Packed with strong content, The Ireland Asia Business Yearbook is published by Asia Matters in association with Business & Leadership. At the launch event, attended by Pat Breen and Alan Dukes, Breen described it as “an essential tool” for any Irish business considering entering Asian markets and Dukes viewed it as significant in furthering the aim of Asia Matters to improve Ireland-Asia linkages. With a foreword from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, content includes interviews with the chief executives of Irish Government agencies IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Bord Bia and [...]
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Gateway to Europe has started
Silicon Valley Bank and its partner Ulster Bank are in Boston, New York and San Fransisco to promote Ireland as part of the Gateway to Europe initiative. Here is a quick video explaining the concept; and here are the reasons why you should consider Ireland (CHEERFUL!) We will keep you posted. Here is a link to the twitterwall.
Britain is our biggest export market and for a lot of companies the first steps into trading abroad. That is why the British Irish Chamber of Commerce is organising a SME Spring Networking Breakfast with guest of honour HE Dominick Chilcott, British Ambassador. It will be held on 19 th April 2013 at 7.30am in the AIB Bankcentre, Ballsbridge. The event will be a chance for you to meet with business people who are already successfully trading in or with the UK, or who are in the process of doing so. By way of a [...]
Go East- helping Irish companies do business in Asia
You would have had to be living under a rock for the last four years to avoid hearing the phrase “export led recovery”. When seeking to highlight avenues of potential growth, politicians and commentators have a favourite child; purchasers of Irish goods and services who don’t reside in Ireland. The biggest problem for indigenous Irish companies looking to sell their goods and services into new markets is that, like most things in business, the reality is never quite as simple as the headline. This is coupled with another significant challenge; [...]
Export and Innovation shown as way forward for SMEs
Recently the results of the 2012 Q4 InterTradeIreland Business Monitor were released, which reflects business owners’ views from across the island on performance from October to December 2012. It was evident from this quarter’s survey that two sectors are outperforming every other industry. The manufacturing and Business Services sectors both demonstrated the strongest sales and both remain most positive going forward. 70 per cent of manufacturing companies reported to be either growing or stable which is in contrast to industries such as construction where 66 per cent of businesses reported [...]
Hugging SMEs and embracing the British market
I had the pleasure of chairing the SME break out session at the British Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC) annual conference. The panel included Alan Sullivan of Meditec. Meditec Medical, a wholly Irish owned company, with headquarters in Dublin, designs, manufacturers, and delivers cutting edge technology in the area of pressure relief mattresses, and patient support surfaces. Alan Sullivan shared the lessons he learned: Be the absolute best A medical product (tackling bed sores) company, Meditec has to go through a lot of testing. It will enter a new market [...]
Pet Sitters Ireland opens online ’boutique’
Following on from its nationwide pet sitting and dog walking business, Pet Sitters Ireland in Co Wicklow has launched a ‘pet boutique’ offering a range of accessories. “Despite the recession, people still want to spoil their pets and we received numerous requests from customers looking for high quality unique pet care products,” said Pet Sitters Ireland founder Kate McQuillan. Pet Sitters Ireland opens online ’boutique’ Many of the items on sale at the boutique have been made especially for the company. “We wanted to work with local award-winning craftspeople to [...]
Calling on all internationally trading #businessachievers
If you are a company that operates internationally you should consider entering the business achievers. Below are the finalists of last year. Terminalfour Terminalfour provides enterprise Web Content Management Systems (WCMS) and solutions to medium and large sized organisations in North American, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. Terminalfour makes it easy for organisations to deliver and manage very large, hugely devolved, multilingual websites, intranets and extranets. Established in 1997, the company powers more than 2000 websites. Among their clients are 95 universities worldwide, international bodies, commercial bodies [...]
Build your Network with Irish Entrepreneurs – London Conference November 9th
Are you an Irish Entrepreneur or business person looking to connect with the Diaspora? If yes you should consider coming to London on November 9th to attend the 2nd Annual Global Conference of the Irish international Business Network. (IIBN) The IIBN is an Irish network with the aim of forging strong links amongst business people in Ireland and the growing overseas diaspora. It is a not –for–profit body and seeks to also help Irish based entrepreneurs gain footholds primarily in the UK and USA. The upcoming conference in London on [...]
How to create a GREAT Partnership
A GREAT Partnership is one that really delivers value to the customer, your partner and you. The more on-going and longer term it is the better with truly complementary fit of capabilities and business focus. As anyone who has built a company knows, getting your own operations right is difficult, then consider how you get two business operations working together with a common business focus. If you have a complex sale or delivery, then partnering is not simply a black-box approach with relationship with CEO to CEO and putting your [...]
Seafood and UAE
Irish exports to the United Arab Emirates have almost doubled since 2009 and now stand at €36m. This growth was driven primarily by seafood, dairy and infant formula. In order to capitalise on this growth, Bord Bia led a study visit to the market coinciding with this year’s Dubai Seafood Expo. The Food and Agriculture Organisation estimate that the UAE retail sector is worth €4.7billion. Within this sector, only 25% of the food available is produced domestically. Due to the high level of expats and changing tastes among locals, many [...]
Vision ID hiring thanks to demand for ‘COW’
Co Tipperary technology firm Vision ID is expanding its workforce from 21 to 25 thanks to strong demand for its new wireless Computer on Wheels (COW). Vision ID linked up with UK-based product designers RPD to provide the units which encompass all the components of a desk in a moveable, ergonomic workstation. Aimed at the manufacturing and pharma sectors, the COW has received “rave reviews” so far from the likes of EMC and Janssen Biologics, according to sales director for Vision ID Cathal Murtagh. Each COW is tailored and configured [...]
Alltech ships whiskey stills from Kentucky to Ireland
Global animal health and nutrition company Alltech is moving its whiskey business to Ireland, birthplace of whiskey and of president and founder of Alltech, Dr Pearse Lyons. The Vendome whiskey stills, used by Alltech’s Lexington Brewing Company and made in Louisville, Kentucky, were shipped over on 22 August. This year marks 221 years since the Whiskey Rebellion, a revolution of early Irish settlers in North America against George Washington’s tax on distilled spirits, which saw many of these early distillers taking their craft to Bourbon County, Virginia, where they created [...]
Top 7 must do’s after gaining partner interest
Like a dog chasing a car, do you know what to do with a partner once you get one interested? Having a partner interested is not enough. There are many things to be considered. A partner may bring new market opportunities for you, but how do you make the best of it, or even getting started, as cost effectively as possible. In this article, I’m assuming that: you are ready to tackle the market and able to respond to the market opportunity in the partner’s region you have a product [...]
The question of confidence….
Article appearing in today’s Irish News Business Insight. As we indulged in a dose of much-needed Olympics feel-good therapy earlier this month, the fifth anniversary of the start of the credit crunch came and went. As we watched Usain Bolt snap his countrymen’s celebrations with a borrowed camera after a Jamaican one-two-three in the 200metres final, we nearly forgot that the same day marked five years since the words ‘sub-prime’, ‘Fannie Mae’ and ‘credit default swaps’ began to become as familiar to us as ‘Peloton’ and ‘Repechage’ are today. Confidence, [...]
