Applegreen’s revenues rose by 15 per cent to €1 billion in 2015, the fuel forecourt retailer said on Monday, with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of €28.9m – a
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Aryzta the Swiss-Irish food group saw its shares fall as much as 5.7 per cent in early morning trading on Monday after the company admitted growth will be erratic over the next
Caffe Nero, the specialist coffee retailer chain has outlined plans to invest €20 million in Ireland by opening 40 new outlets across the country, with the potential creation of 350 new
Belfast International Airport has announced that easyJet, plans to add a further 250,000 seats to its summer 2016 schedule which will indirectly create 100 jobs locally. T he jobs will
Aramark, global provider of award winning services in food, facilities management and property, has announced its nominated charities in Ireland for 2016. Aware Mater Foundation Cork Samaritans Galway Autism
Harland & Wolff is set to cut 60 jobs at the iconic former shipbuilder in Belfast. The announcement was made on Thursday, with Michael Mulholland speaking for both GMB and Unite. The
Yesterday Aviva announced the sale of its health business to leading financial services company Irish Life for an undisclosed sum. Aviva holds a 70% stake in Aviva Health, a joint venture with
Dalata has been given approval from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to acquire the leasehold interest of four hotels in a deal valued at €40 million. The hotels are the Gibson
CarGurus, the car shopping website used by 19 million consumers and 14,000 car dealers in the US, is to establish its European headquarters in Dublin. The IDA Ireland-supported investment in
Google’s AlphaGo computer program has won the first of five matches against one of the world’s top players of a complex board game, Go, marking a dramatic advance for the
A breakthrough generator is set to transform the way telecoms companies supply power to their off-grid sites. The new product offers significant cost and fuel savings, delivering business and green
Irish airline Ryanair launched a corporate jet charter service, offering a Boeing 737-700 for corporate/group hire. Ryanair’s corporate jet charter offers: A customised Boeing 737-700 jet 60 business class, reclining,
A Cork IT recycling firm has won a Deloitte Best Managed Companies Award. Wisetek, who provide secure data-elimination and responsible IT recycling services to the world’s leading IT corporations, won
A Trinity College Dublin spin-off bio-pharma company has been sold to a US firm for €5.4m and 265,000 shares. Genable Technologies, which makes gene-based drugs that treat genetic diseases, has been
The logistics partners of B&Q have formed the first ever cross-company team to enter The Fresh Connection supply chain training contest. XPO Logistics, Wincanton and BRS have joined forces to
Telecom and cloud services provider, Magnet Networks, has acquired the Irish retail business division of Imagine Communications Group in an all-cash deal. The new enlarged Magnet Business division will have 11,000
Irish Continental Group has reported a 10.5% increase in revenues and a 49.5% increase in earnings before accounting for tax, depreciation and amortisation for 2015. The company, which owns Irish
Crown, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has won a 2016 iF Design Award, presented by iF International Forum Design. An international panel of independent experts awarded Crown
The real estate investment trust Hibernia REIT has bought an office building in central Dublin for €26.5m. Marine House is a six floor office block with an underground car park
Virgin Media Ireland is releasing the next phase of its nationwide advertising campaign featuring Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. From today, the extensive national TV campaign will highlight Virgin’s new
Ricoh Ireland today announces an investment of €250,000 in a new 12,000ft² Document Services Centre in Glasnevin, Dublin. The facility will help Ricoh Ireland grow its document services revenue by
The Dalata Hotel Group has reported a pre-tax profit of €28.5m for last year, reflecting a significant expansion in the hotel group’s business. Group revenue for the 12 months to
Lego has secured its place as the world’s best-selling toy firm after the latest Star Wars film and Disney’s Frozen
Paddy Power has opened its 600th shop, with a new outlet in Kimmage in Dublin. The bookie chain now has
UTV Media has changed its registered name from UTV Media Plc to Wireless Group Plc with immediate effect. This follows
The five-star Dromoland Castle hotel is seeking to block plans by Applegreen to extend its national network of motorway service
Siemens Chairman, Joe Kaeser, presented the newest results at the shareholders’ meeting in Munich at the end of January. An
Fastcom, the leading network management company, has helped Smyths Toys reduce its IT costs by €50,000 following a €150,000 deal.
Aramark, the global provider of award-winning services in food, facilities management and property, has announced an exciting new partnership with
Oil producer Petroceltic International’s largest shareholder, Worldview Capital Management, has offered to acquire the company for £6.42m in cash. This
Aston Martin, famous James Bond car maker, is to open a new factory in South Wales, creating more than 750
Cadbury’s operations in Ireland face disruption from next Thursday as SIPTU and Unite have served strike notice on the company.
Asavie, an enterprise mobility management firm, and Eir Business, the telecoms provider, have launched IoT Connect, a new service that
The Brinks security cash-in-transit company is to close its Republic of Ireland operation with the loss of 201 jobs, mostly
Daa International has secured a multi-million deal to manage and operate the new terminal 5 at Saudi Arabia’s King Khaled
Norwegian airlines announced planned flights from Cork to the US have been postponed pending receipt of a permit to enable the flight
Up to 60 jobs may be lost at the Cameron plant in Longford Town. All 270 staff at the company
With more than 70 years of expertise in producing and delivering ready-to-use mixes and toppings, Pennant Ingredients, located in Rochester, New York,
UK mobile giant Vodafone and John Malone’s cable company Liberty Global agreed last night to combine their operations in the
Stephen Fry has quietly co-founded a startup that bills itself as a “Pinterest for education”. The company called Pindex launched this month, and
Hammerson, the owner of Dundrum Town Centre has reported an increase of 4% in its annual profits up to £726.8m (€941.8m). The
Aspira, the Irish-owned enterprise IT project specialists, has announced it is to create 50 new jobs as well as to
The Government has awarded oil and gas licences to companies including oil majors Eni, Exxon and Statoil, allowing them to
The situation in China remains challenging for spirits company Pernod Ricard and sales in its second biggest market could fall
Finland’s Nokia has today reported better than expected profits for its mainstay telecom network equipment business. But the company also warned
Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has reported a 58% jump in its pre-tax profits while revenue in the firm remained
Ryanair became Ireland’s biggest indigenous company by market capitalisation yesterday, overtaking CRH, the previous holder of the title. The airline’s market capitalisation
The Irish oil and gas explorer Tullow Oil has posted a full year loss of $1bn (€886m) for 2015 as
Hutchison Holdings has started formal proceedings to get EU approval for merging its Italian mobile telecoms business with Vimpelcom’s. This
Telecoms giant BT confirmed that it has begun a search to replace its long-serving group finance director. The company announced that Tony
FBD Holdings has appointed David Costello as the new chief risk officer for FBD Insurance. Mr Costello joins FBD from
Viacom is said to be extending its deal with Snapchat which will allow it to sell advertising on the mobile
London-based TUI Group, the world’s largest tour operator, said bookings to Turkey this summer were down around 40% due to
Microfinance Ireland has said 930 jobs were supported in small companies last year, after it approved €5.4m worth of loans.
BP posted its largest annual loss for at least 20 years and revealed another 3,000 job losses as it continued
The Belfast-based adventure centre We Are Vertigo has confirmed it is to open a new attraction in Dundalk after planning
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