A new partnership between GIY Waterford and SuperValu will provide 50,000 Irish primary school children with the tools for growing food and food literacy education. The ‘Let’s Grow’ project aims to put homegrown food center stage in classrooms across Ireland. Read more
Waterford Chamber, in partnership with Waterford Local Enterprise Office, has launched a new podcast, Getting to Know You, which will feature interviews with local business people and debates around topical issues pertaining to business. Read more
The Waterford health firm, RelateCare grew staff by 65% in first 12 months of pandemic and now expect to expand their workforce further by a third during 2023. Read more
Zeus Scooters has raised €650,000 equity funding after buying UK peer Zwings in August 2022. This follows news during 2022 that it would seek to expand its workforce by 20 over the coming months. Read more
The South Eastern Applied Materials (SEAM) research centre at South East Technological University (SETU) has been awarded over €2m in funding through the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Infrastructure Fund to secure an exclusive high-power, high-resolution CT scanner, the first of its kind in Ireland, in a major boost to Irish industry. Read more
State Street are hosting an OPEN DAY event on 2nd February in their Kilkenny offices from 4pm-8pm next week. During the event you will find out what the funds industry in Ireland is all about and chat to State Street employees on a one and one basis about what they do in a working day. Read more
Energy operator SSE Renewables has announced its first solar energy and battery co-location project in Ireland, choosing its existing South East wind farm for the development. Read more
Ireland South East Financial Services cluster member, Unum, has announced the further expansion of its IT Hub that will see the hiring of 50 new staff during 2023. Read more
Kyckr a technology company – founded in Arclabs, Waterford and a member of the Ireland South East Financial Services Cluster – that provides corporations with authoritative real-time data on potential and existing customers and suppliers, has agreed to be acquired by Richard White, an Australian technology entrepreneur. Read more
RIKON, SETU, are carrying out an economic survey of the creative sector of Waterford and the South East and are calling for businesses involved in this area to take part in a survey. Read more