‘We are optimistic about emerging companies’

DUBLIN Business Innovation Centre (BIC), assisted in the establishment of 16 new export-oriented hi-tech Irish start-up companies in 2008.

That was a 45% increase on 2007, and represents the agency’s strongest performance since the year 2000.

By the end of last year these young firms had delivered collective sales of €6 million and generated 76 new, mainly graduate and knowledge-based jobs.