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Construction sector employment falls
Further contraction of house building dragged down the overall construction market according to new data in the Ulster Bank construction purchasing managers index. Employment in the construction sector fell for the first time since August 2003. p
Quinlan-led consortium buys Jurys Inns
A consortium of investors led by Quinlan Private has won the battle to purchase the Jurys Inns division of the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group with a €1.165 billion cash bid. The sale was concluded in the early hours of Saturday morning. p
NCB deemed market's most accurate broker
NCB is the most accurate broker overall in the Irish market, according to analyst research group AQ. The stockbroker's analysts took three of the top five spots for the accuracy of their recommendations. However, Merrion Capital's Gavin Kelleher was the top individual, with every one of his recommendations delivering for investors. p
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Brash is better than bland in motivational memos
What is the worst motivational memo ever written? Given that this is a wretched literary genre in which almost every example is lamentable, to find the very worst is a tall order. pBroadband consumers still need a voice
Business Opinion: First let's get the bad pun out of the way. Ireland Offline has gone offline. There, done it. Now we can ask what should we read into the decision of the broadband lobby group to wind itself up? Could it be that high-speed broadband has been delivered to the four corners of the land and Ireland Offline is thus redundant. pNominee for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year competition: John Rice
JAM Media is an animation and software company providing personalised animated content to the broadcast, new media, mobile and home entertainment world. John Rice, together with two college friends, founded the company in January 2002. pNominee for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year competition:Oliver Tattan
Established in 2004, VIVAS Health entered the health insurance market at a time of little choice or innovation amongst providers and quickly established itself as a company offering policies that were flexible, practical and tailored to the needs of individuals or companies. The company has seen enormous growth since its launch with a turnover run rate of € 100 million per annum and boasts the position as the largest insurer of previously uninsured people. pNominee for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year competition: Jenni Timony
Doolittles is a food production company founded in Donegal in 2003. Originally a coffee shop that opened in 2001, the food production business evolved from a sideline of making pre-packed sandwiches for local shops. pNominee for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year competition: Jim Breen
PulseLearning was founded in 1999 in Tralee, Co Kerry, to provide revenue-generating learning solutions to Global 2000 organisations in the life sciences, financial services and technology sectors. p
