A festival with a difference is to be held in a Co Cork town which aims to get more children interested in science and turn it into a hub for research and innovation.

A new tailor-made diploma programme in leadership has been launched by Barry Group in conjunction with the Athlone Institute of Technology.

A performance management company, whose customer portfolio includes RTÉ and Boston Scientific, has secured an investment of €400,000 through CorkBIC Business Angel Partnership and Enterprise Ireland.

THE 24-hour Entrepreneur Experience event is looking for aspiring entrepreneurs eager to fast track ideas into real opportunities.

MALLOW-based cash and carry business Barry Group yesterday confirmed it was letting nine of its full-time staff go as part of arestructuring process.

IT’S that time of year again and, along with other non-perishables, good drink can make a great celebratory Christmas gift — from a simple single bottle costing a tenner or €20, through to a delivery of a case of luxury wines.

CASH-AND-CARRY wholesaler the Barry Group saw profits increase last year in what it described as a tough trading environment.

OPTIMISM was the order of the day for the 24-hour Sleepless in Garryvoe Entrepreneur Experience workshop in Cork over the weekend.

CORK-BASED H&A Marketing and PR has acquired Impact Media in a move that will create 10 jobs.

CARBERY Group was crowned Company of the Year last night at Ireland’s largest corporate entertainment event outside of Dublin.

A €5.5 million investment in four new BuyLo stores in counties Killarney, Waterford, Shannon and Dublin and a massive expansion of its Mallow warehouse facilities by the Barry Group will result in the creation of 110 jobs.

LEADING Irish wholesale and distribution firm, the Barry Group officially opened a €1.5 million extension to its state-of-the-art central distribution base in north Cork yesterday.

The Barry Group is to open eight new Buy Lo stores by the end of the year and also increase the number of Carry Out off-licences by 52 to 104.

Wholesale distribution company Barry Group today announced pre-tax profits of €3m for 2009, a rise of over 12% on the €2.67m it earned the previous year.

CASH and carry wholesaler James A Barry & Co Ltd has posted after-tax profits of around €2.57 million for the year to the end of January, 2010, according to accounts filed with the Companies’ Registration Office.

THE acquisition of the Carry Out off-licence business is expected to add €42 million to the Barry Group’s turnover.

The Barry Group has today announced its acquisition of the Carry Out off-licence business, which has 52 stores nationwide.

FAILED drinks group, Galvin’s is expected to be taken over by the Mallow-based Barry Group.

THE Barry Group has pushed sales in Ireland up by €11.68 million – a 6.2% increase – to €201.02m in the year to the end of January, according to accounts to be filed with the Companies Office this week.

H+A Marketing and PR has announced three client wins which will provide additional revenues of over €2.5 million in 2009.

CORK-based wholesale food distribution firm Barry Group said pre-tax profit soared to €2.5m in the year to the end of January 2008 from €1.6m in the previous year.

THE Road Safety Authority has launched a campaign aimed directly at schoolchildren in light of statistics that show that 141 children under 14 died on the nation’s roads between 1998 and 2005.

WHOLESALE and distribution company Barry’s of Mallow is to change its name to the Barry Group.