co-founder of Alternatives the marketing talent house....

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Encourage R&D to boost economy and public health
Monday 13.11.06

Both Irish public health and the Irish economy could benefit if we can increase the level of biotechnology research according to the Irish Bioindustry Association within IBEC. The Chair of the Irish Bioindustry Association, Dr Cormac Kilty said: “The up coming Budget should make some amendments in the R&D tax credit system so that it becomes more relevant....

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JOINED UP INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY
Thursday 09.11.06

Plans for how public money will be spent on infrastructure development throughout the island of Ireland moved a step closer to becoming a reality at a major cross border conference held in Newry today. The Irish Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Dick Roche joined Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Department of Regional Development Gerry McGinn at the event at which they will provide an update on progress on a new framework for collaboration between the two governments which will be completed early in the New Year....

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- Entrepreneur Learning DVD Launched
Thursday 26.10.06

In a bid to educate and encourage, from an early age, a positive outlook around enterprise, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme has launched a DVD learning pack which will be distributed to secondary level business study classes and third level colleges throughout Ireland. A key learning tool on the DVD is a series of “Harvard Style” case studies on previous Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalists....

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US-IRELAND R&D PARTNERSHIP TO TARGET £700 BILLION/€1TRILLION NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
Wednesday 25.10.06

Nanotechnology is set to revolutionise the way we live over the next twenty years and will affect everything from the way we take medicines, have surgery, listen to music, use telecommunications and receive information. Predictions for Nanotechnology enabled products suggest a £700bn (€1 trillion) global industry by 2010....

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InterTradeIreland's FUSION graduation 2006
Thursday 05.10.06

18 students from all over the island have been conferred with Post Graduate Diplomas in Management Practice at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD under InterTradeIreland’s Fusion programme. The ceremony was attended by InterTradeIreland’s Chief Executive Liam Nellis, amongst other management of InterTradeIreland....

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NORTH/SOUTH BUSINESS CHILL FACTOR IS ENDING
Thursday 05.10.06

The chill factor between business people North and South of the Border is rapidly melting, the Chief Executive of InterTradeIreland, Mr Liam Nellis told the 11th Northern Ireland Economic Conference at Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. The keynote speech at the Conference entitled “Making the Step Change” as made by the Taoiseach, Mr Bertie Ahern TD....

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INTERTRADEIRELAND LENDS A HELPING HAND TO ORANA
Friday 29.09.06

Staff from InterTradeIreland have shown their community spirit by taking time out of their busy schedules to help the Orana Family Support Centre. They were joined by employees from Haldane Fisher, FPM Accountants, the PSNI, students and lecturers from Newry College of Further and Higher Education as part of a Business in the Community initiative....

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SEEDCORN WINNER RAISES 2 MILLION EURO INVESTMENT
Monday 11.09.06

Dublin-based pharmaceutical company Sigmoid Biotechnologies has urged start up businesses to enter InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn competition before the 29 September. Since winning the 2005 all-island competition the firm has gone from strength to strength raising 2 million euro through the Business Expansion Scheme....

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COLLABORATION WILL BOOST PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Thursday 07.09.06

The first report into the polymer and plastics industry on the island of Ireland makes 18 recommendations for improved performance through cross border co-operation. Commissioned by InterTradeIreland in association with the Northern Ireland Polymer Association (NIPA) and Plastics Ireland, the report A Competitiveness Analysis of the Polymer and Plastics Industry on the Island of Ireland has recommended the establishment of an all island network to pursue the implementation of these recommendations that will enhance the sector’s global competitiveness....

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NEW US/IRELAND RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Tuesday 18.07.06

A new US - Ireland research initiative could deliver major advances in diabetes, cystic fibrosis, respiratory infections, nano and sensor technology, making a difference to lives all over the world. Today US Ambassador to Ireland James Kenny, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin TD and Aideen McGinley, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) in Northern Ireland, called on researchers from the three jurisdictions to submit collaborative proposals in the areas identified by the US Ireland Research and Development Partnership....

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CROSS-BORDER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS UP FOR GRABS
Monday 10.07.06

Northern Ireland companies have reported winning over £12 million worth of government contracts following their participation in InterTradeIreland’s Go Tender programme. The contracts ranged in value from £10,000 to £1 million but are only a fraction of what could be achieved given that the public sector market on the island is worth a staggering £11 billion per annum....

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BUSINESS NETWORKS REPORT DRIVES ALL ISLAND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
Tuesday 04.07.06

Ground breaking research on the way business is conducted across the island of Ireland will help companies from all sectors to compete more effectively in a global marketplace. The new report ‘Business Networks on the Island of Ireland’, commissioned by InterTradeIreland and launched by Ministers Maria Eagle for DETI and Micheál Martin for DETE, shows that the success of business-led strategic networks across America and Europe is being replicated here....

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GREATER CROSS BORDER PLANNING WILL MAXIMISE €100 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE SPEND
Monday 26.06.06

Greater co-operation between the two governments is vital to maximise the estimated €100 billion which is to be spent across the island of Ireland on transport, IT, power and communications over the next ten years. That is the key finding of a new report ‘Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland” undertaken on behalf of InterTradeIreland by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD)....

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KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION ARE TWIN ENGINES OF GROWTH
Monday 12.06.06

The creation of an all-island approach to the economy is an important part of creating a fully functioning internal market Charlie McCreevy said today during his first visit to Northern Ireland as EU Commissioner. Speaking in Newry, as a guest of InterTradeIreland on ‘The Island Economy in a European Context’, to over 100 business people, senior policy makers and elected representatives from both sides of the border, the Commissioner cited knowledge and innovation as the twin engines of sustainable growth....

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MINISTER MARTIN AND MINISTER EAGLE MEET TO REVIEW NORTH/SOUTH ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION (DETE Press release)
Monday 12.06.06

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin, T.D., met with his Northern counterpart, Economy Minister, Maria Eagle MP, today (June 1st) to review progress on North/South economic co-operation across a range of issues. The two Ministers held their meeting in Newry at the offices of InterTradeIreland, the all-island Trade and Business Development Body....

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Irish Companies pitch for €1.3 billion
Wednesday 10.05.06

50 Companies ‘speed-date’ with Council Buyers! Fifty Irish companies from North and South of the border today (Wednesday 10th May 2006) got the chance to network with buyer’s from Dublin City Council as part of InterTradeIreland’s ‘Network + Getwork’ series of events. The series is organised by Dublin Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry and today’s event took place in City Hall, Dublin....

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INTERTRADEIRELAND LAUNCH SEEDCORN COMPETITION WITH LARGEST BUSINESS PRIZE FUND IN ISLAND OF IRELAND
Monday 08.05.06

InterTradeIreland’s EquityNetwork has launched its highly successful Seedcorn Competition for the fourth year with the largest prize fund of any business competition in Ireland at £157,500 (€230,000). Catriona Regan, Operations Director of InterTradeIreland is very clear that the cumulative success of Seedcorn is reflected in the fact that companies that have come through the competition have now independently raised almost £16....

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Ireland in leading position in Entrepreneurship
Thursday 04.05.06

Pro-Business environment and strong cultural support for Entrepreneurship critical Mr Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment today (Tuesday, May 2nd) launched the Irish Report of GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) for 2005. Sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, Forfás and InterTradeIreland, the members of the GEM Irish research team are Paula Fitzsimons and Dr....

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Westlink Consolidation Service Launched
Tuesday 02.05.06

New initiative aims to reduce Westlink Congestion (28th April 2006 – Belfast, Northern Ireland) DHL Exel Supply Chain, the global leader in supply chain management, in association with CBI Northern Ireland and InterTradeIreland have today launched a new initiative aimed at easing congestion on Belfast’s Westlink....

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Boarding Call for Small Businesses MAIN Flight of 2006!
Wednesday 01.03.06

In April 2006, small businesses from all corners of the island of Ireland are invited to take part in the 2006 MAIN Event - MicroTrade All-Island Networking Event - an invaluable opportunity to meet hundreds of small businesses and larger buyer organisations in one day. The event, which takes place on the 5th April at Citywest Conference Centre, County Dublin, is the flagship event of a partnership involving the 35 County Enterprise Boards of Ireland, the 32 Local Enterprise Agencies of Enterprise Northern Ireland and InterTradeIreland, the all-island trade and business development body....

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BioMed Central –Medical and Biotechnology Sector partnering programme
Thursday 23.02.06

Thursday 23 February 2006 – Europa Hotel Belfast ‘Networks determine which ideas become breakthrough......... ...... personal networks promote exceptional individual creativity’, Harvard Business Review December 2006. The medical and biotechnology business representative associations, supported by Intertrade Ireland, will hold a unique one-day partnering programme designed to connect the Med Tech and Bio Tech communities across the island of Ireland and maximise combined capability....

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INTERTRADEIRELAND INVITES COMPANIES TO GET2BUSINESS!!!!!!
Wednesday 15.02.06

InterTradeIreland today invited companies on the island to Get 2 Business as it launched its new business information web portal. The site, www.intertradeireland.com/get2business is a unique all island guide to business support services to help organisations find the information they need from financial assistance to training and mentoring opportunities....

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350 Delegates to Attend North-South Infrastructure Conference
Friday 10.02.06

Friday 10th February 2006 – Fairways Conference Centre, Dundalk Over 350 delegates are set to attend a major North-South Infrastructure conference this Friday in Dundalk. The conference has been jointly sponsored by Northern Ireland’s Strategic Investment Board (SIB) and its opposite number in the South the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA)....

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What is Logistics XP?
Tuesday 07.02.06

With warehousing and distribution costs representing a significant expense to businesses on the island, ITI are keen to identify and develop ways to assist companies to make cost savings in this area. Businesses seeking to reduce transport costs and help the environment at the same time can benefit from InterTradeIreland’s new LogisticsXP programme....

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CORK BUSINESSES EXPLORE NORTHERN OPPORTUNITIES
Thursday 26.01.06

The four Enterprise Boards of County Cork played host to over 100 Cork businesses and a visiting party of thirty Northern Ireland businesses earlier this week. This was the first all-island networking event for small businesses in the Cork area, with delegates enjoying a series of pre-arranged meetings and SpeednetworkingTM opportunities....

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PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES WIN £14 MILLION OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS THROUGH INTERTRADEIRELAND GO TENDER PROGRAMME
Wednesday 25.01.06

More than 130 companies who have participated on the InterTradeIreland Go-Tender Programmes, have won contracts valued in excess of £14m of public sector business in RoI and NI in the past two years. This figure was revealed by InterTradeIreland at the launch of the third GO TENDER programme in Belfast and Cookstown, to help support businesses on both sides of the border tap into the growing public sector market....

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ROI NETWORKING VISIT ‘CORKS’ OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR NI BUSINESSES
Wednesday 25.01.06

Thirty Northern Ireland small businesses took flight earlier this week to the City of Cork to explore the market in the south west of Ireland. The mission was organised by MicroTrade, a joint initiative of Enterprise Northern Ireland, the County Enterprise Boards of the Republic of Ireland and InterTradeIreland, with the aim of helping small businesses develop trade links across the island of Ireland....

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‘2006: THE YEAR OF THE ENTREPRENEUR’
Wednesday 18.01.06

ERNST & YOUNG LAUNCH SEARCH FOR IRELAND’S FINEST Monday, 16 January, 2006: Over the coming days, as the Chinese New Year begins, so also does the search for Ireland’s ninth Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. China is now the world’s second largest economy, presenting a huge opportunity for business, so the theme for this year’s competition is “2006: Year of the Entrepreneur”....

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InterTradeIreland say North/South trading essential to NI businesses!
Wednesday 18.01.06

Liam Nellis, Chief Executive of InterTradeIreland was guest speaker at the first meeting of the year of B4B. Addressing 60 members of Northern Ireland’s Business networking organisation at The Stormont Hotel on Tuesday night on the subject of “North/South Collaboration – Good for Business” Mr Nellis said: “North/South Trading figures have been rising over the past ten years....

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