UCC launch family business venture

TWO pioneering business courses for people managing family companies were launched in University College Cork yesterday.

These are the first family business courses to be offered by any Irish university and they are aimed at 75% of Irish companies which are family-run.

The M.Comm in Family Business Direction and the Diploma in Family Business Management will draw on national and international experience in family business. And the masters and diploma courses are especially designed to fit into people's work commitments. Launching the two courses, UCC president Professor Gerard Wrixon said they represented a new chapter for business executives and training.