Business

Three Skibbereen businesses have been recognised for their outstanding achievements this year at the Cork Business Awards.   

This is a significant event in your life stated Professor Gerry Boyle, Director of Teagasc, when he gave the keynote address at the recent presentation of certificates to graduates of Clonakilty Agricultural College, Darrara, at a special function in Fernhill Hotel.

As part of the nationwide search to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE), the three Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Cork launched a campaign in September to find the best young entrepreneurs in their region in three distinct categories, with a €150,000 investment fund up for grabs.

A British woman, who was recently named Business Woman of the Year, is the daugther of a West Cork couple.

A community group – Comharchumann Forbartha Mhúscraí Teo – in partnership with SECAD, CIT’s Rubicon Centre and Udaras Na Gaetachta, have come together to offer a brand new initiative in Ballingeary to provide a platform for female entrepreneurship in the community. 

Local business people have expressed their frustration with Vodafone over the lack of a quality phone and broadband service throughout West Cork.

A leading Cork businessman – who wishes to remain anonymous – has pledged €10,000 to a Cork charity if it can raise  €10,000 or more from the public. 

From a very young age, Ellen Collins was always interested in retail. 

There should be great interest amongst the local fisheries and aquaculture communities in what Tara McCarthy, chief executive of BIM, has to say at this year’s West Fork Business Breakfast on Friday next, September 16th.