Ulster Bank has just launched their new Not For Profit service. Here is some of the activities Ulster Bank is already involved with and a video explaining where Ulster Bank can help. Ulster Bank believes in supporting strong businesses and helping our communities to thrive. We have a long-standing culture of community investment, supporting enterprise and financial education in our schools and communities, and encouraging our staff to fundraise and volunteer for the causes they are passionate about. Ulster Bank Not For Profit Ulster Bank Community Impact Fund This is [...]
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Winners of the Business Achiever Awards 2012
CDE Global has been crowned the ‘Ulster Bank Business Achiever 2012’ at the national final of the awards, which took place at the Mansion House in Dublin. The awards, now in their 19th year, are in association with the Irish Independent, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland. Based in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, CDE Global is a leading supplier of washing equipment for quarries and mines on the global market. Through a dynamic and innovative team, CDE Global are committed to engineering excellence and constantly evolving sector defining equipment while ensuring each client [...]
Pics From the Balmoral Show
The Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank is Ireland’s largest Agricultural and Food Show that entertains the whole family. The 145th Show offers its usual extravaganza of colour, competition and showmanship along with daily displays of pedigree horses, ponies, cattle, sheep, poultry, pigs and goats at the new showgrounds, Balmoral Park. Pics from The bArmoral Show this years show below….
Results of Our Survey
Because we’re frugal (cheap?), we used Survey Monkey’s free service to carry out our survey last week. What we didn’t realize is that the ‘free survey’ only allows analysis of the first 100 answers. So even though we had over 300 responses, the following results are from the first 100 responses. We believe they still give us a very good pulse. Survey Results We asked; If SBC could organise discounts on certain business services, would you consider buying these through SBC? 97% of you said Yes. (Yikes! – that’s some [...]
Business Achievers Awards Regional Finalists
Business Achievers Awards Regional Finalists – The Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards celebrate the spirit of excellence and innovation that are the hallmark of our most successful entrepreneurs. Below we profile all the regional finalists. Just click on the relevant link below. Connacht Regional Finalists Leinster Regional Finalists Munster Regional Finalists Ulster Regional Finalists
The New Small Business Can
Over the coming weeks we’re launching a new website for Small Business Can. It’s a pretty fundamental change with a new platform. We’re also considering offering a range of services through Small Business Can – online accounting, Ecommerce solutions, CRM services, that sort of thing. But we need your help. Take the Survey Below is a quick survey (takes about 2 mins). We’d be much obliged if you could lend us your thoughts on what kind services you think we could offer through Small Business Can. Take the survey (2 [...]
BAA Closing for Submissions this Thursday!
Because it’s nearly D Day for entries into the Business Achievers Awards (BAA Closing for Submissions this Thursday!) we felt that we had to send another reason/reminder to enter during this of all weeks. To be honest we were stumped to come up with new reasons. We’ve already covered strategy, publicity, peer review, networking, PR, family and investors, financing. We even threw in ego. Inspired by the public service pay talks! Then we heard the media hullabaloo around the ending of the negotiations on public pay reform in the South. [...]
5 Unique Ways To Attract Consumers
5 Unique Ways To Attract Consumers Are you in small business? Are you facing problem in engaging consumers to your business? – We know how tough it is to engage the customers at your business profile. To make consumers keep coming to your website and drive traffic, you must employ a variety of strategies to stay ahead. These techniques must be unique and should set you ahead of the competitors. Although for this, you need to have a good marketing plan, but there are other things that you must implement [...]
The Benefits of Networking
Just thought I would share with you something that happened last night. There was a business achievers event run by Ulster Bank in Waterford. I wanted to go as I knew that Sandra Hart, the Director of European affairs with BNI was going to be on the panel. The theme was marketing and social media. So even though there was snow forecast and it was an hour long drive I decided to go to spread the word about SunZu! When I arrived (a half an hour early) the guy who [...]
2013: The Year of the ‘Spreadsheet Recovery’
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 was the year of the dragon, however, there were few economies breathing fire. The US economy saw economic growth accelerate relative to 2011, but it proved to be the exception rather than the rule, with most economies, and the global economy as a whole, experiencing a significant slowdown. 2013: The Year of the ‘Spreadsheet Recovery’ 2013 is the year of the snake, which seems appropriate from a UK perspective, as a low-level undulating crawl and a zig-zagging GDP profile look likely. The ‘double-dip’ was [...]
Patents explained
Patents explained? A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new solution to a problem. In order to be patentable, the invention must fulfill certain conditions. What does a patent do? A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent. The protection isgrant ed for a limited period, generally 20 years. Why are patents necessary? Patents provide incentives to individuals by offering them recognition for their [...]
Succession planning – 9 tips
At its most basic, succession planning involves a succession plan that documents a road map for partners, heirs and successors to follow in the event of your death, disability or retirement. This plan can include a program for distribution of business stock and other assets, debt retirement schedules, life insurance policies, buy-sell agreements between partners and heirs, division of responsibilities among successors, and any other elements that affect your business assets. The plan may also establish the value of a business. In the succession planning process, goals and objectives must [...]
Irish family businesses survey
In this post we outline some of the findings of the latest Irish and Global PwC Irish family businesses survey of 1,952 family business executives in more than 30 countries worldwide including 100 participants in Ireland. Irish family businesses have suffered much greater sales reductions in the last year compared to their global counterparts. The general economic environment (85%) and price competition (67%) are major challenges facing Irish family businesses. Two-thirds (63%) say the need to continually innovate is a challenge while a third (34%) are concerned about having the [...]
Ulster Bank Launches 2012 Business Achievers Awards
Ulster Bank Launches 2012 Business Achievers Awards today. For the past two years, over a third of all entries to the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards were submitted in the ‘Best Business Start Up’ category making it the most popular category in the competition. Ulster Bank today launched the 19th Business Achievers Awards, an awards scheme that not only provides opportunities for companies to generate publicity but a programme that provides all entrants with networking opportunities and business development events. Ulster Bank Launches 2012 Business Achievers Awards Speaking at the [...]
Don’t confuse me with the facts
Has anyone read the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report? It illustrates the health of entrepreneurial start ups in the country. It has a lot of facts. It throws up a lot of questions. 2,200 people set up a new business each month last year. How many were made redundant or worked for companies that went bust? Almost three quarters are expected to become employers. When the kids are 18 they can be employed for tax efficient purposes? Are they then employees? Most are working in the high tech sector. This [...]
