OVER €100m has been invested off-market, across three low-key retail deals, in the heart of Cork City, at Opera Lane, Merchants Quay/Marks & Spencers Shopping Centre, and St Patrick’s St.

Motor dealers Johnson & Perrott are poised to invest €15m in a new, third dealership location for their Cork City-based business.

Pre-tax profits at one of the largest car dealerships in the country, the Cork-based Johnson & Perrott group, last year increased by 28.5% to €4.68m.

Pre-tax profits at Cork-based motor group Johnson & Perrott declined by 7% last year to €2.66m.

Business outsourcing company Voxpro has been named as the Cork Chamber/Vodafone Cork Company of the Year. The company has recorded huge growth and has ambitions to become a recognised global brand, with offices on four continents.

Cork-based motor group Johnson & Perrott last year returned to pre-tax profit after two years of losses.

Possessions belonging to a family who were lucky to disembark the world’s most famous liner before she steamed on to a watery grave have gone on display in an interpretive centre in Co Cork.

Capt Geoff Curran trained his sights on Ollie Townend at the Johnson & Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials in Ballindenisk yesterday, ruing that the Briton’s superb performance in the dressage had blown away what would generally be considered a respectable score from the Army officer.

A sun-drenched day in Ballindenisk, Co Cork that fell into the halcyon category, yet Sarah Ennis was “not happy”.

Next month’s Johnson & Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials in Ballindenisk is gearing up to be one of the best as the Cork venue again attracts the cream of international and national riders.

The Johnson & Perrott Motor Group has sold its Avis Rent A Car business to the operators of the Budget franchise in Ireland.

CORK-BASED motor dealership Johnson & Perrott more than halved its pre-tax losses last year, according to accounts filed with the Companies Office.

PRE-TAX losses at Cork car dealers Johnson & Perrott increased from €2 million to €3.2m last year.

TURNOVER at Johnson & Perrott fell by 20% to €115.3 in 2008 from €144.7m in 2008, according to figures filed with the Companies Registration Office.

PRE-TAX profits at Cork car dealers Johnson & Perrott rose slightly to €4.7 million last year, with the company reporting a challenging year ahead.

PROFITS at Cork car dealers Johnson & Perrott slid 7% to €5.3 million last year despite a 3% increase in revenues.

CHRISTIAN SCULLY died two years ago, aged 28, nine months after a vicious street attack left him in a coma. But yesterday, his family and friends gave a new lease of life to other serious brain injury sufferers.