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Cork software company Global Shares yesterday announced a three-year expansion plan that will create up to 80 additional roles at its headquarters in Clonakilty, West Cork.

Based in West Cork, Global Shares provides international companies with employee share schemes, and after a bumper 2012, it is now looking to hire additional staff for its Clonakilty headquarters, writes Trish Dromey

WEST Cork-based Global Shares announced yesterday that its client, the INPC ESOP Trustee, has been awarded the IPSA Annual Award for 2007 for its commitment to employee ownership and exemplary management.

CLONAKILTY-based Global Shares has brokered a groundbreaking deal with US finance house Citi Smith Barney to administer shares ownership schemes which paves the way for more deals with world leading financial institutions.

A MULTI-million euro Cork-based employee share scheme company will create up to 50 jobs in Clonakilty over the next two years following the announcement it has secured $3.25m (€2.3m) in funding.