Waterford Chamber to host South East Jobs and Skills Fair
Waterford Chamber, in partnership with Waterford City and County Council, are hosting the South East Jobs and Skills Fair on Saturday, March 4th in City Hall Waterford from 9am to 4pm.
GIY Waterford and Supervalu to help school children experience the wonder of growing food
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
Chamber and LEO team up for ‘Getting to Know You’ Podcast
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
RelateCare in Waterford expecting to grow staff by a third in 2023
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
Carlow based Zeus Scooters raises equity funding amid ongoing expansion
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
SEAM secures over €2m funding to help Irish industry address quality challenges
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 open day with interviews on the day 2nd Feb, Kilkenny
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
SSE to develop solar and battery co-location project at Wexford wind farm
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
Unum will be hiring for 50 new roles this year in Carlow
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
Australian billionaire Richard White acquires Waterford-founded KYC specialist Kyckr
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