JOB CREATION COMPANY: Datapac
COMPANY: Graebel Companies Inc
SECTOR: Technology
LOCATION: Wexford
COMPANY: Stats
ANNOUNCEMENT: Tech company Datapac is to create 35 new positions in Enniscorthy as part of a 2.1m investment. The investment is funding enhancement of ICT managed services at Datapac’s network operations centre.
SECTOR: Management Services LOCATION: Dundalk ANNOUNCEMENT: Graebel, a provider of workforce and workplace mobility services, has announced the opening of the company’s new EMEA operations centre in Dundalk with the creation of 125 new jobs within the next three years.
SECTOR: Data and Intelligence LOCATION: Limerick ANNOUNCEMENT: US sports data and intelligence giant Stats is to open an EMEA headquarters in Limerick, creating over 100 high-quality jobs by 2020. Its new regional base will help it develop the next generation of sports technology products.
OpportunityIRELAND InBUSINESS highlights some of the companies that are expanding operations and generating new employment opportunities around the country.
COMPANY: Tandem HR Solutions SECTOR: HR
COMPANY: Veritas Technologies SECTOR: Technology
LOCATION: Dublin
LOCATION: Dublin
ANNOUNCEMENT: HR tech firm Tandem HR Solutions is to create 40 new jobs in Dublin. The company has just raised 2m in a seed funding round led by Frontline Ventures, along with ACT Venture Capital, Enterprise Ireland and angel investors.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Data protection company Veritas Technologies has announced the creation of 250 jobs at its new R&D centre in Dublin. Its recruitment drive will focus on development roles from new graduate positions to senior level executives.
COMPANY: Pepsi
SECTOR: R&D
LOCATION: Cork
ANNOUNCEMENT: Pepsi in Cork has announced 40 new jobs as part of a new multi-million euro research and development centre in Little Island. The company described it as a strong statement of its commitment to Cork.
Rural Development Almost 300 rural towns and villages are set to benefit from over 21 million in funding announced under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The funding is the second tranche of funds to be announced by the Department of Rural and Community Development. The scheme is part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development. After criticism of the derelict state of dozens of villages and towns around the country, the Government has committed over 30m to renewal projects. InBUSINESS | Q3 2017
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the approximate number of towns and villages to benefit
281
number of centres with populations under 5,000 set to benefit
€30m
Rural Renewal in Numbers:
funding allocated under the scheme
€20k to €100k range of funding awarded to individual towns and villages
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