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CEOs/ MDs - Are you up for the Challenge?
We are looking for ambitious CEOs and MDs to attend FREE two-hour briefing events to find out about the tools and techniques used in our InterTradeIreland Challenge programme which you can take away and use in your business.
The next and final events take place in Cork and Dublin on 8th May. So be quick and secure your place now.
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30th May 2014 - Closing date for Seedcorn Competition with €280k Total Cash Prize Fund
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| Dorothy Creaven, CEO, Element Software, Prof. Vincent O’Flaherty, Chairman, Westway Health and Connor Sweeney, InterTradeIreland. |
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Calling new start-ups and early stage companies - it is now time to enter this year's Seedcorn Competition. With a total cash prize fund of €280,000 with no equity stake, the competition aims to transform equity raising businesses into first-class investor ready companies.
With a closing date of 30th May - time is running out - so get your application in now!
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EBAN Congress - European Investors come to Dublin
The 14th EBAN Congress, an event bringing the European business angel community to Dublin will be held in Dublin Castle on the 19th to 20th May and will be attended by up to 350 delegates.
It is Europe’s largest angel event and the second biggest in the world. HBAN, the all-island umbrella group responsible for stimulating angel investment across the island will host the event.
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Oxymem wins All-Island Innovation Awards
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| Animal Health Ireland with Thomas Hunter McGowan ITI CEO and Taoiseach Enda Kenny |
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UCD spinout firm Oxymem has won the overall 'Innovation of the Year' Award at The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards 2014 which was held in Dublin on Wednesday 9th April.
The Athlone based firm has developed breakthrough technology for wastewater aeration. The company took first place in the 'Energy and the Environment' category and went on to compete against five other category winners to win the overall 'Innovation of the Year' award.
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2014 Innovation Lectures to address 'Open Innovation' theme
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| Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke |
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The InterTradeIreland Innovation Lecture Series kick off again this year with Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor of Innovation Management & Strategy at the Hasselt University speaking on the subject of 'Open Innovation' at a public lecture and series of master clases in Queens University Belfast on 6th and 7th May.
At the lecture entitled ' Open Innovation fails because companies are not prepared to open up!', Professor Vanhaverbeke will share his insights on the most common management problems when companies start open innovation and explain how SMEs can most effectively use open innovation. Registration is now open.
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Employ a graduate for 12 months to help boost your cross-border export sales
InterTradeIreland is currently offering SMEs looking to grow their cross-border sales the opportunity to take on a high calibre graduate. Through our Sales and Marketing Programme - Acumen, we will help you recruit a suitable graduate and we will fund up to 50% of the cost of employing that graduate in the first year!
If you are interested, why not find out more about the graduate support option available through our Acumen Programme. - it could be the missing piece you have been looking for!
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Glantreo Cork demonstrates technical capability with global potential
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| John Hogan and John Hanrahan from Glantreo with Sean Sherlock TD and Thomas Hunter McGowan, ITI CEO |
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Cork Company Glantreo has recently announced its key role in the newly developed, patent-pending, Ecoporous™ silica manufacturing process by US company Supelco. This project was a joint collaborative project involving the technical teams from Glantreo, based in Cork, Ireland and those of Supelco in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Dr Paul Ross, of Supelco spoke of the successful partnership and looks forward to further success in the future “The relationship with Glantreo provided an excellent example of how SME companies can support the delivery of exciting and innovative products to the world stage”
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Five useful accounting tips for small businesses
When running a small business, you have to make sure you stay focused on accounting. If you don’t manage debt, receivables, and marketing expenses accurately, your company will sink before it grows.
You can save your company by implementing simple bookkeeping strategies. Here are five accounting tips to help grow your business.
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