News Archive
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, was guest of honour at the All-Island Pride of Place Gala Awards ceremony hosted by Waterford County Council at Cappoquin Community Centre, on Saturday night November 8th
Erie playhouse will stage three shows in Dungarvan Town Hall Theatre - one performance of "BROADWAY TODAY" a composer lyricist concert on Sunday, August 10th and two performances of the world's longest running musical "THE FANTASTICKS" on August 11th and 12th. All shows at 8pm nightly.
Lancaster Laboratories, one of the largest commercial analytical laboratories in the US, is expanding its operation in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. This investment follows Lancaster's acquisition in 2007 of Microchem Labs, an Irish company. It will result in the creation of 100 new high level positions over the next five years, with the support of IDA Ireland. The majority of these positions will require people at PhD, Masters and graduate level.
Waterford County Council congratulate TOTEM’s brand design for Alan Dalton Goldsmith which won a gold award from Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communications.
In November 2007 the Graphic Design Business Association hosted the annual Irish Design Effectiveness Awards (IDEAs) in the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The IDEAs are the graphic design Oscar’s, and TOTEM scooped another two awards this year.
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Following on from the success of the inaugural part-time Executive MBA Programme, WIT, in partnership with Waterford County Council and FÁS has committed to delivering a further programme commencing September, 2008.
E-Commerce opens up a wide market for a businesses products and services. To help businesses understand the opportunity, Waterford County Enterprise Board is hosting a seminar eCommerce – Realising the Opportunity. The Enterprise Board has invited high-profile experts on doing business on-line to speak at the seminar.
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Nemeton in association with Waterford Institute of Technology are taking applications for the Higher Diploma in Television Production.
Business News from County Waterford
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, is to invest a further e30 million in the expansion of its existing over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. The investment, supported by IDA Ireland, will create 50 new high quality jobs over three years in the production of a product to aid smoking cessation, for supply to all markets outside of North America. The jobs will be in areas of production, quality, technical and engineering.
Interested in setting up a business, but how good is your idea? Waterford County Enterprise Board is holding an Ideas Generation Workshop
Free Networking & Information event on 21st May at the Tower Hotel, Waterford. This event is aimed at identifying new customers and increasing sales, improving your bottom line by developing processes and products and to how to raise and manage finance.
